australia all the way ..they are my favourites in everything that they play be it soccer, cricket or anything..they had a chance in WC soccer had it not been the last minute penalty against Italy
Any way the my seeds for the cricket world cup are
1.Australia( do i even have to think)
2.Srilanka( Jayasuriya in fire, typical Murali, sangakkara and Vaas thats all they need)
3.South Africa ( they have a good chance but you never know what WC has in store for them, their keys are Ntini, Smith, Kemp and Gibbs)
4.India ( They have matchwinners in their team, is there any stopping them if we get to see the Dravid, Sachin, Sehwag and Ganguly that we knew before)
5. West Indies ( Brimming with confidence and Lara's last WC, who knows whats in store for them especially if Gayle gets loose)
6. Pakistan ( On their day, rather Afridi's day they can beat all, but their inconsistency worries me, other top guns are Inzy, Malik, Akhtar, asif and yousuf.
7. New Zealand ( another inconsistent team but they have Bond, Astle, Flemming and lets hope Vincent as their powers)
8. England ( Can Pieterson and Flintoff make something out of this down and out English team?)
9.Bangladesh ( yes this time around they have got the ninth spot ahead of Zimbabwe, Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Rafique, Mortaza and maybe the terribly out of form star batsman Ashraful are their primary hopes of making an impresion)
10. Kenya ( well they were a suprise the last wC, Can they do it again?)
11. Zimbabwe( they need to get Streak, Taibu and all these guys back again)
12. Canada( remember john davison's fastest WC century against WI)
13.Scotland
14.Netherlands
15. Bermuda
16. Ireland.

Well indians s*** big times outside of india. Last year they won about 15-16 consecutive games then when they toured they kept on losing. They lost to westindies 4-1 in westindies and then lost to westindies and australia in Malaysia. They lost to south africa 5-0 in southafrica. I cant see them winning.

I still belive westindies have the best chance this time around after Asutralia. For some reason australia arnt as stong as they seem. Nz and England are giving tough challanges to them in last 4-5 matches. England even beat them by about 100 runs.


my choices are
1. austrlia
2.Westindies
3. Soutafrica

I cant see any other team winning this world cup.

The cover for the official brochure for the world cup.

ill put my money for Pakistan. ive always been a Pakistani fan, no matter what. I expect Inzi to fire but I think there will be a new hero for Pakistan in this WC too, just like Akram and Inzi in the '92 WC triumph.
Jitega bhai jitega, Pakistan jitega!!!

yeah,I m also pakistani fan and hope they will perform their best games in this world cup.one can never underestimate the pakistani team.afridi,inzi,younus ,yonis r great batsman and can fightback in short period whereas akhtar and asif will b their rocket bowlers,if the team needs something more than razzak,malik and akmal can play as a matchwinners,the current pakistani team has got great potential and it will b great to watch them as afridi is willing to hit more six than ever in the short grounds of WI and akhtar is looking to destroyed the stumps in those bowlers pitch of WI

kudos. to u both dilute and joshit..
cheers for PAKISTAN.. !!!!!!
my money on them....

Fav pakistan
shoaib Malik in action

Azhar Mahmood has been recalled. I think it only strengthens their batting line up. Pakistan is the only team that can create a total in the last 15 overs of the match and defend it. They showed it in the '99 WC. I think their batting line up is stronger this time with a handful of allrounders.
GO PAKISTAN, GO!!!

i think with the conditions in the carribean..no subcontinent team will have chance

AUS
NZ
WI
SA may be not..
and no ENG too..
Pakistan do have a chance with their bowlers but their batting sucks ..big time..
i think AUS all the way.

australia is goin down england up ..i think the tide is turning
i am confused wat the world cup has in store

does any1 remember criket fever in ktm in the mid-90s.
there was a good young team from ktm called yangal and they made criket popular in the valley and the team had good players also.
now again there is no interest in ktm :-(

It's the Proteas World cup this time baby !
Just like no team can be lucky all the time, we can't be unlucky all the time...and this time we have what it takes to bring the WC cup home ...let the bygones be bygones, lets talk about present now!
Gooo and get it the Proteas