Updates

I've been a bit busy of late and just haven't found the time to post my views about the million-or-so parallel threads which have been running in the cricketing world over the last week. I'll probably be working extra hours for the remainder of the week so it's 50-50 whether I'll be able to catch Friday's NZ-Sri Lanka game(the World T20 opener) in its entirety.

The major talking point from yesterday is Zimbabwe's defeat of Australia in the warm up game. Now this isn't exactly an unprecedented event (if one cares to cast one's mind back to a group game from 2007), but it still raises more than a few eyebrows.

Wes has blogged about the game and suggests that Michael Clarke's side has a lot to think about. Certainly Australia's all-out pace attack can be expensive at times but their support bowlers - Watson and Christian were the ones on whim maximum damage was inflicted, which was the damning bit.

I would argue it's just what the Aussies needed. No compacency from them hereon, which will only make them doubly dangerous. The result is also a message to New Zealand and Sri Lanka that there's a potential banana skin lurking in their group. The loser of Friday's game will not be entirely comfortable with the prospect of having to beat the pesky Zimbabweans to make it to the next round.

Late bloomers such as Chigumbura and Brendan Taylor aside, Zimbabwe's slow bowling attack is their obvious calling card. Given their recent experience of playing in the West Indies - even humbling the hosts on a couple of occasions - they'll be backing themselves. And given that the majority of NZ's big hitters like a bit of pace on the ball, as a kiwi supporter I should be a bit worried.

Watch out for Group B!