Football score over cricket in reaching masses, c African countries they have turn out to be super power in football when most of them struggle to get decent meal daily. just purchase one ball and 22 people can play, as for cricket buy, guards, pads, cricket bats, more expenses it so tough to pursue cricket in india which is having economy than african countries how can cricket be masses game
Re: Re: Football is economy
by attacker on Mar 28, 2011 09:25 PM
i can understand ur fat tummy not allowing u to play power sports football.. better stick to sluggish sports, cricket.
ICC is supposed to motivate other non-playing nations to take up cricket and encourage the ones' playing cricket to mingle with the big boys. Thats the only way these minnows would learn the game better. How can you just have 8 top teams playing the World Cup ?
By the way, don't these 8 top teams visit each other and play triangular tourneys as well ?
Lets be reasonable - its from these minnows players emerge and get into the big league. Don't deprive them of their righful place on the world/big scene.
If we don't like the matches involving these weaker teams - don't watch them. Thats it.
In cricket 1) toss is very important i.e toss is nothing but luck 2) home conditions i.e pitches are prepared to give advantage to home team 3) 8 nations ..all r fixed ..no qualifying rounds for them...still its called world cup actually it should be called 8 nation cup Football 1) toss doesnt make a difference 2) no question of home advantage... 3) equal opportunity game where both teams gets equal opportunities unlike cricket where pitches are favoured to help home team 3) 32 nations participate in world cup after qualifying for it..
Re: CWC vs FWC
by aaaa on Mar 28, 2011 08:24 PM
1) Football is just plain Boring. Most Matches end up with no Goals or a 1 - 1. then they use the freekicks to decide who wins. Here Toss matters.
2) Home advantage is always there. That is why usually when the FWC is in Europe European team wins and when it is in South america South American team wins. Chec the stats. 3) FWC can be called No-Opportunity game. That is why usually no scores or 1-1. 3) Most of those nations are as small as a district in India. So who cares. You can have each state in India have a team.Then we will have 30 teams too.
Re: CWC vs FWC
by q q on Mar 28, 2011 08:31 PM
I agree
Soccer is more popular and more realistic game than cricket.
Teams really did not take advantage of their home conditions until now, no host nation has the world cup.
How about awarding world cup based on performance of teams away and home for the past 4 years. During 4 year period each team visits each of 8 countries plays 5 onedayers and based one points worldcup should be awarded. Do the same with tests also. No hype no tension no chokers tag. real team will win.
CWC should be called 8 nation cup...and i agree with u it should be held between 8 nations...in football WC not a single match will witness less than packed crowd...all matches are fully enjoyed...im sure cricket will not spread to other nations apart from these 10 nations... whole african continent represented by south africa..whole europe by England..American continent by west indies...asia by india,pak,srilanka consolation by bangladesh
Re: 8 nation cup
by vishal thakkar on Mar 28, 2011 08:18 PM
WHAT AN EXCITEMENT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF TOP 8 TEAMS IN ONE GROUP A AND MINNOW TEAM IN ANOTHER GROUP B, AND LET THE BEST FOUR TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP HAVE KNOCK OUT QUARTER FINALS AND THAN SEMIFINALS AND FINALS. IF THIS WAS DONE THAN MOST OF THE MACHES WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING, ABV 90% OF THE MATCHES WERE THRILLED. AND IN THAT I AM SURE INDIA WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT ABLE TO MAKE IN THE BEST FOUR AND IF QUARTER FINALS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETWEEN ENGLAND VS IRELAND AND IN THAT IRELAND WOULD HAVE UPSET ENGLAND, WHT A JOY IT HAVE BEEN IF THE WORLD CUP WAS SET LIKE THAT, BUT ICC IS A FOOL & STUPID BOARD NOTHING ELSE NO COMMON SENSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CRICKET WORLD CUP EXCITED. ANYHOW THAT'S IT.
Re: 8 nation cup
by vishal thakkar on Mar 28, 2011 08:18 PM
WHAT AN EXCITEMENT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF TOP 8 TEAMS IN ONE GROUP A AND MINNOW TEAM IN ANOTHER GROUP B, AND LET THE BEST FOUR TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP HAVE KNOCK OUT QUARTER FINALS AND THAN SEMIFINALS AND FINALS. IF THIS WAS DONE THAN MOST OF THE MACHES WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING, ABV 90% OF THE MATCHES WERE THRILLED. AND IN THAT I AM SURE INDIA WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT ABLE TO MAKE IN THE BEST FOUR AND IF QUARTER FINALS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETWEEN ENGLAND VS IRELAND AND IN THAT IRELAND WOULD HAVE UPSET ENGLAND, WHT A JOY IT HAVE BEEN IF THE WORLD CUP WAS SET LIKE THAT, BUT ICC IS A FOOL & STUPID BOARD NOTHING ELSE NO COMMON SENSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CRICKET WORLD CUP EXCITED. ANYHOW THAT'S IT.
Imagine Srilanka winning the world cup beating Pakistan in Final!
In that case,
The WOrld Cup winner played against
1. Only 1 team from opposite Group i.e. England
2. Won against only 2 top teams from its own Group. i.e. New Zealand & Pakistan. It didnt win or lose against another big team i.e. Australia from its own group as the match was washed away.
3. It didnt play or won against
a. Australia b. India c. South Africa d. West Indies.
Won against only
a. New Zealand (won twice) b. Pakistan (Lost once & won once) c. England (only once)
Sri Lanka is the world Champion!
It has played all but one match on its home soil; asked home countru curators to prepare rank turners so that no one can read chucker Murali.
To this stupid world cup, Prime Ministers of second and sixth largest nations comprising 1300 million are coming together to waste 16 hours of their collective time.
Bernard Shaw can be paraphrased;
13 idiots are playing and 1300 million idiots are watching spoiling their entire day-even a week, if you calculate the pre-post match preparations and celebrations.
WORLD CUP GROUPS by vishal thakkar (View MyPage) on Mar 28, 2011 04:22 PM | Hide replies
WHAT AN EXCITEMENT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF TOP 8 TEAMS IN ONE GROUP A AND MINNOW TEAM IN ANOTHER GROUP B, AND LET THE BEST FOUR TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP HAVE KNOWCK OUT QUARTER FINALS AND THAN SEMIFINALS AND FINALS. IF THIS WAS DONE THAN MOST OF THE MACHES WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING, ABV 90% OF THE MATCHES WERE THRILLED. AND IN THAT I AM SURE INDIA WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT ABLE TO MAKE IN THE BEST FOUR AND IF QUARTER FINALS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETWEEN ENGLAND VS IRELAND AND IN THAT IRELAND WOULD HAVE UPSET ENGLAND, WHT A JOY IT HAVE BEEN IF THE WORLD CUP WAS SET LIKE THAT, BUT ICC IS A FOOL & STUPID BOARD NOTHING ELSE NO COMMON SENSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CRICKET WORLD CUP EXCITED. ANYHOW THAT'S IT.