I admit the "Neesham-out Elliot-in" took me by surprise too..
But I take consolation from the fact that it wasn't bloody James Franklin again.
I think we have a decent chance of making the finals this time around, but it really depends on who we meet in QF/SF.. I think we can beat anyone in the Quarters, barring SA, and anyone in the Semis, barring SL. For some reason the 'Lankans always sneak one past us in knockouts.. And as for the saffas, right now ABD is just in superb hitting form, and I'm not sure that we could break through their top 3 fast enough to get him in while the balls are still banana-ing around, and the only way for us to beat them right now is to a) somehow break through Amla/Du Plessis early, and make ABD have to bat sensibly (like Zimbabwe did), or b) wait for their momentum to run its course, which I think by the semis it will.