India’s roadmap to ICC WC 2007.
Awrite!!! That time of the decade again. Yippee!! For all the cricket fanatics, it DOES NOT get bigger than this. The ICC Cricket World Cup, 2007.
The Caribbean Islands, with its seas, coastlines, sub-tropical to tropical climate, reggae / calypso, cricket crazy fans, yachts and scuba diving makes for one of the closest to perfecto hosts for the World Cup. Add to that the chances of India winning the cup and voila! You get a fabuloso setting for some mouth watering action!
I’ll get right to what this post was meant to convey. My predictions for Cricket WC 2007:
Tue 13: West Indies v Pakistan, 1st Match, Group D, Jamaica
West Indies will win by 54 runs. [:D This one came true didn’t it?]
Wed 14: Australia v Scotland, 1st Match, Group A, St Kitts
Australia.
Wed 14: Kenya v Canada, 1st Match, Group C, Gros Islet, St. Lucia
Kenya
Thu 15: Sri Lanka v Bermuda, 1st Match, Group B, Trinidad
Sri Lanka
Thu 15: Zimbabwe v Ireland, 2nd Match, Group D, Jamaica
Zimbabwe
Fri 16: South Africa v Netherlands, 2nd Match, Group A, St Kitts
South Africa
Fri 16: England v New Zealand, 2nd Match, Group C, St. Lucia
New Zealand
Sat 17: Pakistan v Ireland, 3rd Match, Group D, Jamaica
Pakistan
Sat 17: India v Bangladesh, 2nd Match, Group B, Trinidad
India
Sun 18: England v Canada, 3rd Match, Group C, St. Lucia
England
Sun 18: Australia v Netherlands, 3rd Match, Group A, St Kitts
Australia
Mon 19: India v Bermuda, 3rd Match, Group B, Trinidad
India
Mon 19: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 4th Match, Group D, Jamaica
West Indies
Tue 20: South Africa v Scotland, 4th Match, Group A, St Kitts
South Africa
Tue 20: New Zealand v Kenya, 4th Match, Group C, St. Lucia
New Zealand
Wed 21: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group B, Trinidad
Bangladesh [ Sri Lanka’s biggest upset in WC]
Wed 21: Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 5th Match, Group D, Jamaica
Pakistan
Thu 22: Scotland v Netherlands, 5th Match, Group A, St Kitts
Doesn’t matter who wins!
Thu 22: New Zealand v Canada, 5th Match, Group C, St. Lucia
New Zealand
Fri 23: West Indies v Ireland, 6th Match, Group D, Jamaica
West Indies
Fri 23: India v Sri Lanka, 5th Match, Group B, Trinidad
India
Sat 24: England v Kenya, 6th Match, Group C, St. Lucia
Kenya [England’s biggest upset in WC]
Sat 24: Australia v South Africa, 6th Match, Group A, St Kitts
South Africa [A tough call really]
Sun 25: Bermuda v Bangladesh, 6th Match, Group B, Trinidad
Bermuda [After defeating Sri Lanka, Bangladesh becomes very over confident and complacent. It loses here! Bermuda’s ONLY win in WC]
Team standings at the end of first round:
Group A:
A1: South Africa
A2: Australia
Group B:
B1: India
B2: Sri Lanka [After a lot of consideration and calculation]
Group C:
C1: New Zealand
C2: Kenya
Group D:
D1: West Indies
D2: Pakistan
Into the Super 8 stage:
Tue 27: PAKISTAN v SOUTH AFRICA, Super8, Game 1, St Peters, Antigua
South Africa
Wed 28: AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Super8, Game 2, Guyana
India [Wait and watch!!!]
Thu 29: PAKISTAN v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 3, St Peters, Antigua
New Zealand
Fri 30: WEST INDIES v KENYA, Super8, Game 4, Guyana
West Indies [C’mmon!! You didn’t expect Kenya to upset West Indies on the WC stage again, did you?!]
Sat 31: SOUTH AFRICA v SRI LANKA, Super8, Game 5, St Peters, Antigua
South Africa
Sun 01: PAKISTAN v INDIA, Super8, Game 6, Guyana
India [We’re kickin their ass in this one!]
Mon 02: SRI LANKA v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 7, St Peters, Antigua
Sri Lanka
Tue 03: WEST INDIES v AUSTRALIA, Super8, Game 8, Guyana
Australia
Wed 04: KENYA v INDIA, Super8, Game 9, St Peters, Antigua
India
Sat 07: SRI LANKA v AUSTRALIA, Super8, Game 10, Guyana
Australia
Sun 08: SOUTH AFRICA v KENYA, Super8, Game 11, St Peters, Antigua
South Africa
Mon 09: WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 12, Guyana
West Indies [Tough call!]
Tue 10: PAKISTAN v AUSTRALIA, Super8, Game 13, Grenada
Australia
Wed 11: KENYA v SRI LANKA, Super8, Game 14, Barbados
Sri Lanka
Thu 12: INDIA v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 15, Grenada
New Zealand
Fri 13: SOUTH AFRICA v WEST INDIES, Super8, Game 16, Barbados
South Africa
Sat 14: AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 17, Grenada
Australia
Sun 15: SRI LANKA v WEST INDIES, Super8, Game 18, Barbados
West Indies
Mon 16: SOUTH AFRICA v INDIA, Super8, Game 19, Grenada
India
Tue 17: AUSTRALIA v KENYA, Super8, Game 20, Barbados
Australia
Wed 18: WEST INDIES v INDIA, Super8, Game 21, Grenada
India
Thu 19: PAKISTAN v SRI LANKA, Super8, Game 22, Barbados
Sri Lanka
Fri 20: SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND, Super8, Game 23, Grenada
South Africa
Sat 21: PAKISTAN v KENYA, Super8, Game 24, Barbados
Pakistan
After a lot of calculation and performances taken into consideration, the final 4 teams are:
South Africa : 5 wins
Australia : 5 wins
India : 5 wins
West Indies : 3 wins [ They beat their closes competitor Sri Lanka based on NRR and their win over them in the Super 8 stage]
This is where it gets interesting. I am assuming South Africa and India won’t clash in the Semi Finals. If that were to be true, then the Semi Finals schedule is as follows:
Mon 23: Australia & South Africa, 1st Semi Final, Jamaica.
South Africa [Oh yeah!!]
Wed 25: India & West Indies, 2nd Semi Final, St. Lucia.
India
[Btw, 25th April, 2007 will perhaps be the saddest day for all West Indies’ cricket fans. Their hopes of winning the WC on home soil will be destroyed by the Indians…………from INDIA]
Sat 28: Finals, Barbados, INDIA & SOUTH AFRICA
Well?? I’d like to say India, but I know South Africa. What the hell??
INDIA LIFTS THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007. GIMME AN AMENNN!!! 
