[ICC Cricket World Cup 2003] - England vs India

[GoEagles]

Discuss the England vs India game on this thread.

This day/night game from Pool A will be coming from Durban, which has a large population of Indians. I expect this game to be a sell-out, if not already sold out.

England has impressed so far, although apart from Pakistan, haven't been fully tested yet. India on the other hand have started their World Cup campaign slowly, but now seem to be finding good form at the right time.

Tendulkar is on fire and unless Anderson gets him cheaply, I can see Smashin' Sachin kick-start India's innings yet again.

 

[Kenny_01]

Should be a cracker of a game. I'm tipping England.

 

[ScouseCat]

This will be a great gane tonight and will have a large bearing on whether or not both England and India can progress to the Super Six phase or the tournament.

 

[dr nick]

is it true this match is not being shown live by either foxtel or ch9?

i remember reading somewhere a NZ v Bangladesh game or something is being broadcast in preference to this one

 

[Slax]

Originally posted by nicko18

is it true this match is not being shown live by either foxtel or ch9?

i remember reading somewhere a NZ v Bangladesh game or something is being broadcast in preference to this one

Not quite correct. England v India is a day/night where as NZ is a day match. Foxtel are starting with one then crossing over when the other begins. So hopefully the Kiwis bat first.

 

[red+black]

it is correct however that channel 9 will not show the first two hours of Saturday's India v Pakistan game. fox sports 2 are showing the kenya v bangladesh game and therefore won't make up for channel 9's slack.

the sooner all sport moves to pay tv the better.

 

[JUBJUB]

India won the toss and will bat first.

 

[dr nick]

tendulkar is carving them up. im glad i stayed up to watch this. maybe i'll pull an allnighter if he keeps batting like this. his pull shot off caddick, i cant believe they found the ball. a massive blow.

 

[Perty4]

what a spell from Andy Flintoff, hes really tightened things up.

 

[Kenny_01]

England blow. Need to beat Australia now to get any chance of advancing. No chance.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Can England still make it without beating Australia? I think they can, but I'm not sure.

Opens the door for Pakistan though, makes the India v Pakistan game even bigger than usual (if that's possible).

 

[red+black]

Originally posted by GOALden Hawk
Can England still make it without beating Australia? I think they can, but I'm not sure.

for england to make it without beating Australia:
(and without predicting major upsets)

Zimbabwe defeat Holland
India defeat Pakistan
Australia defeat England
Pakistan defeat Zimbabwe

and England could get through on Net Run rate

 

[ScouseCat]

Check out the link below for the points tables including net run rates.

http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/AUS/INTERNATIONAL/TABLE.html

 

[Kenny_01]

Yeah sorry, forgot about that.

India won't want to lose to Pakistan and lose 3 points going into the next round. Same applies to Australia against England. Both will be big games.