Over the next 2 weeks the 20/20 World Championships take place in England. It promises to be an action packed series, as any team can beat any other on a given day.

As per usual the fancied teams will be the ones who have the star players and who have performed well as a team over recent times. For that reason, South Africa, Australia and India must be the 3 fancied teams. However on their day Sri Lanka, Pakistan, England, the West Indies and New Zealand can all deliver.

I’m picking the South Africans to definitely make the semis, and they have the all round team to win their first world title. The batting lineup is solid, but the strength for me is in the bolwing lineup with pace and spin aplenty. The spinners especially have the knack of taking wickets during the middle overs and slowing the run rate, which limits the damage opposition teams can inflict at the death.

Australia are solid in their batting, but may struggle to deliver consistently with the ball. India and Sri Lanka both look more balanced sides and on paper would be the other 2 teams I would imagine to go through to the semis. However i’m not prepared to put my head on the line as in this form of the game anything can happen. Bring it on!