Where is the World Cup Fever?

This Cricket World Cup is still waiting to be truely set alight. It held the promise of the best ever World Cup but so far it has been disappointing.

The Super 8's is a time you would expect the play to get more interesting, but you have a handful of teams that are the front runners, with Australia leading the pack by miles. Then there are Sri Lanka and New Zealand, followed by South Africa to make up what many believe to be the semi finalists.

The inclusion of Ireland and Bangladesh in the Super 8's has not made for competitive matches so far. The smaller nations have not historically done too well at this stage but there is still the chance that they could cause an upset or two.

The big empty grounds, exclusion of India and Pakistan and the home team not doing very well has not helped the competition. With respect to Ireland and Bangladesh, the match between these two will not be the mouth watering prospect that it was expected to be between India and Pakistan. A lot of other matches have lost the gloss with smaller teams as opposition.

The pricing of tickets has come into question with the focus on selling tickets abroad, which has excluded many of the locals who are crucial to add the renowned Caribbean flavour that the event so badly needs. The weather is also causing disruption as it is the rainy season ansd one wonders why it was planned at this time when this was known.

I hope for the good of the competition and the game that its showpiece event comes to life in the next few weeks, leading to the final stages, and becomes the spectacle we all expected and want it to be.