Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has come up with his predictions for every match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. McCullum has made notes and jotted down his predictions for CWC19. As per the former Kiwi skipper, favourites England and India will lose only one match each. McCullum predicts England’s only defeat in the round-robin stage will come against Australia while India will face a loss against England. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Winner Predictions: Andrew Flintoff Picks England As Favourites to Lift CWC19 Trophy.
Going by McCullum’s predictions for Cricket World Cup 2019, Australia will win six out of nine matches while teams like New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, and Pakistan will each win five out nine matches. So, as per the results predicted by McCullum apart from hosts England, India and Australia, one of the teams from New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, and Pakistan will make it to the semifinals.
“World Cup game by game predictions. 4 teams will fight out the 4th qualifying spot and net run rate will decide who progresses. Rain and luck will likely play a part as well. I hope Nz gets that little bit of luck and can qualify. Enjoy the 6 week celebration of the best players on the planet,” wrote McCullum on Facebook. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Predictions: New Zealand and West Indies Are Dark Horses, Feel Former Stars.
Here’s McCullum’s Facebook Post:
In the notes prepared by former New Zealand cricketer, he says West Indies will win against Sri Lanka and Interestingly, he has predicted just one win for Sri Lanka and that too against West Indies. So, it is a bit confusing there! The former Blackcaps player has also made a bold prediction that Afghanistan will defeat both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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