England need to blow hot to beat system

"England could still reach the semi-finals after losing to Australia, especially if South Africa continue to fall apart after their defeat by Bangladesh. Any feelings of superiority England had after winning the one-day finals in Australia were dissipated when they threw away the warm-up match in St Vincent last month," writes Scyld Berry in The Sunday Telegraph.

Also in The Sunday Telegraph, Ian Chappell says that England's chances of beating Australia depend on whether they dismiss Ricky Ponting cheaply.

"Should Vaughan continue to open, or might he profit down the order? He likes the hard ball but it is getting rid of him too often. Could Bell open as he did last year? Could Flintoff go in at the top of the order with licence to belt the daylights out of the ball?" asks Mike Selvey in The Guardian.

In The Observer, Vic Marks says that "if England are defeated today [by Australia] and are then consigned to another unsuccessful World Cup expedition, the juggernaut for change will be hard to halt."