After Australia lost their fifth game out of six, they have finally been overtaken at the top of the one day rankings for the first time since they were introduced in 2002.

Australia are still favourites at the bookies to win the World Cup, and although they havn’t turned into a bad team overnight, it would take a brave gambler to put money on them at this point in time. Truth be told, they did well with the bat in the last game against NZ, but if you can’t defend 336 then surely something is wrong (apart from the shape and size of the ground at Auckland which looked tiny!)

South Africa will feel confident going into the world cup, and they are my tips to win it, but there are many sides that come the knockout stages could spring a surprise. One things for sure though, I’m really looking forward to it this year. All this watching cricket makes me want to start playing as well. Still, nets start in 10 days!