World Cup 2011 - Group A

[icyman]

2007 Holland beating Pakistan

Correction : It was Ireland, on St.Patrick's Day !

 

[AbhishekS]

2007 Holland beating Pakistan

It was Ireland and not Holland.

 

[HawkAussie]

1. Pakistan 6
2. Sri Lanka 5
3. Australia 5
4. New Zealand 4
5. Zimbabwe 2
6. Canada 0
7. Kenya 0

 

[Owzat]

Correction : It was Ireland, on St.Patrick's Day !

Well that's just such an unfair advantage......................

 

[Harshshah]

 	CURRENT	NEW
TEAM	*MATCHES	POINTS	RATING	MATCHES	POINTS	RATING	DIFF
1	Australia	45	5900	131	50	6618	132	+1
2	India	47	5607	119	50	6032	121	+2
3	Sri Lanka	37	4326	117	39	4599	118	+1
4	South Africa	33	3839	116	36	4059	113	-3
5	England	39	4225	108	41	4259	104	-4
6	Pakistan	34	3489	103	37	3722	101	-2
7	New Zealand	36	3385	91	38	3605	95	+4
8	West Indies	23	1570	68	26	1777	68	0
9	Bangladesh	35	2282	65	41	2742	67	+2
10	Ireland	14	602	43	17	829	49	+6
11	Zimbabwe	36	1326	37	39	1430	37	0
12	Netherlands	9	121	13	12	223	19	+6
13	Kenya	11	0	0	13	0	0	0

My prediction in the ranking after this world cup

 

[Owzat]

Tuesday, 8 March 2011 16:52 UK

Pos Team P W L T N/R R/R Pts
1 New Zealand 4 3 1 0 0 1.85 6.0
2 Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 0.76 6.0
3 Sri Lanka 4 2 1 0 1 2.66 5.0
4 Australia 3 2 0 0 1 1.81 5.0
5 Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 0 0.08 2.0
6 Canada 4 1 3 0 0 -2.08 2.0
7 Kenya 4 0 4 0 0 -3.4 0.0

BBC SPORT | Cricket | Tables

Remaining Fixtures (Group A)

10/03 SRI v ZIM
13/03 CAN v NZE, AUS v KEN
14/03 PAK v ZIM
16/03 AUS v CAN
18/03 NZE v SRI
19/03 AUS v PAK
20/03 KEN v ZIM

Kenya can't qualify for the QFs, they can pick up a maximum of four points and the current fourth placed side (Australia) have five points.

Canada would need to beat New Zealand and then Australia, and need Kenya and Pakistan to beat the aussies as well. Or win their last two games and hope Sri Lanka lose their two remaining games. The chances of either Canada or Kenya beating Australia are remote so I think we can pretty much rule the Canadians out.

For Zimbabwe to have a chance of qualifying they'll have to beat Sri Lanka on Thursday, Zimbabwe can still make it to eight points but would need to beat Sri Lanka, Kenya and possibly Pakistan to have a realistic chance of going into the last eight. If Zimbabwe did beat Sri Lanka then New Zealand doing the same could mean a Zimbabwe win over Kenya would dump the Sri Lankans out. Just can't see the zimmers doing it though, more's the pity as it might make the group a bit interesting

 

[icyman]

The teams going through to the next round are fixed in this group. Australia, Srilanka, Pakistan and New Zealand. The only thing that remains is the order of the group.

 

[Owzat]

Not sure the order will matter much beyond the top team who may face England/Bangladesh.

 

[formula1man]

Who wouldve Pakistan would top the ground, I didnt give them a chance.

 

[Paki007]

I didnt give them a chance.

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