The group structure doesn't bother me it's having quarter finals like 1996.
IMO it really should be something like the top team goes straight through to the semi and 2 and 3 just play off for the other semi spot making the group stage more competitive and meaningful, but we all know with the ICC it's all about $$$, they wouldn't want 2 less 'big' games.
It could be worse, we could have another Super Eights stage where everyone plays each other once over a period of three weeks and extend the tournament unneccessarily.