8 Big Fish In One Pool, And 1 Target

(Imran Shiraz, Karachi)

2015 world cup just five months away, all the international and associates team doing practice according to their resources and requirements. Especially the big 8 fishes including Pakistan, India, Australia, Southafrica, Westindies, Newzealand, England, Srilanka ready to prove their self in the world cup.

World cup 2015 is jointly hosted by Australia and Newzealand. 49 matches will be played in 14 venues with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosting 23 games in seven cities, including Auckland, Chirstchurch, Dunedin including Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington. India are the defending champions beating srilanka in 2011. The world cup starts from 1st March in which New Zealand will take onto Srilanka in Christchurch in the first match. While Pakistan will play against India on 15th of feb.

Asian team face difficulty for the last couple of years in the fast bouncy pitches. India and SriLanka have such type of that players which change the match in an over. Absence of Saeed Ajmal hurts Pakistan team badly in upcoming Worldcup if his action will not change by PCB. England recent form is not up to the mark of winning a Worldcup. They lost to india 3-1 in the series of Aug-Sept 2014. Greme Swann England former cricketer says “No chance England will win World Cup”. Australia and Southafrica are the favourites of 2015 worldcup because of their recent forms. Recently Southafrica beat Australia in the final of triangular series played in Zimbabwe. Westindies team prove that they are danger team for their opponents in T20 format but in 50 over format these team is far away to World cup title. Newzealand team come up with new players this team has not such type of match winning and match finishers player like any other team have.

Players to watch in 2015 World cup: Joe Root (England), Jame Anderson (England), A.Cook (England), Eoin Morgan (England), AB Villers (S.Africa), Faf Du Plesis (S.Africa), Hashim Amla (S.Africa), Dale Steyn (S.Africa), M.Dhoni (India), S.Raina (India), Ashwin (India), B.Kumar (India), V.Kohli (India), M.Jewardena (Srilanka), K.Sangakara (Srilanka), A.Mathews (Srilanka), Malinga (Srilanka), B.Macculum (NewZealand), R.Taylor ((NewZealand), Chris Gayle (W.Indies), D.Bravo (W.Indies), D.Sammy (W.Indies), Narine (W.Indies), M.Clarke (Australia), G.Bailey (Australia), M.Starc (Australia), Watson (Australia), A.Finch (Australia), Maxwell (Australia), Johnson (Australia), Misbah (Pakistan), Afridi (Pakistan), M.Irfan (Pakistan), Umar Gul (Pakistan)

Groups for Worldcup 2015:

Group A: England, Australia, Srilanka, Newzealand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Scotland
Group B: SouthAfrica, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, UAE

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