Entries for the Nostradamus Prize for CWC Drama awaited. Here are a few suggestions:
In a key match, India’s top order sets the stadium alight, figuratively speaking, with some scintillating batting before they choke dramatically and get edged out. Angry fans again set the stadium alight - this time literally - while burning effigies of the team.
Fans note to their surprise that New Zealand has reached the semifinals without anyone noticing. They lose the semifinal and no-one notices either.
A brilliant Pakistani effort blasts the West Indies into the Caribbean, evoking memories of the days of Imran Khan at his best. Then they lose to Ireland...
In the semifinal, South Africa is cantering to a win against Australia when a bizarre, never before seen, incident occurs, involving Herschelle Gibbs losing his pants in the middle of the pitch and the ball exploding. The match is tied and Australia advances to the final.
Among those not watching the play-offs are the West Indies, having fallen foul of the Home Team Curse.
England fans whinge that their team cannot possibly reach the last round, and then whinge when they are proven correct.
A lacklustre Australia, full of players clearly past their best, manage to limp into the Super 8 and, against all expectations, the semis. They win the World Cup yet again.
Originally posted by mynah: Just realised I haven't got one for Sri Lanka, but can't think straight right now.
Selectors' plot against Vaas discovered after his strangely foreign, unpronounceable surname captures the imagination of the Sri Lankan press and the powerful Nondescripts Cricket Club.
Zimbabwe team seeks asylum in England after getting knocked out, but due to the escalating civil war in their home country their disappearance goes unnoticed for several months.
The entire tournament is moved to Disney World after none of the stadiums are completed in time and it's discovered the pitches are made of sawdust and grass clippings stuck together with coconut juice. As part of the agreement each team must field at least one Disney character, except for South Africa who must field seven. Appropriately, New Zealand draw Sleeping Beauty and India are delighted when their selection, Winnie the Pooh, raises their fielding standard by several notches and displaces Virender Sehwag at the top of the order. However, everyone's worst fears are confirmed when Australia pick Mowgli from the Jungle Book, who is later found unconscious in the Australian dressing room, badly beaten and with a can of Fosters shoved up his a**e .
Fans note to their surprise that New Zealand has reached the semifinals without anyone noticing. They lose the semifinal and no-one notices either. A brilliant Pakistani effort blasts the West Indies into the Caribbean, evoking memories of the days of Imran Khan at his best. Then they lose to Ireland...
Interesting scenarios Mynah but none likely to come to frution. However you left out the quite likely effort of one KP dropping Tait at long on in the final and Tait crosing to score 1 run to win and avoid a tie at 9 fer 368 beating Englands great effort of 367
Yes..there WAS an idiot caveman... Hunter W. Gatherer
Zimbabwe is cantering to a win against Ireland when a flurry of wickets, one of them taken by an Irishman called Andre Botha, causes a collapse that enables Ireland to force a tie. After the match the Irish captain, speaking with an Aussie twang, tells the pink-cheeked West Indian inerviewer...
Ah, no, never mind. Much too way out to be believable!
Had I (or anyone else) posted this a day before people would have asked me what I'd been drinking - mainly because I wouldn't have posted it then if I had not been drinking.
A brilliant Pakistani effort blasts the West Indies into the Caribbean, evoking memories of the days of Imran Khan at his best. Then they lose to Ireland...
So the supporting programme is over. That's the first two weeks of the tournament before the REAL CWC starts, when you'd expect to yawn your way through the qualifiers, not really bother to check the very predictable results, and wish something would just blo0dy happen.
Now for the REAL CWC, which would have a hard time measuring up...
Many unpredictable things have happened already, but IMO the most way out plot of all, if one had to make a prediction before the tournament:
More than 1 000 000 000 cricket fans anxiously await outcome as Bangladesh take on Bermuda in vital match
