*Official* Quarters/Semis/Final General Discussion

[Spark]

Have a look at the top ranked team.

As great as an India-Aus QF would be it would be a grand shame to have that match before the semis.

 

[Quaggas]

Fair point.

Edit: BTW, England SA were plain old lucky in their India games. Aus would have to up their game, one feels.

 

[vcs]

Would like to see:

India vs. NZ
Pakistan vs. SA
England vs. Australia
WI vs. SL

 

[BeeGee]

Have a look at the top ranked team.

As great as an India-Aus QF would be it would be a grand shame to have that match before the semis.

Yeah, it's a totally biased prediction, but certainly not an impossible one.

Speaking as a fan of a team that isn't Aus or India, I'd love to see that QF match-up.

 

[marc71178]

My fixtures list says it's A4 vs B1 on March 26.

The problem is we don't know who's playing where and people aren't sure if the venue is fixed to a date or the match-up.

All thanks to the farcical home ground knock out games ruling.

 

[Blaze 18]

The problem is we don't know who's playing where and people aren't sure if the venue is fixed to a date or the match-up.

All thanks to the farcical home ground knock out games ruling.

I think it's the venues that aren't fixed, i.e, it depends on the teams playing.

 

[marc71178]

I think it's the other way round to be honest, venue is fixed on a date but the teams aren't.

Either way it's a bit stupid.

 

[centurymaker]

It's pretty straightforward.

Wed Mar 23 A1 V B4
Quarter Final C - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Australia (if they beat pakistan) V West Indies (if they lose to India and bangaldesh lose to SA)

Thu Mar 24 A3 V B2
Quarter Final D - TBC v TBC
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
India (if they beat West Indies) V New Zealand (if they lose against Sri Lanka)

Fri Mar 25 A4 V B1
Quarter Final E - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Pakistan (if they lose to Australia) V South Africa (if they beat Bangladesh)

Sat Mar 26 A2 V B3
Quarter Final F - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Srilanka (if they beat NZ) v England (if both West Indies and Bangladesh lose their games)

 

[marc71178]

With all those ifs in there then it's far from straightforward though.

India lose to WI and suddenly there's changes to who plays where.

 

[howardj]

I can confirm that Australia can only finish 1st or 3rd, and that tonight's game is, in terms of their pool position, inconsequential (unless in the unlikely event that tonight's game is tied).

We will therefore play either on Wednesday night or Friday night.

 

[Athlai]

What if Australia tie?

 

[howardj]

What if Australia tie?

pedant

 

[Athlai]

Or the match that has thunder storms predicted gets rained off.

 

[Spark]

Not that pedantic tbh. Remember what happened the last time we played in Colombo?

 

[howardj]

tie was pendantry gone mad

 

[centurymaker]

With all those ifs in there then it's far from straightforward though.

India lose to WI and suddenly there's changes to who plays where.

Even if they didn't have this home ground rule, a result like that would still change everything.

Eg B4 goes up to B2, B2 goes down to B3, B3 goes down to B4 so basically all 3 of these teams would then play at different venues and on different dates.

 

[howardj]

Or the match that has thunder storms predicted gets rained off.

50% chance of rain (as distinct from wash out)

50% chance of no rain

 

[BeeGee]

Yeah, it's a totally biased prediction, but certainly not an impossible one.

Fixed.

 

[IndiaLose]

I am afraid Pakistan is going to win tomorrow. Shahid Afridi is determined to win and reach the top of Group A table.

India vs. Australia in the quarter finals is very likely. We all know what the result will be.

 

[Prad100w]

I am afraid Pakistan is going to win tomorrow. Shahid Afridi is determined to win and reach the top of Group A table.

India vs. Australia in the quarter finals is very likely. We all know what the result will be.

Match fixing results made public?