The ICC’s decision to limit the show to just 10 countries will undo 120 years of progress.
That conditions will be very well suited to spinners at the World Cup is a given but, as usual, poor slow bowlers will be milked ruthlessly.
SA have caused such disappointment for their fans in previous World Cups that there is a sense of relief that they arrive in India as outsiders.
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/ 23 January 2011
Yusuf Pathan’s blistering century proved in vain for India as South Africa won the fifth and decisive one-day international by 33 runs on Sunday.
Jacques Kallis grafted a brave unbeaten half-century to lift SA to 212-6 at tea on the fourth day of the third Test against India on Wednesday.
A grimly determined Gautam Gambhir and a serene Sachin Tendulkar took India to 142 for two at stumps on the second day of the deciding third Test.
Jacques Kallis struck a masterful century on Monday on the second day of the deciding third Test against India at Newlands.
Jacques Kallis defied medical advice to score a magnificent century which put South Africa in position to win the deciding third Test against India.
An assured unbeaten 81 by Jacques Kallis put South Africa in command on the first day of the deciding third Test against India at Newlands on Sunday.
India pace bowler Zaheer Khan dismissed SA captain Graeme Smith for the sixth time in nine Tests before rain forced the players off the field.