Who will it be?

"England are dark horses to lift trophy."

- an upbeat Michael Bevan talking to the Mirror

"Boring South Africa will not win the World Cup."

- who else, but Warnie could have said that. Shane thinks the Kiwis and

Lankans are the top contenders this time round.

"One of six teams could win it."

- Mickey Arthur, South African coach. Need i tell you which this six are?

"India is amongst 7 or 8 teams which could win the World Cup"

- the Indian Captain goes one step further than Mickey

"South Africa are cricket's equivalent to the Spanish football side. It does not matter how they

are performing in the build-up - they will fall short."

- John Dobson, writing for Sportingo.com thinks fate will seal SA's fate yet again.

"Inzamam under pressure to emulate Imran Khan and win the Cup for Pakistan."

- Pakistani Press

India will bring home the World Cup because of the sheer passion generated by the game in the country.

- That's quite an un-Gavaskar like remark,

I picked up that last one from a wordpress blog. Hope the information itself is accurate