Re: Who will win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
In my opinion: …. Only upset I believe could be Bangla Desh qualifying at expense of New Zealand. Reason is that in ODI, most of the times batsmen play vital role, not bowlers. Bangla Desh team have some good batsmen and all-rounders, and I believe that overall, their team might perform better than expected. Obviously, Australia is too good for BD to beat. Thus SL, Eng and NZ, anyone of them may have to make place for BD and I believe it could be NZ or Eng. Between them two, I think NZ may give way. Rest is quite obvious unless some big upset happens.
As for final, I believe SA team is the strongest, but India is not too far behind. Between two, India has better batting side and SA has better bowling side (though their batting side is also sterling). Both these two teams have 2 players each with ODI averages over 50. On the other hand, there are several players in Indian team with averages in mid 40s (on top of 2 players with average above 50). I think, both team could win final, but unfortunately, SA has shown in past that they get nervous in finals and that is why I selected India.
Qualify for Quarter Final
[TABLE]
Position
Pool A
Pool B
1
Australia
South Africa
2
Sri-Lanka
India
3
England
Pakistan
4
Bangla Desh
West Indies
Qualify for Semi-Final
[TABLE]
Position
1
South Africa
2
India
3
Australia
4
Sri-Lanka
Qualify for Final
[TABLE]
South Africa
India
Winner:
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India
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History of ODI top batting averages ever. One can see where India and SA stands.
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[TH]Inns[/TH]
[TH]NO[/TH]
[TH]Runs[/TH]
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[TH]Ave[/TH]
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[TH]SR[/TH]
[TH]100[/TH]
[TH]50[/TH]
[TH]0[/TH]
[TH]4s[/TH]
[TH]6s[/TH]
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RN ten Doeschate (Neth)
2006-2011
33
32
9
1541
119
67.00
1757
87.70
5
9
1
130
29
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MG Bevan (Aus)
1994-2004
232
196
67
6912
108*
53.58
9320
74.16
6
46
5
450
21
[/TR]
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HM Amla (SA)
2008-2014
103
100
7
4946
150
53.18
5604
88.25
17
25
2
484
24
[/TR]
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MS Dhoni (Asia/India)
2004-2014
250
219
64
8192
183*
52.85
9175
89.28
9
56
7
637
177
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
V Kohli (India)
2008-2014
146
138
20
6208
183
52.61
6859
90.50
21
33
10
597
60
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AB de Villiers(Afr/SA)
2005-2014
175
169
29
7210
146
51.50
7514
95.95
18
42
6
652
123
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
IJL Trott (Eng)
2009-2013
68
65
10
2819
137
51.25
3658
77.06
4
22
5
216
3
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
TLW Cooper (Neth)
2010-2013
23
22
2
976
101
48.80
1391
70.16
1
8
0
82
4
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MEK Hussey (Aus)
2004-2012
185
157
44
5442
109*
48.15
6243
87.16
3
39
3
383
80
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)
1974-1985
62
60
6
2572
123
47.62
3033
84.80
7
13
2
213+
22+
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
IVA Richards (WI)
1975-1991
187
167
24
6721
189*
47.00
7451
90.20
11
45
7
600+
126+
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
GM Turner (NZ)
1973-1983
41
40
6
1598
171*
47.00
2348
68.05
3
9
1
156+
7+
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AC Voges (Aus)
2007-2013
31
28
9
870
112*
45.78
998
87.17
1
4
0
61
10
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
AT Rayudu (India)
2013-2014
24
21
6
685
121*
45.66
890
76.96
1
5
0
55
11
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
S Dhawan (India)
2010-2014
49
48
3
2046
119
45.46
2252
90.85
6
11
2
240
24
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
Fawad Alam (Pak)
2007-2014
35
33
12
948
114*
45.14
1263
75.05
1
6
2
58
6
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
CG Greenidge (WI)
1975-1991
128
127
13
5134
133*
45.03
7908
64.92
11
31
3
470+
81+
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
MJ Clarke (Aus)
2003-2014
238
217
44
7762
130
44.86
9876
78.59
8
56
10
640
50
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
SR Tendulkar (India)
1989-2012
463
452
41
18426
200*
44.83
21367
86.23
49
96
20
2016
195
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
JP Faulkner (Aus)
2013-2014
33
25
10
670
116
44.66
613
109.29
1
3
1
51
22
[/TR]
[TR=“class: data1”]
DM Jones (Aus)
1984-1994
164
161
25
6068
145
44.61
8362
72.56
7
46
6
380+
64+
[/TR]
One can see that teams participating in world cup, only 3 teams have players in top 20. 4 of them are from India, 2 from SA, and 2 from Australia. Obviously, these 3 teams would excel in world cup.
