The wiki article disagrees with you btw.
If the team is bowled out, yes. If not, no.
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The wiki article disagrees with you btw.
[FONT="Fixedsys"][SIZE="1"]TM PL W L D P NRR
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AUS 3 3 0 0 6 +2.014
SRI 4 3 1 0 6 +1.549
NZ 3 3 0 0 6 +1.437
SA 3 2 1 0 4 -0.350
ENG 3 1 2 0 2 +0.018
WI 4 1 3 0 2 -1.177
IRE 3 0 3 0 0 -0.934
BAN 3 0 3 0 0 -3.357[/SIZE][/FONT]
More suspect Sri lankan play I think.
Points Standing:
Code:[FONT="Fixedsys"][SIZE="1"]TM PL W L D P NRR -------------------------------------------------- AUS 3 3 0 0 6 +2.014 SRI 4 3 1 0 6 +1.549 NZ 3 3 0 0 6 +1.437 SA 3 2 1 0 4 -0.350 ENG 3 1 2 0 2 +0.018 WI 4 1 3 0 2 -1.177 IRE 3 0 3 0 0 -0.934 BAN 3 0 3 0 0 -3.357[/SIZE][/FONT]
Our Nett Run Rate might come bite us in the ass - we just better win everything from here on to the end.
As long as we're not 4th when the Ozzies are 1st on the table:3rd place would be better for SA so as to avoid a semi-final with Oz.
on the Sri Lanka game: Sri Lanka didn't look too hot last night - I think the Brits kind of lost the game during the slow overs between 15 and 25. Sri Lanka bowled well, but they didn't look as sharp as they did vs SA. What a close game in the end, and I think Sri Lanka not being able to break that 7th wicket stand shows that against good opposition Sri Lanka will probably fail.
If SA beat Bangladesh and the West Indies with good Nett Run Rate and keep a good rate going against England and New Zealand, we could push Sri Lanka to third on the points standings, then Sri Lanka will be eliminated in the semis by Australia. Which leaves us to kick NZ ass. Now if only England can beat the Aussies then we have a wide open table![]()
New Zealand are up there for sure. I think a lot hinges on how SA play them in the Super Eights. If SA don't beat England, then they'll be under pressure against NZ, and inevitably that's when NZ really thrives...I think they had it under control esp when they took Pieterson and Bell, but the other partnership could have lost them but they knew what they were doing... I think. Maybe.
I think SA might find the WIndies a tougher side than what their figures show.
New Zealnd is a huge threat to SA in this competition!! ANd if anyone can beat the Aussies its them.
With Windies in-house fighting and 'island' style cricket that they play, they got no chance of winning. Together with England, they also down and out.
I think Polly will come good in the 2nd half of the comp. (which is now actually)
Smithy has peaked already in terms of runs.
Kallis will be there and there abouts.
Gibbs, well who nose what he will do, cause i dont.
AB will get more ducks and more hundreds (nothing in between... lol)
I wonder if any team incl aussies will be brave.. no cocky enough to loose a game on purpose in the hopes of their own choice of opposition in the semi's? could go very very wrong if its not the last game.
Nah they wont, they on a 23 world cup win streak, why give that up?
23!![]()
SA better do something against them in the semis and not draw!
cos we know what happened last time![]()