Cricket World Cup 2007 - aha here I go..

Tis' Cricket time...

Well well..are we into the World cup yet. So what will happen with Team India.

2 good warm up wins., and everyone is in a better frame of mind.

So where does our strength lie...

Batting...hmm
fielding...naah
bowling...mmmm. I guess so..

But why.

Take Aus
Mcgrath...and some no namers

Pak..
Cant even name one...

WI..
Taylor may be??

SL..
That slinger Malinga..and that one man Murali...who they will probably pat away for runs., and to a little extent Maharoof and Vaas
They could actually be a good team with the ball...

NZ..
Injured now, Injured then injured always Bond, vettori, Patel and then Other no namers

Eng..
hmmm...
Flintoff., Panesar and then sajid/ plunkett....
50-50 I guess

SA
Ntini, Pollock, and then the rest..
A little better, above England., for sure

Bdesh
Mashrafe and then all no hopers

Finally India
Zaheer, Munaf, Agarkar, kumble, harbajan and then Pathan if he gets on the right side of the bed everyday

Boy..this would be the bowling team of the worldcup...

Well guys..if there is one thing experience teaches u...

Its to not lose ur head under pressure sitns..
a case of been there, done that..

But then only if they think positively all the time..

Anycase, I think the trump card is bowling., where we have a better attack than any one else. Will we make it count?

On a scale of 1-10 I would rate the

India bowling attack a 8
SL a 7
SA, NZ and Eng 6
WI and Aus a 5
Pak a 4
Bdesh a 3

On the batting front

Aus - 10
Pak and SA - 8
Ind and NZ -7
SL, WI, Bdesh and ENG - 6

Not much difference on the batting front..

That leaves fielding
SL SA NZ on 9
WI Aus Bdesh 8
Ind Eng 7
Pak 6


Adding together

SA 6 + 8 + 9 = 23 (Defn SF)
Aus 5 + 10 + 8 = 23
NZ 6 + 7 + 9 = 22
SL 7 + 6 + 9 = 22
India 8 + 7 + 7 = 22

WI 5 + 6 + 8 = 19
Eng 6 + 6 + 7 = 19
Pak 4 + 8 + 6 = 18
Bdesh 3 + 6 + 8 = 17