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Originally Posted by Ajfar
2007 was a special case. One that ICC didn't even imagine in their wildest dream. 2007 format required BD/Ireland to win ONLY 1 game against G8 nation, and beat the other weaker team in the group ie Bermuda/Zim. I don't think we'll see that format again anytime soon. It's much easier to win only 1 game against G8 nation, than win 2 game against G8 nation and still hope other results go your way.
This format will give us the opportunity to play quite a few games but our chances of getting eliminated are quite high. 2007 WC format gives us a better chance to qualify for the 2nd round but the downside being if we don't quality we don't get to face other G8 teams.
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Not necessarily. The format was different in 2007, sure. It required beating one test team. 2011 was not too different, the reason being, if you leave out Zim (not in our group anyway), you really have to replace just one top team by beating them. Just like we did against England. The only difference being, England had a chance to bounce back, WI needed to win that game. If they did, we'd still go to 2nd round just by win one game against top 8. So, I am not too worried about the format (and this is better format, anyway). These days 1 out of 4 times we are expected to beat a top team, if we can do it to the right team, we can still make it to the 2nd round.