The 2014 T20 World Cup comes to a conclusion this weekend with Sunday’s final to be contested by the winner of tomorrow’s first semi-final between Sri Lanka and the West Indies and the winner of Friday’s second semi-final between India and South Africa. There haven’t been a whole heap of surprises in regards to the four finalists with India by far the dominant side. They will be firm favorites to progress in their semi-final although they will face a tough challenge in the final with Sri Lanka just as adept in these sub-continent conditions and the West Indies renowned T20 specialists.
The Formula 1 season continues on it merry way with the third race of the season in Bahrain. After just two races it is evident that Mercedes are the team to catch with Lewis Hamilton looking to chase down teammate Nico Rosberg in the standings. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will be hoping he can make up some ground but it won’t be so easy for fellow Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo who copped a 10-spot grid penalty for this race following a disastrous pit stop in Malaysia last week. For the record, Rosberg won pole at this track last year but it was Vettel celebrating the race win at the end of the weekend.
The big game of this weekend’s EPL action sees fourth-placed Arsenal travel to fifth-placed Everton in a clash that holds huge repercussions when it comes to next year’s Champions League qualifiers. Arsenal currently sits four points above the Toffees but form wise there is no doubt the Gunners are slipping while Everton has now won five in a row and have a game in hand, so another win here could well see them steal that fourth spot by the end of the season.
And snooker’s China Open reaches its conclusion in Beijing with local hopes Ding Junhui and Yu Delu still in contention. Delu was one of the first through to the Round of 16 earlier today while Junhui, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson are among those yet to play their second round matches.
Good luck and good punting.
