Cricket’s quadrennial showpiece has been thrown into major turmoil in the last three weeks. Suddenly, Australia is facing major injury problems (Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden) and is not looking invincible after losses to England and New Zealand. England after being wiped out 5-0 in the Ashes suddenly seems to have discovered its bearings in the shorter of the game, thanks to Paul Collingwood, et al. New Zealand, always the perennial pesk, is looking like a champion side chasing totals of 300-plus with seeming ease, with the old (Craig McMillan) and the young (Brendon McCullum) showing the way. South Africa is suddenly No. 1 on the tables, but both India and Pakistan have socked it to the proteas on their soil in the last two months. Result: total and utter confusion, and a tournament which is wide open.
What do you think? Who do you think will win? Why?
I think it is going to be South Africa, New Zealand ….if not Australia….
India!
India will beat Austrlia in finals and repeat what they did in 1983. Stop a team winning for the third consecutive time !
Who knows until the two teams reach finals.
But I bet its going to be either SA or Australia .
KP, Please announce some kind of Prize….
India winning? Are we day dreaming!!!
It just shows how desperate cricket fans are that a couple of defeats of Australia seem to have pulled all the doomsdayers out. Fact is, Australia hasn’t collapsed and fallen by the wayside. It scored 300-plus targets in the last two games against New Zealand, and yet lost. Which means they are having a problem with their bowling. But wasn’t this the same side which recovered despite losing Shane Warne the day before the last World Cup began? A wounded Ricky Ponting is always a greater threat than a contented Ponting. Ask England. The Ashes defeat was enough to produce a 5-0 mauling. In other words, write off Australia at your own peril. So, who will win? Not India.