Super Eights

It has been a sad world cup for over a billion fans of this great game. India's humiliating defeat against Bangladesh put frowns on the Indian faces. If that was not enough, the tears came rolling down when the Lions of Sri Lanka gave India the final knockout blow by winning the 20th match of the 2007 World Cup by 69 runs.
Sri Lanka 254/6 (50 ov); India 185 (43.3 ov)

The Indians' last hope was maybe the unimaginable loss of Bangladesh against Bermuda. The Bangladeshi came out strong against Bermuda by winning the match with 7 wickets on hand. This was good news to everyone in Bangladesh, their team is going to the Super 8s! Good luck to them. Ireland is a big suprise for the Super 8s. Who would of thought that the Irish would beat Pakistan and clinch a spot in the Super 8s? They are looking strong, they have a chance in beating couple of team and maybe pulling off an upset. There you have two young and energetic teams who surely add some spice to the world cup. I would also put England in this category but I don't think they are as strong as the abovementioned clubs. Sorry British fans.

From this point on, the rest 5 teams are strong and passionate! Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand and of course the home team West Indies!

Here are the next matches for the week:
March, Tue 27 West Indies v Australia
March, Wed 28 South Africa v Sri Lanka
March, Thu 29 West Indies v New Zealand
March, Fri 30 Ireland v England
March, Sat 31 Australia v Bangladesh
April, Sun 1 West Indies v Sri Lanka
April, Mon 2 Bangladesh v New Zealand

There are 4 important match-ups which we have to watch for sure.

There you have it, the Super 8s!

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