SA hammered Eng yesterday thereby making all the remaining matches in the Super Eight inconsequential. Not only have the semi-finalists been decided (Aus, NZ, SL & SA) but the semi-final line-up also is frozen for all practical purposes.
Australia will finish at the top even if they lose to NZ in their last match on account of their excellent net run-rate. SL can overtake NZ to be at No. 2 if they hammer Ireland and NZ loses to Aus but it hardly makes a difference. Nobody can displace SA from No. 4 slot. In all cases, Aus will clash with SA whereas the Kiwis will take on the Lankans.
All I can hope for is that we get to see some exciting cricket in the semis; don't mind a couple of nail-biting finishes. We had a very few closely contested games in this world cup so far; so by the law of averages we should have some interesting games coming our way in the next 10 days. I personally would want to have a new world champion and would be rooting for NZ and SA in the last leg. Aus hasn't lost a world cup game since 1999 and I am sure the law of averages would catch up to them as well and if it doesn't, Ricky Ponting would go in to my books as the greatest (though highly underrated) captain of all time.
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