Am I right in saying that, assuming we bowled Oman batting second for 47, we would have had to have scored 308 batting first to get the same NRR?
Not sure, but it doesn't make a great spectacle for the "neutral" when there is such a massive incentive for the better team to have a really short game, rather than batting their 20 overs and scoring a shedload of runs.
I have a horrible feeling that we will get the job done against Namibia and the Australia v Scotland game will be a wash out giving the Jocks a place in the next round . Neither team will want to play if the weather is bad .
I have a horrible feeling that we will get the job done against Namibia and the Australia v Scotland game will be a wash out giving the Jocks a place in the next round . Neither team will want to play if the weather is bad .
- Strewth, it's raining Jocko!
- Aye, there's a cauld wind blowing through the glens of St Lucia, and I can see this rain getting worse.
- Too wet to play, I'm worried that your guys might get injured. Fancy a tinnie?
The Afghanistan result means they have qualified and New Zealand are out. So what looked like a hard group to call has ended up being the first to be fully decided, with West Indies already having the other slot.
The BBC's live text of the Ireland game has been giving us lyrical descriptions of the super-sopper machine that's trying to dry the outfield. The Americans are good at this sort of thing so maybe there's a chance. Then again, maybe the ground staff will work out that it's in Ireland's interests to get a 5-over slog started but not the USA's.
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20-2, 1.5 overs
England 46-2 - require 2 runs to win.
England win by 8 wickets.
Like England beating a team 24-0 in a football world cup.
If England beat Namibia and Australia beat Scotland, England are through to the Super 8. Run rates are out of the equation.
Don't let the ECB know otherwise it will be their new format 😂
I have it as 207 if we had batted first.
- Aye, there's a cauld wind blowing through the glens of St Lucia, and I can see this rain getting worse.
- Too wet to play, I'm worried that your guys might get injured. Fancy a tinnie?
- Aye. England are doomed, England are doomed...
Friday 14th June 2024
Pitch inspection at 15.30
Instead the top 8 teams were pre-allocated into Super 8 groups:
A: India, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
B: Pakistan, England, West Indies, South Africa
Given the teams that have/haven’t yet qualified, the current group make-ups are:
A: India, Australia, Afghanistan, TBD1
B: TBD2, TBD3, West Indies, South Africa
TBD1: Bangladesh or Netherlands or Nepal
TBD2: USA or Pakistan or Canada or Ireland
TBD3: England or Scotland