SA eyeing SF : Amarnath

The Castrol Predictor gives 73% chance to mighty SA and only 27% to NZ, despite the fact that NZ is the dark horse !

Nobody gives much chance to NZ. Nobody expects any upset also. SA is far ahead of NZ in all the three departments of the game. That SA is one of the most powerful teams is proved by their performance. " We will lift the Cup" said Smith. Except for the sole match against Eng, their batting has been good. Bram Villiers with two hundreds lead their batting. Amla, Kallis, Duminy as top orders and with Peterson and Ingram as lower orders, their batting is the next best batting line up in the world, after India !

Peterson has put in a great performance. He has taken 14 wickets and has shone with the bat. Tahir with 12 wickets is not lagging behind. Instead of pace, it is the spin bowlers who have taken wickets ! But then pacers have not let them down and it was Steyn's 5/51 which turned the tables against India !But the Mirpur pitch favours spin and it is the spinners performance which will matter today !

NZ is the only team which has defeated Pak in Group A. But they lost to Aus and SL. NZ depends on their pacers. For them, Southee leads with 14 wickets. Vettori, one of the leading all rounders in the game, has not had a good WC. Ross Taylor, with a superb 131 not out against Pak, lead their batting and is their best hope. The others could not find consistency.