Cricket: Black Caps under the radar

One Twenty20 cricket World Cup website doesn't exactly rate New Zealand as a top chance of winning the tournament.

On the site cricket20.com, a readers' poll doesn't even bother to list the Black Caps under the options of possible winners.

They do, however, still offer Australia as an option - despite the fact that Ricky Ponting's men have gone into boot camp to prepare for the longer version of the game, eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup a couple of days ago.

Perhaps the format only allowed editors 6 options - but for the eight possible teams left in the Super 8 stage, just England, Pakistan, India and South Africa merit a mention in the poll.

The Black Caps, along with the West Indies, Sri Lanka and Ireland, are listed under 'Other'.

Out of interest, India lead the voting in the site's poll with 45 per cent support, with Pakistan next favoured at 23 per cent.

- NZHERALD STAFF