{"id":7238,"date":"2015-02-13T11:43:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2015-02-13T11:43:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:13:42","slug":"why-canadians-should-watch-the-icc-world-cup-yahoo-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=7238","title":{"rendered":"Why Canadians Should Watch the ICC World Cup (Yahoo Canada)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?attachment_id=7239#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7239\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10974155_10152524784720194_8351557482793200396_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremonies. Photo Credit: ICC\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10974155_10152524784720194_8351557482793200396_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10974155_10152524784720194_8351557482793200396_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10974155_10152524784720194_8351557482793200396_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Toronto based freelance Australian writer Justin Robertson writes for Yahoo Sports Canada:<\/p>\n<p>The first ball of cricket\u2019s highly anticipated masterpiece starts in less than 24 hours in Melbourne and Christchurch. The ICC World Cup kicked off with a super low-key Opening Ceremony with local artists and cultural themes\u00a0last night <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1299\">(in case you missed it, which you most likely did,<a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1301\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015\/content\/gallery\/830073.html\" data-rapid_p=\"8\">here\u2019s<\/a> a quick look.) <\/span>It\u2019s no NFL halftime show featuring Katy Perry and dancing sharks, but, it happened all the same. This World Cup is expected to keep super fans and casual fans absorbed for six glorious weeks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1287\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1289\">Like most world events, controversy comes in all forms. Security for the World Cup is on high alert after a Sydney authorities intercepted a terrorist attack just <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/imminent-terror-attack-foiled-australia-police-231316918.html\" data-rapid_p=\"9\">days ago<\/a>. There are also protests<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1291\">outside the S.C.G stadium where large groups are lashing out against the estimated 200 foreigners being imported to broadcast the World Cup, intensifying secuirty fears.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1294\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1293\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1423783767053_1297\">On the field, this year&#8217;s World Cup will feature cricket&#8217;s tallest player: <\/span>Pakistan\u2019s Mohammad Irfan, standing at seven-foot, one-inch (2.16 metres). Other burning questions will be answered over the course of the tournament: can\u00a0<a class=\"yom-entity-link yom-entity-Team\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/australia\" data-rapid_p=\"10\">Australia<\/a> win their fifth World Cup title? Can India go back to back? What about New Zealand and South Africa; could either of them win the title for the first time? With 49 matches and 14 teams remaining, we&#8217;ll find out those answers in late March. Here\u2019s why Canadians should watch the next month and a half of the ICC World Cup. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/eh-game\/why-canadians-should-watch-the-icc-world-cup--here-s-five-things-that-will-keep-you-intrigued-192028596.html\" target=\"_blank\">FULL STORY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto based freelance Australian writer Justin Robertson writes for Yahoo Sports Canada: The first ball of cricket\u2019s highly anticipated masterpiece starts in less than 24 hours in Melbourne and Christchurch. The ICC World Cup kicked off with a super low-key Opening Ceremony with local artists and cultural themes\u00a0last night (in case you missed it, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7240,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7238\/revisions\/7240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}