Super Eights Are Now Super Sixes

Well at least until tomorrow when England face Kenya. The only thing worse that could have happened (from ICC's perspective) at this world cup was if the home team did not make it to the Super Eights. West Indies cricket was banking on West Indies, India, Australia heavily since India has a large expat community there. So they would not be happy either. Ireland's defeat of Pakistan apart (but even there their batting problems were apparent) I think they will get badly trounced by the remaining big eight in the Super Eights who by now have gotten used to conditions and have gone past the initial jitters and know that the format now favors them heavily. Super Eights is starting to look like a huge exercise in futility.