World Cup pools

BJ · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:54 pm

Pool A
No. Team Based
1 Australia Potchefstroom
2 England Port Elizabeth
3 Pakistan Johannesburg
4 India Durban
5 Zimbabwe Harare
6 Namibia Benoni
7 Netherlands Paarl

Pool B

No. Team Based
1 South Africa Cape Town
2 Sri Lanka Kimberley
3 West Indies Bloemfontein
4 New Zealand Centurion
5 Kenya East London
6 Bangladesh Pietermaritzburg
7 Canada Johannesburg

Preliminary Round Schedule
Date Type Match Team v Team Pool Venue
February
Sat 08 Opening ceremony under lights Newlands, Cape Town
Sun 09 D/N 1 South Africa v West Indies B Newlands, Cape Town
Mon 10 Day 2 Sri Lanka v New Zealand B Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Mon 10 Day 3 Zimbabwe v Namibia A Harare Sports Club, Harare
Tues 11 Day 4 Australia v Pakistan A The Wanderers, Johannesburg
Tues 11 D/N 5 Bangladesh v Canada B Kingsmead, Durban
Wed 12 Day 6 South Africa v Kenya B North West Stadium, Potchefstroom
Wed 12 Day 7 India v Holland A Boland Park, Paarl
Thu 13 Day 8 West Indies v New Zealand B St. George�s Park, Port Elizabeth
Thu 13 Day 9 Zimbabwe v England A Harare Sports Club, Harare
Fri 14 Day 10 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh B Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Sat 15 D/N 11 Kenya v Canada B Newlands, Cape Town
Sat 15 Day 12 Australia v India A SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 16 Day 13 South Africa v New Zealand B The Wanderers, Johannesburg
Sun 16 Day 14 England v Holland A Buffalo Park, East London
Sun 16 Day 15 Pakistan v Namibia A De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Mon 17 Day Bye
Tues 18 Day 16 West Indies v Bangladesh B Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Wed 19 Day 17 England v Namibia A St. George�s Park, Port Elizabeth
Wed 19 Day 18 Sri Lanka v Canada B Boland Park, Paarl
Wed 19 Day 19 Zimbabwe v India A Harare Sports Club, Harare
Thu 20 Day 20 Australia v Holland A North West Stadium, Potchefstroom
Fri 21 Day 21 New Zealand v Kenya B Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi
Sat 22 D/N 22 England v Pakistan A Newlands, Cape Town
Sat 22 Day 23 South Africa v Bangladesh B Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Sun 23 Day 24 West Indies v Canada B SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 23 Day 25 India v Namibia A Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Mon 24 Day 26 Zimbabwe v Australia A Queen�s Ground, Bulawayo
Mon 24 Day 27 Sri Lanka v Kenya B Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi
Tues 25 Day 28 Pakistan v Holland A Boland Park, Paarl
Wed 26 D/N 29 England v India A Kingsmead, Durban
Wed 26 Day 30 New Zealand v Bangladesh B De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Thu 27 Day 31 South Africa v Canada B Buffalo Park, East London
Thu 27 Day 32 Australia v Namibia A North West Stadium, Potchefstroom
Fri 28 D/N 33 Sri Lanka v West Indies B Newlands, Cape Town
Fri 28 Day 34 Zimbabwe v Holland A Queen�s Ground, Bulawayo
March
Sat 01 Day 35 Kenya v Bangladesh B The Wanderers, Johannesburg
Sat 01 Day 36 Pakistan v India A SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 02 Day 37 Australia v England A St. George�s Park, Port Elizabeth
Mon 03 Day 38 New Zealand v Canada B Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Mon 03 D/N 39 South Africa v Sri Lanka B Kingsmead, Durban
Mon 03 Day 40 Namibia v Holland A Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Tues 04 Day 41 West Indies v Kenya B De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Tues 04 Day 42 Zimbabwe v Pakistan A Queen�s Ground, Bulawayo

BJ

BJ · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:00 pm

Super six format applies, as last world cup. Top 3 teams from each pool advance to super six.

Top two super six teams from both pools play semi finals, with the winners advancing to the final

BJ

Donny · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:12 pm

Cricket World Cup - 2003 - odds

Australia 15/8

South Africa 3/1

India 13/2

Pakistan 7/1

Sri Lanka 9/1

England 12/1

New Zealand 14/1

West Indies 20/1 (Clokey will like that price!)

Zimbabwe 100/1

Bangladesh 250/1

Holland 500/1

Kenya 500/1

Namibia 500/1

Canada 1000/1

Donny.

GO THE MIGHTY WOODSMEN !! ALL THE WAY IN 2003 AND BEYOND !!!!

JLC · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:19 pm

Canada only 1000-1 ?? Namibia 500-1 ?? Why dont the Bookmakers show some guts.

Best value is New Zealand especially if Cairns is fit.

jlc

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

couragous cloke · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 3:31 pm

20/1 aint that bad!! my dad put 15 bux on em for me!

i think australia have no chance without steve waugh!! no chance!!

footy ROX!

Donny · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:57 am

What do you reckon, now m8? We'd be in with a bit of a chance wouldn't we?

You must have been happy after the Windies beat SA first up!

Kenya 500/1? I wonder what they are now?

Donny.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN !!!!

JLC · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 5:58 pm

Kenya have done pretty well. One advantage that they have is that they are natural athletes. Secondly they have a strong determination and appear to enjoy their cricket

jlc

Its not arrogance if you can back it up

Fate is what you are given, Destiny is what you do with it

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

JLC · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 6:17 pm

Enough to feed Ranatunga for a year

Its not arrogance if you can back it up

Fate is what you are given, Destiny is what you do with it

Essendon 2000 premiers
2001 runners up
2002 fifth
2003 ????
The slide continues

Donny · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 12:21 pm

One of our readers has expressed interest as to why this topic is not included in the World Cup topic.

BJ started this topic on January 1, a month prior to the commencement of the Cup matches, with some useful info about which pool each country was drawn in.

When the Aussie team left for the WC, on January 30, I started the World Cup topic, to provide coverage from the first week and so anyone wishing to read the whole topic could start from the first games.

Donny.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN !!!!