Our own assessment of our Quarter Final prediction

On 7th March 2015, Stump Vision: Cricket Predictions had predicted that the following team will appear for the Semi-Final (Please Read:Our Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Final World Cup Predictions)

South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand

....and...

.....Yes, our prediction has turned out to be true.

Well, let us look into the reason as to why the team failed to make it to the Semi-finals

Why did Sri Lanka fail?

1. Like 2011 World Cup Final, Sri Lanka made dreadful changes to the team by bringing in Kusal Perara and Kaushal the lanky Off-spinner. By bringing on Kusal Perara as an opener, they had disturbed the successful opening combination of Dilshan-Thirimanne
2. We had predicted in our column (Please read: Chokers tag apart, SA stands firm favorites in the Quarter Final clash) that if one of the 3 top batsmen fall early, then the middle order will be exposed - this has exactly happened as the middle order including Mahela have under performed in the series 
3. We had indicated that the 'chokers' tag will not apply for SA in the quarter final

Why did Bangladesh fail?

1. Poor captaincy by Mortaza. Continuing himself to bowl, especially during the Power Play and leaking 69 runs in 10 overs is not an intelligent thinking. Mahmadullah was given only one over to bowl.
2. Indians consolidated till the 38th over and waited for the final punch in the last few overs - with wickets intact, scoring about 90 plus in the last 10 overs

Why did Pakistan fail?

1. Winning the toss and electing to bat on a greenish wicket. Aussies exploited the green tinge and made early inroads
2. We had predicted (Please read: Home conditions and crowd favor Aussies) that Sarfraz has been the main weapon and if he is removed early, Pakistan will collapse.
3. Reluctance to introduce Yasir Shah in the playing XI - we had observed in the above column that Aussies don't like to play wrist spin.

Why did WIndies fail?

1. Guptill has taken the game away from WIndies with a scintillating knock of unbeaten 237. Every other batsmen rallied around him
2. Though WIndies were going for the runs, NZ was only looking at getting wickets at regular intervals.

Please wait for a prediction update from us on the Semi-final clash to happen next week.