collapsiooo from the windies 72-8

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/9432686.stmNot according to Punter??[/url

yeah i heard he'd denied it a few minutes after i posted it.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9434379.stmEngland hit by another withdrawal[/url

If he's lucky Adil Rashid might get a chance to recommence drinks duties now, though no doubt the selectors will pluck a random out of nowhere instead.

We're surely running out of random Saffers now. Rashid is the obvious choice, so they'll no doubt look elsewhere. An opener might be an idea.

Aye, an opener would make sense.

Great knock from Ponting for the Aussies this morning, perfect timing with the vultures circling.

Confirmed - Rashid called up to the squad

He'll get there just in time to fly home then.

Shaun Tait has borrowed Johnson's radar. Altogether now: They bowl to the left.....

Ding dong the witch is dead...

I strongly fancy India to go on & win it from here now, Yuvi is in sublime form with bat & ball in this tournament, looks like an early cert for player of the tournament. As for Australia, I think they went about as far in this tournament as they were able to, their lack of spin options were always going to be their achilles heel. Also, as John alluded to, if you have to rely on pace you need to have bowlers with better discipline than Johnson & Tait. I felt for Brett Lee in the last couple of games who bowled his tripe out only to see his partners undoing much of his good work by relieving pressure with loose stuff from the opposite end.

On a final note, what an atmosphere at Ahmedabad yesterday; absolutely electric. I can only imagine what the noise will be like if India overcome Pakistan next week.

India vs Pakistan looks like it'll be a cracker especially if Pakistan play the way they did against the Windies.

I fancy Pakistan to beat them, I reckon the Indians are starting to get a little bit nervous.

In Afridi and Gul, Pakistan have the two best bowlers in the competition. I fancy them to beat India.

Big Jesse Ryder currently giving it a right wallop. Five spinners in the Saffers side which sounded like a gamble to me

Got to think that total's not going to be big enough, unless they make some early inroads.

10-15 short perhaps. It'll be interesting to see how South Africa fail in this one.

They've done ludicrous run-outs and miscalculating Duckworth-Lewis - where can you go from there?

Someone loses the key to the dressing room and they lose seven wickets all timed out.

Or Faf du Plessis could run out a well set AB de Villiers and instigate a collapse

If you can here a dry retching sound, that'd be South Africa's traditional four-yearly massive choke.

South Africa & World Cups; unbelievable. Kallis & De Villiers looked well set, I nip out to take the cat to the vets, get back & turn on the TV expecting to see the Saffers coast home & they're 8 down! Surely they'll have to accept that the choker label is deserved if they blow this one.

I would love to know what AB is saying to du Plessis in that dressing room right now.

[url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/headingleycricketclub/news/pics-south-africa-v-new-zeal-281827.htmlsome great pics of du Plessis getting it from the black caps here[/url

Congratulations to New Zealand - a small and sply-populated group of islands somewhere in the Pacific who also happen to be World Champions and Four Nations Champions in Rugby League.