I repeat again what I said at the start of this thread...
England did not deserve to play Quarter Finals cricket given the way they have played in this tournament and it would've been a joke if they scraped into 4th spot. Serves all those Poms who were bad mouthing the Aussies after the tri series final, saying they were going to hammer us. Well, their reward is an early ticket home from this World Cup. More than 50% of the sides qualify for the finals and they still couldn't make it.
Also, goes to show the big mistake the ICC made with Sri Lanka and England getting set venues for QF matches. Only the hosts - Australia and NZ - should've got the fixed venues, like they did in 2011. Now, Sri Lanka have been robbed of a potential QF at the MCG (which was initially allocated for England) where they could've got a very large crowd given the huge Sri Lankan community in Melbourne. Instead, they will have to play their QF in Sydney.
