South Africa and England top performers ahead of World cup 2011

Question

Cricket World Cup 2011,is few weeks away and every cricket playing nation is gearing up for this mega tournament. England and South Africa are hot contenders of Cricket World Cup 2011.Can any one name expected top performers of these teams in the upcomi

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Batsman Jonathan Vandiar, allrounders Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar and seamer Ethi Mbhalati are the four players yet to play for the national team. du Plessis, who plays for Titans in domestic cricket, was the highest run-scorer in the recently-concluded MTN40 series, with 567 runs at an average of 81. Elgar, representing the title-winners Knights, averaged 39.57 while Vandiar, who plays for Lions, averaged 53.75 at a strike-rate of 122.15. du Plessis' team-mate Mbhalati also impressed with nine wickets at 22.Rudolph, 29, last played an ODI for South Africa in February 2006 and had signed with Yorkshire before opting to return home. van der Wath had played for Northamptonshire before which he played in the unauthorised Indian Cricket League. Also back in the reckoning is wicketkeeper-batsman Morne van Wyk, who played his previous ODI in 2007. England has never won the ICC Cricket World Cup, finishing as the runners-up in 1979, 1987 and 1992.It has not made the semi-finals of the event, since that tournament in 1992, and suffered a disappointing event in 2007, losing four of its seven games in the Super Eight stage.
The batting unit is looking stronger than in recent years with Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan, while the likes of James Anderson and Graeme Swann will be relied upon for wickets.