Arthur Crabtree wrote:Good stuff. After the last WC when they didn't even make it to the wedding, England dream of being the bridesmaids.
Agree with the predictions. Of course, something different will happen, but these seem right as things stand going into the competition.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Yes, a few India bowlers haven't bowled enough balls to qualify. Which makes them less of a known quality, but also suggests they are a bit untested.
For England, Rashid scored quite well on SR, but his econ is pretty gruesome. Mo scored well on econ, but he has stopped taking wickets. Plunkett scored well on SR, but gives a lot of runs away. Topley scores well on both but has bowled too few balls.
Making_Splinters wrote:At the end of the day, it's pretty hard to call which side will come out on top. For me India, South Africa, Australia and England are all pretty much on par with each other with New Zealand not far behind. England don't really have a home advantage as most sides have a good pace attack, and they all have the batsmen capable of making 380+ scores.
You can get far too much into the stats to try and make a case for any side, but on what will likely be relatively flat pitches, they can all beat each other. It really comes down to form of the key players in each side more than anything else.
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