The World Twenty20 shifts to a higher gear in Sri Lanka today when the hot favourites begin an intriguing race for the semi-finals in the Super Eights round.
The preliminary league, which ended on Tuesday, separated the men from the boys as lesser teams such as Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland exited the competition.
All eight seeded teams will contest the second round, divided into two groups with the top two from each advancing to the semi-finals.
Australia, South Africa, India and Pakistan, clubbed together for the Super Eights in the "group of death", all came through unscathed by winning both their preliminary matches.
In the other half, defending champions England, New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka moved up with just one win each, with the West Indies going through without even winning a game.
Darren Sammy's Caribbean stars lost to Australia and then had their match against Ireland abandoned after rain, allowing them to scrape through with a superior run-rate over the Irish.