i thought u where more sensibleSwervy said:
the top and bottom of it all is that Sri lanka have been the best team of the tournament..both Pakistan and India have been poor.biased indian said:
Hahaha, good answer - it's funny how I infer that the writer must be an optimist, 'cause you're right, it doesn't say either way. Cheeky.Anil said:my signature doesn't say whether i am an optimist or a pessimist, does it?
yep I agree, th advantage wasnt so great by the not carrying through of points, so fair enough, however yes the order of the fixtures was certainly no advantagous to Pakistan.Slow Love™ said:Hahaha, good answer - it's funny how I infer that the writer must be an optimist, 'cause you're right, it doesn't say either way. Cheeky.
Can't fault how India have gone about it, though. They haven't played well - yet their batting has still been relatively solid (if their bowling has been erratic), and plucking the bonus point from Pakistan's hands the other night got them here.
Swervy - if you think about the system, it doesn't favor India as much as you think. Vishnu Reddy already explained for the most part - the fact is that if the teams kept their points going into the second phase, Pakistan would have been unfairly advantaged, as one of Sri Lanka or India would have had to have lost against the other in the other group, and they (Pakistan) weren't exposed to the same risk. The only purpose of the group phase is to eliminate the bottom teams of each group, being HK and UAE.
What DID work in India's favor was the order of their fixture - playing a half-strength Sri Lankan team right at the end for a place in the Final. But it's one of those things. Pakistan just really needed that bonus point, and couldn't quite get it.
its not 60 runs u have to win with in 40 overs if u r batting 2nd or u have to restrict opp to 1.20 runrate less than yours. if u score 300 u have to restrict opp to 240 and if u score 200 it will be around 160imranrabb said:
Sanz said:
RealPakistani, In that case India and Pakistan will end up with same no. of points and chances are more likely that India would go to the finals on net run rate. someone will come up with another excuse that NRR should not be used and Pakistan should go to finals because it won the league match against India. The fact is, people will find excuses, no matter what system we use.RealPakistani said:
no but Pakistan will probably whip Bangladesh's bottom in the next game..chances are the net run rate will go above Indias....now each team will have played each other in this second round, with Pakistan and India on equal number of wins....surely it makes sense that Pakistan should really go through based on the fact that they beat India and will probably have a better net run rate (ie. played better than India in this round)Sanz said:
