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Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:22 pm
by Eyas
Yawn
You'll probably find a few teams there are made up of more than one country.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:20 pm
by God is an Englishman
Con M wrote:Stitch This wrote:Talking of crap, how about those Windies
Exactly. Downward cricket spiral as their youngsters more & more prefer soccer-football.
ps, Is that loose collection of island states a even a country?
They've lost more to basketball than to football according to my west indian mates. Years of the cricket facilities not being looked after etc.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:21 pm
by God is an Englishman
Eyjafjallajökull wrote:Yawn
You'll probably find a few teams there are made up of more than one country.
I can think of 2, possibly 3 (not sure on the qualification but maybe even 4.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:40 pm
by Eliteguiden
Definitely three (at least)
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:01 pm
by God is an Englishman
Eliteguiden wrote:Definitely three (at least)
Who are your 3?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:59 pm
by Eliteguiden
West Indies (Bermuda, Bahamas etc.)
Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland)
England (England, Wales)
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:54 pm
by God is an Englishman
Eliteguiden wrote:West Indies (Bermuda, Bahamas etc.)
Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland)
England (England, Wales)
Wasn't sure if N Ireland counted as technically the cricket side is only S Ireland.
What about UAE? Do the Emirates count as different "countries"?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:17 am
by Eliteguiden
I did say at least.
I'm pretty sure the Ireland team represents both sides of the border, hence the flag.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:55 am
by God is an Englishman
Eliteguiden wrote:I did say at least.
I'm pretty sure the Ireland team represents both sides of the border, hence the flag.
They just use the S Ireland flag don't they?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:57 am
by Eliteguiden
No.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:13 am
by God is an Englishman
Eliteguiden wrote:No.
You are indeed correct.
Now, is an Emirate a country?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:18 am
by Eliteguiden
No idea
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:15 am
by Delete Your Account
God is an Englishman wrote:
You are indeed correct.
Now, is an Emirate a country?
An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab monarch styled emir. It also means principality
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:28 am
by Eliteguiden
I read that on wikipedia too.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:29 am
by N5 1BH
So an emirate would be a country in the same sense that the Wales, Monaco & Andorra etc. are countries
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:47 am
by Eliteguiden
More like Wales, Færoe Islands and Surinam which are all parts of other 'countries'. I don't think anyone considers Monaco and Andorra to be that.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:31 am
by N5 1BH
Eliteguiden wrote:More like Wales, Færoe Islands and Surinam which are all parts of other 'countries'. I don't think anyone considers Monaco and Andorra to be that.
So you have to be part of another country to be an emirate?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:47 am
by Jay Walking
God is an Englishman wrote:Eliteguiden wrote:West Indies (Bermuda, Bahamas etc.)
Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland)
England (England, Wales)
Wasn't sure if N Ireland counted as technically the cricket side is only S Ireland.
What about UAE? Do the Emirates count as different "countries"?
The UAE is a country with separate principalities ruling a province. Basically two states to form a country.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:10 pm
by God is an Englishman
N5 1BH wrote:So an emirate would be a country in the same sense that the Wales, Monaco & Andorra etc. are countries
Wales is a country, it's no longer a principality.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:23 pm
by N5 1BH
God is an Englishman wrote:N5 1BH wrote:So an emirate would be a country in the same sense that the Wales, Monaco & Andorra etc. are countries
Wales is a country, it's no longer a principality.
Indeed that is correct
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:22 pm
by Delete Your Account
God is an Englishman wrote:N5 1BH wrote:So an emirate would be a country in the same sense that the Wales, Monaco & Andorra etc. are countries
Wales is a country, it's no longer a principality.
Why does it have a Prince then?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:26 pm
by N5 1BH
Wales can still have a prince but it's not a principality coz it's not actually ruled by the prince. I think that's it.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:11 pm
by Anality Returns
This tournament is not the same without the Netherlands.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:17 pm
by God is an Englishman
Anality Returns wrote:This tournament is not the same without the Netherlands.
Same with Holland.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:24 pm
by Con M
Slinky_Pete wrote:God is an Englishman wrote:N5 1BH wrote:So an emirate would be a country in the same sense that the Wales, Monaco & Andorra etc. are countries
Wales is a country, it's no longer a principality.
Why does it have a Prince then?
How come Wales can have team(s) in the EPL, yet other British home nations like Scotland & Northern Ireland can't ?
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:44 pm
by Cloister
Who says they can't? I'm pretty sure Gretna (I think it was Gretna) used to play in the English football pyramid. Had they been more successful they could have worked ther way up there.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:50 pm
by God is an Englishman
Con M wrote:How come Wales can have team(s) in the EPL, yet other British home nations like Scotland & Northern Ireland can't ?
Because the welsh teams qualified, no scottish team ever has.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:47 pm
by Stitch This
England heading down to Flight Centre during the drinks break
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:53 pm
by God is an Englishman
Stitch This wrote:England heading down to Flight Centre during the drinks break
They'd judge that wrong as well and go down the wrong line. Hopefully this will be the push to get rid of Downton.
Meanwhile KP is sitting on a beach in the W Indies not required.
Re: Cricket World Cup
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:10 pm
by bapa
For the second time this WC, New Zealand will bat before the supper break after having bowled an opposition out. Tim Southee. What a spell by him. Seven wickets. Four of them were outswinger hitting the off stump. New Zealand were too good - with the ball, in the field, with the captaincy - against the top order, but pretty ordinary from the lower order. Root made no attempt to farm the strike as the wickets kept falling. And Broad kept running away from the ball