Lucky England
This World Cup will always be remembered as the Bob Woolmer murder World Cup, writes Vic Marks in The Observer
Play badly and Michael Vaughan's men will receive flak in the press and some grumbles from former players, while the Barmy Army defiantly supports them come what may. As Woolmer used to say on the golf course when his opponent deposited the ball into the water: 'The ball's in the lake; nobody died.' Some sense of perspective remains.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo