So what's happened in the last couple of days?
- Pakistan's Mohammed Aamer bowled an amazing 5 wicket maiden, but it was not enough to stop Australia
- England batted a great innings, opened by two T20 debutantes, but a rainy day left them with a loss that seemed slightly unfair
- Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe was also affected by rain and Sri Lanka found themselves in a similar sitation to England. The difference is that Sri Lanka was probably going to beat ... oh, no ... it's exactly the same
- Jayawardene got a century for Sri Lanka, but the team still only racked up a total of 173 - so where the hell was the rest of the team?
- Despite an impressive innings by Kallis and a decent one by Smith, India reminded the two South Africans that they are fat bastards and will need to run even further
- Pakistan batted what looked like a total the Bangas would never catch. They didn't, but damn they gave it a bloody good try. Of course, now they have to beat Australia on Wednesday to go through the next round ... obviously I don't want that to happen.
Sorry, Purna. Arm wrestle?
Group A
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts |
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| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group B
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts |
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| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group C
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts |
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| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group D
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts |
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| West Indies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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5 thoughts on this post:
The ICC has to do something about the D/L, that was a really stupid end to the game which had promised a lot.
Couple of things are going terribly wrong at the moment, while others are going awfully right. Even if all minnows get ground, I would say that the clash of the titans promises the odd heart attack.
Cheers,
Wes
Suckworth Lewis
Yeah, D/L just doesn't work in T20. There has to be another way to sort a situation like that even if it means just giving them a point each and calling it a draw. That would have been fairer to England than a loss.
I imagine there will be more than one scary for Aussie fans as we go through and meet competition that actually give us competition. I will have to start chewing on something other than fingernails because I have none left - I am growing my toenails just for the semis, should we make it.
It's arm wrestle day!
My god, you've got one hell of a grip Purna but I hope I didn't hurt too much when I finally slammed your hand down on the table.
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