| At last we have the two finalists of this world cup | | | | Sri Lanka and Australia easily defeated their opponent |
| and it is just a matter of two days before we will | | | | i.e. New Zealand and South Africa respectively. The |
| come to know who the winner will be. After the | | | | other teams which had entered in the Super Eight |
| semi finials only two teams are left in the fray to vie | | | | stage of the World cup and had a chance to reach |
| for the title of world champions. Sri Lanka was the | | | | the Semi Finals are England, Ireland, Bangladesh and |
| only Asian team left in the tournament after the | | | | the host West Indies. All these teams did not play to |
| shock and early exit of two of the pre tournament | | | | the expected levels and lost the golden opportunity |
| favorites India and Pakistan. However both Australia | | | | to play in the cricket world cup final. |
| and Sri Lanka have played very well throughout the | | | | In the first final that was played between Sri Lanka |
| tournament and rightly deserve a place to play in the | | | | and New Zealand the teams were evenly balanced |
| finals. It is very apt that only the best teams play | | | | on paper. So when Sri Lanka was batting first and |
| each other to bag the title of world champions. To | | | | they lost two quick wickets, it seemed that this will |
| play in the finals a team has to show their working | | | | be an even contest. However that was not to be |
| potential over a period of time and that is why both | | | | and Skipper Jayewardene who started on a slow |
| these teams have given consistent performance | | | | note suddenly shifted gears and played the innings of |
| throughout the tournament. | | | | a lifetime to take his team to a competitive total of |
| Australia is the only team that has not lost a single | | | | 289 runs in the allotted 50 overs. The Kiwi run chase |
| match, while Sri Lanka has lost two matches, but | | | | did not start too well and they never really |
| what matters is that both the teams have reached | | | | recovered to pose a threat to the Lankan total. In |
| the finals. Reaching the cricket world cup final is an | | | | the end they fell short by 81 runs and ended their |
| achievement that is not easy to earn. The semi finals | | | | campaign in this world cup. New Zealand's jinx with |
| promised many exciting moments to fans, but in the | | | | the world cup continued and this is the fifth time |
| end both the matches were total dampeners as both | | | | they crashed out of the semis. |