Former Australia opener Mark Waugh gave a brilliant reply to ex-England captain Michael Vaughan after he revealed his four picks for the semi-finalists in the upcoming ICC World Cup (CWC) 2023. The tournament is set to begin on October 5 and will be played in India.

10 teams will participate in the tourney which will see 48 games being played at 10 different venues across India. The opening match on October 5 will see England take on New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The final will be played at the same venue on November 19.

Meanwhile, Michael Vaughan took to social media platform X and shared his picks for the four teams that will make it into the knockouts. He chose India, Pakistan, South Africa, and his home side of England.

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Surprisingly, Vaughan left out Australia who have won the World Cup a record five times and made it into the knockouts since the 1996 World Cup edition.

Vaughan posted: “Can’t wait for the World Cup to start this week. My 4 semi-finalists will be … England ????????South Africa India Pakistan .. #CWC2023”

To this, former Australia opener and 1999 World Cup winner Mark Waugh simply said that Vaughan had lost his mind by not picking Australia as one of the semi-finalists.

Waugh replied: “You’ve lost your marbles.”