article_snippet: went home before It got interesting.
article_snippet: In a the Cricket World Cup containing more hundreds than ever before (38), no game was more thrilling than the low-scoring thriller at Eden Park in Auckland.
article_snippet: The first couple of weeks were lit up by teams who will mainly be shut out of the Cricket World Cup, which the ICC have limited to 10 teams: Ireland beat West Indies and Zimbabwe, Scotland gave New Zealand a scare, and Afghanistan beat Scotland.
article_snippet: Too few close finishes .
article_snippet: Four one-sided quarter- finals typified a tournament in which too few of the games went to the wire, or even close to it.
article_snippet: In fact, of the seven knockout matches, only the New Zealand-South Africa semi-final raised the pulse.
article_snippet: New Zealand semi-final defeat of South Africa was the only knockout game that entertained .