Sure but sometimes one needs to be brave, the 12 wides didn't help either. Also as mentioned not just the Bangladesh game there was also a chance in the west Indies game to lift nrr. Small details matter in world cups.I suppose they could have bowled out Bangladesh for 20 I guess . Post match interviews were saying that wicket was very tricky to bat on, and all those chances the Bangers had backs that up.
According to our favourite "jounalist" the NRR actually went down even though the team won
Yes, of course, my bad.NZ would have more points.
That's always possible and would be true if the NRR of the latest win was less than the NRR before the last match.I suppose they could have bowled out Bangladesh for 20 I guess . Post match interviews were saying that wicket was very tricky to bat on, and all those chances the Bangers had backs that up.
According to our favourite "jounalist" the NRR actually went down even though the team won
Someone has to play last unless they schedule two games at the same time (TV rights might not allow) and even then one team in a group of 5 has already finished.Both groups schedule are exposing issues with cricket scheduling. NZ and West Indies have a clear advantage over India & SA by playing last.
Football has all last round games in a goup at the same time. Think its quite an advantage to know what you need to do.Someone has to play last unless they schedule two games at the same time (TV rights might not allow) and even then one team in a group of 5 has already finished.
They must have 4 teams in a group then.Football has all last round games in a goup at the same time. Think its quite an advantage to know what you need to do.
I’ll do the numbers tomorrow morning, but I suspect England will need to win to go through.England did the expected job on Scotland. Now even with a defeat against WI should qualify unless they are hammered and badly effect their NRR compared to RSA. Am sure they will want to avoid playing Aus.
Wisden has it as England having a margin of 2 run defeat.I’ll do the numbers tomorrow morning, but I suspect England will need to win to go through.
But they ought to anyway.