Despite England's loss to Oz yesterday, it was interesting to note how effectively a part-time medium pacer like Paul Collingwood bowled. It looks like the slow, low-bounce conditions of the present-day Caribbean wickets will suit such bowlers. The batsmen might take advantage of the quicker bowlers with the ball coming on to the bat, while the spinners are likely to struggle if the bounce gets too low. But bowlers that are able to take the pace off the ball and use a bit of the seam are likely to actually benefit from the conditions. Oddly, most such bowlers are part-timers like Collingwood, Tendulkar, Kemp, Styris, Arnold, Dwayne Smith etc and I wonder how many of them will have a say with the ball in this World Cup?

In that sense, Oz might be handicapped by Symonds' limitations due to injury and not selecting White ahead of Johnson.