World Cup Semis

So South Africa has scraped through to the semis. Once the Super 8s were decided, you could predict who the semifinalists would be. But the South Africans made it tough for themselves by losing to Bangladesh. England on the other hand should retire their whole team from the ODI format and concentrate on Tests only.

So the predictions for the semi finals - one look at the past records would tell that the final is going to be an Australia - Sri Lanka affair. Aussies have never lost a semi final in a World Cup and both New Zealand and South Africa have never won a knockout match in the past World Cups.