#CWC15 PREVIEW: What they are saying about Cricket World Cup Pool B
At cricketbadger.com we are all over the ICC Cricket World Cup. Here we look at what the teams in Pool B are saying ahead of battle commencing…
At cricketbadger.com we are all over the ICC Cricket World Cup. Here we look at what the teams in Pool B are saying ahead of battle commencing…
At cricketbadger.com we are all over the ICC Cricket World Cup. Here we look at what the teams in Pool A are saying ahead of battle commencing…
The majority of sides in Cricket World Cup action will have all played plenty of cricket before arriving in Australia and New Zealand. Bangladesh will not.
Led by all-rounder Elton Chigumbura (main photo), Zimbabwe will struggle to make an impression at the forthcoming World Cup, which sees them as one of the two weakest full member nations alongside Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka are very rarely classed as an out and out favourite for a global limited overs tournament, yet they are usually there at the business end of a tournament anyway, be it the World Cup, the World T20 or the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan have suffered a number of blows to their ICC Cricket World Cup chances even before they have arrived in Australia, with three senior bowling options ruled out through either injury or illegal actions.
Contentious selections are a regular occurrence for tournaments such as this, but arguably none more so than the omissions of West Indies duo Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
New Zealand can go deep in the forthcoming World Cup on home soil, although a heck of a lot rests on the shoulders of captain and superstar batsman Brendon McCullum.
Any side that has AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn in it has to be classed as serious contenders for a one-day World Cup, and that is not where the South Africans’ quality ends.
At 33-years-old, there is every chance that this World Cup could be captain MS Dhoni’s last. After recently retiring from Test cricket, citing the pressure of playing in all formats, he will lead India’s defence