Cricket World Cup: Seeding or why West Indies is D2
Well, I didn’t understand *why* there is seeding.
It seems Pakistan was seeded first in our group and if they qualified for Super Eight they’d've been D1 and we were seeded second so D2. Ireland qualified instead of Pakistan so they got slotted into D1.
It’s so frustrating; I was looking forward to an Ireland match, one I’m less emotionally invested in. However I shall be watching the *last* match of the Super Eight so hopefully most of the qualifiers for the semi-finals should be determined already (unless West Indies leaves it up to the last minute and edge of your seat worry *sigh*).
But I figured it out…I’m sure this is written somewhere if I cared to search/read.
It’s so people can buy tickets.
If you wanted to see West Indies play, you’d buy the first round tickets. And if you wanted to take a chance and buy tickets ahead of time for Super Eight and make sure you got West Indies, if they qualified, then you’d get tickets for the matches their seed will play. Once you qualify you get your seed, and not the other matches so you won’t be gambling (hoping to have bought the right tickets *if* they qualify).
I’m guessing this only worked for the 8 seeded times of course. If you weren’t one of the seeded teams, I guess you’d've just bought tickets to watch cricket, any cricket or not have bought tickets since you didn’t expect to get in…and just buy them when/if you qualify?
Oh well.
I’ll see West Indies. That’s good, right?
PS Bangladesh qualified for the Super Eight! HEHEHEHEHE
