Take Your Bets
The proverbial one horse race is now starting to look a little bit more crowded.
Mid-way through the tri-series no one would have given you a thing for the Aussies to win the World Cup.
All of a sudden, it’s an 8 horse race.
If you were taking a four horse boxed quinnella (see www.tab.co.nz!) then here’s what I’d take:
1. Australia – still have the talent to do it on the day but whether they can do it consistently and under pressure is now the big question
2. New Zealand – don’t ask for consistency – hope for a couple of one off efforts in a row to get into the final and then one more one off effort
3. Sri Lanka – horses for courses, track conditions to suit, match winners, under no pressure
4. Pakistan – as long as some of their stars are scratched!!
England has some recent form to recommend, as does South Africa altho the Yarpies specialise in self destructing in the WC (albeit with some outside influence). Hard to see the West Indies doing it at home unless they can run on emotion and Lara scores some runs. Indian can’t win away from home.
There it is … off to the TAB to collect!
