Pollard to me is the most over hyped and over rated cricketer EVER. a few good knocks for Trinidad and then the IPL have seen him make a huge name for himself but take a closer look at his stats, with the bat he has played over 30 ODIS and only 2 50's one was against Holland in this WC.
His record is so dire because of where he bats in the side, the fifty he did get was Against Oz when he had time to play an innings, though IIRC the pressure was off Pollard as the Aussies had the game in the bag, give him time and his figures will improve... I agree with the stuff about the windies side though, ideally I'd have Junior Bravo opening with Gayle and Samuels to replace Smith in the side but that wont happen. The bowling attack needs a bit more, Benn and Roach should have enough wicket taking potential against all sides, Gayle's bowling has gone unnoticed in this tourney, think he should be bowling ten overs a game on most pitches, bowled well against Lanka leading up to this, Sammy is a passenger but hopefully Roach and Benn take enough wickets first up that means sides cant fully attack Sammy Gayle Miller etc. Consistency in fielding will let us down sooner or later during this tourney
Re. the group England Windies and SA India have the potential to be great games, though I think you could pretty much put those four teams in the quarters... I like Englands chances with Bell or Bopara opening and Morgan back, who tends to carry their OD side a lil bit
