Group B now wide open

Wth the magnificient victory at the Chinnaswamy stadium, Ireland has opened up the group to any number of possibilities.Even to begin with, the question was Whether it would be Bangladesh or the West Indies.Now it could be Ireland and Bangladesh progressing with India and South Africa or the West Indies and England cannot be written off.So six out of seven teams are still in contention and that is a good sign.
And all the talk about not having associates from the next World Cup appears to be premature.An associate has reached semi final in 2003, another was in super eight in 2007 and at least two associates are holding their own in Group B.Group A Associates are not faring so well.When an associate manages to achieve the highest World Cup run chase,theyhave arrived.This victory over England is more significant than Sri Lanka's over India in 1979 and Bangladesh's over Pakistan in 1999.