Group A standings
|Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
BAT
|
BWL
|
Points
| South Africa A | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
43
| West Indies B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
31
| West Indies A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
29
| Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
26
| Australia C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
23
| New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
15 Group B standings
|Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
BAT
|
BWL
|
Points
| Australia B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
43
| Australia A | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
33
| South Africa B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
33
| India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
29
| Legends XI | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
22
| West Indies C | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
13
Round 5 fixtures
South Africa A v West Indies B at Johannesburg
- Very good pitch for batting. Spinners will be required to hold up one end with big totals expected.
- Players unavailable: Clyde Walcott (1 match)
Pakistan v West Indies A at Lahore
- Good for batsmen, but has something on offer for spinners capable of turning it and bowlers with out-and-out pace.
- Players unavailable: none
New Zealand v Australia C at Auckland
- Offers an even contest between bat and ball on a mostly pace-friendly wicket.
- Players unavailable: none
West Indies C v India at Trinidad
- Batting and spin-friendly wicket. Don't make the mistake of playing only spinners though.
- Players unavailable: Javagal Srinath (2 matches), Curtly Ambrose (1 match)
South Africa B v Australia A at Cape Town
- Good batting track that also has a little something on offer for swing bowlers.
- Players unavailable: Glenn McGrath (1 match)
Legends XI v Australia B at Lord's
- Bowler-friendly as usual, but slightly better for batsmen. Teams MUST bat deep.
- Players unavailable: Keith Miller (1 match)
The final round's upon us. The table toppers from both groups are basically through to the playoffs but it's a very close call between those fighting for second place. The two legendary West Indian sides are battling it out in Group A. Group B is even closer with Australia, South Africa and India all at each others throats. This is it.
Please post your lineups. I will take a little while longer to update the statistics. The post-R3 stats can be viewed on
post #4 and match links on
post #2.