Gulf News Dummy's Guide To Cricket World Cup

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Gulf News Dummy's Guide To Cricket World Cup. Gulf News gets some not-so-expert opinions on the game of cricket from across the newsroom and also takes a shot at predicting the winner of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Hello, welcome to Golf News special roundtable on the Cricket World Cup.

00:08We've assembled an excellent group of journalists from around the Golf News studio to talk about

00:13the upcoming three games.

00:15Not a single one of them has any experience whatsoever in sports, so we'll just be winging

00:20it today.

00:21We have Alexander Cornwell, a business journalist.

00:23We have Shan Krizna, one of our senior editors.

00:26We have Nick Robinson from radio.

00:28We have Sujitha Chaudhary, a senior reporter.

00:31We also have Jay Lenton, one of our senior video editors.

00:34The first question I'm going to put out to the panel is, what is a wicket and what makes

00:39it sticky?

00:40Nick?

00:41A wicket is an Ewok from the planet Endor.

00:42What makes it sticky?

00:43I think peanut butter.

00:44I have to disagree there.

00:45I'm pretty sure it was a brand of chewing gum that I grew up with.

00:53Isn't those things in the ground in the grass at night?

00:55This is a work of art.

00:56If you don't know wicket, you don't be telling me what cricket is.

01:00So wicket is the stumps.

01:01You see there are three stumps on either side, they are called wickets, and pitch is also

01:05sometimes called a wicket.

01:07How do each one of you know your team?

01:09Do you know them well?

01:11Personally, best friends.

01:14Best friends?

01:15I think so.

01:16Alright, who's the captain of your team?

01:17And what is your team?

01:18New Zealand.

01:19And it's Richie McCord.

01:20Jay?

01:21Well, South Africa is a democracy, so we don't really have captains.

01:24It's not like pirateship.

01:25Everyone kind of makes decisions collectively.

01:26I thought the Australians were the pirates.

01:27No, our captain is Michael Clarke, but he might be retiring this week or have a back

01:28injury, so we're not too sure.

01:29I know that my captain is Mohenjo-Singh Dhoni, because we see so many of his ads on television.

01:30So I know him from that.

01:31Sam, back to you.

01:32I'm Len Leighton here.

01:33Nick and Jay here.

01:34Your captain is Brennan McCullum, and your captain is...

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02:20Okay.

02:21Simply put, there is a natural swing to the ball.

02:23When the ball is new and shiny, it swings a particular way.

02:26But when the ball gets older, it's difficult to swing.

02:29So what they do is they use sweat or spittle to make one side heavier.

02:33So it swings the other way.

02:34So the ball swings exactly the opposite way it should swing.

02:37That's why it's called a loose end.

02:39Doesn't make any sense.

02:41All right.

02:42Now, I'm not an expert on cricket.

02:44I've seen one game.

02:45But I've been a baseball fan my entire life.

02:48So I consider myself.

02:49They're all kind of the same.

02:50Can you tell me the major differences of why baseball is a better sport?

02:54Baseball is not a better sport.

02:55So the argument ends there.

02:57Okay.

02:58What makes cricket a better sport?

02:59Cricket is a better sport.

03:00You can see 90,000 people watching it simply because it's a better sport.

03:04I've never seen baseball.

03:07In Australia, we actually have a game called Aussie Rules.

03:09And it's played on the same field as the cricket.

03:11But that's a better sport.

03:13So cricket is just a byproduct that we do in our off time in Australia.

03:16Who's going to be the top scorer of runs in this upcoming games?

03:20By many of you, I'm saying Bolt because he's the fastest runner there is.

03:24Right?

03:25Martin Goldfish.

03:28Who's Martin Goldfish?

03:29Goldfish?

03:30No.

03:31Martin Guptill.

03:32Oh, Guptill.

03:33Yeah, Martin Guptill.

03:34I go in.

03:35I would do Elias.

03:37Who's that?

03:38He's the South African captain.

03:39A lot of talk about South Africa getting ready to choke in these upcoming games.

03:43What's your view on that?

03:44Well, I think that if they're just really bare down, get their head in it,

03:48stay away from small objects, small sweets.

03:51Just don't really put anything in your mouth that is a choking hazard.

03:55Then you're going to get to that field and you're going to play a good game

03:58and you're going to do your best.

03:59Alex, what's your view on Australia?

04:01How will they do in these upcoming games?

04:02Well, it's a home-grown advantage.

04:05And really, New Zealand is a small part of Australia.

04:08So either way, we'll be coming out on top.

04:10It's a 50-50 chance going into the final.

04:12How about New Zealand?

04:13Will that bring pride to Australia if they win?

04:15Crickets will be whacked.

04:17Sport will be the winner on the day.

04:19Obviously, cricket is a big sport in India.

04:21How do you think India is going to do?

04:23The Indians are hoping to win the cup.

04:26But I really don't know.

04:27Because there's no competition at all.

04:30So who's going to be the overall winner in this tournament?

04:32Who's your prediction?

04:33I honestly have no idea at all.

04:35I couldn't give you an educated guess if I wanted to.

04:37But I would say to say that Australia is going to win,

04:40so probably New Zealand will come out on top.

04:42Is it India?

04:43India.

04:44India.

04:45Jay?

04:46Well, obviously, I'm going to go with South Africa.

04:49But anything can happen on the day.

04:51And with all these choking hazards that you've been talking about,

04:53I'm just actually really worried for everyone at the moment.

04:56Nick?

04:57New Zealand.

04:58My money would be on South Africa,

05:00simply because there's a much more balanced side.

05:02They've got a very good, very balanced bowling attack

05:05and decent batsmen, too.

05:09So you're saying South Africa is going to win the Cricket World Cup?

05:11Absolutely.

05:12You're going to be very popular.

05:17All right, everyone.

05:18Thank you for joining our special panel.

05:20And remember to watch the World Series when it happens this weekend.

05:22Thank you very much.

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