The Asia cup is surely going to attract a lot more spectators than the Eng/SA series. That's because the sheer number of fans for each of the Asian countries. People here are alreasy talking about it excitedly, while they hardly talk about any other cricket.

I wish Sachin and Kumble are rested. There are a lot of ODI's still to be played and they will certainly get the practice for the Aussie series even if they skip this tourney, but I'm certain that's not going to happen.