Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals Betting: Five things to look out for

A wicket-keeper batsman becoming better and better by the match, England's key under-the-radar bowler and injury problems in the Australian camp create Jamie Pacheco's list of things to keep an eye out for in the semis... Glove man could be Australia's dangerman It has not been great tournament for wicket-keeper batsmen in the point of view of runs. Quinton de Kock did fine but his performances were a far cry from the prolific run-getter of the last few years, Jos Buttler looks strangely out of shape and also low on confidence and also the excellent MS Dhoni has made more headlines for his slow, conservative and unadventurous innings than the swashbuckling ones of old. Even his concern was voiced by the great Sachin Tendulkar. So the wicket-keeper batsmen community can at least be proud of the efforts of Alex Carey. His three inaugural from nine innings might not seem like something to write home about but they will need to be set into context. He has always been asked to come in at seven and that's either to carry out a rescue action (New Zealand, West Indies), to get them on the line at a tough chase (South Africa) or to score quickly after a good beginning. Whatever was needed off himhe almost always did it. With 329 runs he is the group's third highest scorer following David Warner and Aaron Finch. Together with Usman Khawaja fighting with a hamstring injury and Glenn