New Zealand crush Kenya by 10 wickets

Re: Need qualifying rounds by Bala on Feb 21, 2011 02:16 AM In football, there are further qualifying rounds to reach qualifying round. For the matter of fact, India did not qualify for the qualifying round.    Forward   |   Report abuse

Re: try to correct the mistake .. by naveen dhanerwal on Feb 20, 2011 04:45 PM lol Kenya were all out in just 23.5 overs and New Zeland chased down the target in some 8 overs. So all in all, New Zelands needed just 31.5 total match overs to beat Kenya!    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: try to correct the mistake .. by Against Pseudos on Feb 20, 2011 05:48 PM Manuraj: Where did you get the 9 overs from? ;-)    Forward   |   Report abuse

Re: Poor Format.... by attacker on Feb 20, 2011 03:13 PM cricket is played seriously in very few countries thats why including minnows is must. irony is inspite of lack of competition in international cricket, still india fails to bring world cup after wasting so much money and man-power in cricket.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Poor Format.... by naveen dhanerwal on Feb 20, 2011 04:50 PM Yaar, the game has started to spread its wings now. USA, China has started playing cricket. In next 10 years, there will be more cricket playing nations. And the talk about weak or strong nations then this is the case in every sport; take it in tenis, football, badminton or hockey. In Football World Cup, you don't say that all teams are comptetive. I think there were some 8 groups in last world cup and there were 1-2 weak teams in every group there.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Poor Format.... by attacker on Feb 20, 2011 05:03 PM as per football is concerned it is too competitive.. even a country like india which is not even in top-100 has craze for football.. after 10 years who knows what will happen.. might india start losing interest in cricket like England.. i am talking abt present situation whr competition is very less in cricket.. and most of the weak sporting nations play it..    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Poor Format.... by miviu on Feb 20, 2011 03:41 PM I don't think 'lack of cometetition' means more no. of countries playing the game.. otherwise Zimb, Bang, Canada would have won WC by now... The skill-level required to be in top 8 is very high... this has nothing to do with population. There are several factors like facilities, coaches, approach etc., will also influence the game.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Poor Format.... by attacker on Feb 20, 2011 04:08 PM i bet if 100 countries play cricket "seriously" then it will be 10 times more competition in cricket.and cricket is played mostly by unsportive and weak nations like pakistan, bangladesh, sri-lanka etc.. where economy is down, facilities are lesser.. there is a steep declining in the interest of cricket in england. cricket is just another sports in australia. so, cricket is not competitve in the international level.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Format.... by SekharaM on Feb 20, 2011 07:47 PM I do not think that more countries will take to playing cricket in the 50-over format or Tests ever. No one has the time to watch them even on the TV..forget about going to stadium. Audience has the time to watch a 3 to 4 hour game if it is exciting..that too on a Saturday/Sunday. Otherwise, forget people buying tickets for the game and going to the stadium. Somehow, people in the sub-continent are crazy about cricket and have the time to watch one-day cricket. I do not think that you can create the same level of interest in other countries. And do not compare World Cup Football with WC Cricket. It is a tough schedule for teams to enter the final round of WC Football, even for countries with 'reserved place' - like from Africa and Asia. By the time, the last 8 stage is reached, the tournament is dominated by teams from Europe, and may be a couple from S.America and on rare occassions, a single team from Africa. All the players are professional; they play for a living, mostly in Europe.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Format.... by SekharaM on Feb 20, 2011 07:46 PM I do not think that more countries will take to playing cricket in the 50-over format or Tests ever. No one has the time to watch them even on the TV..forget about going to stadium. Audience has the time to watch a 3 to 4 hour game if it is exciting..that too on a Saturday/Sunday. Otherwise, forget people buying tickets for the game and going to the stadium. Somehow, people in the sub-continent are crazy about cricket and have the time to watch one-day cricket. I do not think that you can create the same level of interest in other countries. And do not compare World Cup Football with WC Cricket. It is a tough schedule for teams to enter the final round of WC Football, even for countries with 'reserved place' - like from Africa and Asia. By the time, the last 8 stage is reached, the tournament is dominated by teams from Europe, and may be a couple from S.America and on rare occassions, a single team from Africa. All the players are professional; they play for a living, mostly in Europe.    Forward   |   Report abuse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Format.... by SekharaM on Feb 20, 2011 07:46 PM I do not think that more countries will take to playing cricket in the 50-over format or Tests ever. No one has the time to watch them even on the TV..forget about going to stadium. Audience has the time to watch a 3 to 4 hour game if it is exciting..that too on a Saturday/Sunday. Otherwise, forget people buying tickets for the game and going to the stadium. Somehow, people in the sub-continent are crazy about cricket and have the time to watch one-day cricket. I do not think that you can create the same level of interest in other countries. And do not compare World Cup Football with WC Cricket. It is a tough schedule for teams to enter the final round of WC Football, even for countries with 'reserved place' - like from Africa and Asia. By the time, the last 8 stage is reached, the tournament is dominated by teams from Europe, and may be a couple from S.America and on rare occassions, a single team from Africa. All the players are professional; they play for a living, mostly in Europe.    Forward   |   Report abuse

Re: Teams with Poor standard in world cup Cricket by attacker on Feb 20, 2011 03:12 PM cricket is played seriously in very few countries thats why including minnows is must. irony is inspite of lack of competition in international cricket, still india fails to bring world cup after wasting so much money and man-power in cricket.    Forward   |   Report abuse