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A thread to discuss cricket incase anyone else is a fan like me.

South Africa V Australia will be to top the group. Scotland got a decent total for them but South Africa got that pretty quickly.

New Zealand got the job done against Kenya, so they are through. It also means that England V Kenya will be for the place in the Super 8's.

Grandprix wrote:

> New Zealand got the job done against Kenya, so they are through.
> It also means that England V Kenya will be for the place in the
> Super 8's.

At least it's in our hands and I think (hope!) it'll be a straight forward win for us although I hope we don't bat conservatively and are more positive in our approach.

If / when we get through a win against NZ would have been a massive boost for us and I can see us struggling so I think it will be touch and go as to whether we get to the semis.

Ireland are officially through now after Zimbabwe lost to Pakistan.

Sri Lanka made mincemeat out of Bangladesh and that's going to make the final games in that group very interesting. Sri Lanka V India and Bangladesh V Bermuda.

Both games today were throw away games as they didn't really mean much. No surprises to see New Zealand win against Canada, although they put up a good fight. New Zealand just solidified their place at the top of the group.

Scotland lost comprehensively to the Netherlands and Scotland go home without a point from the competition, which is disappointing.

India are almost out now after defeat to Sri Lanka. Only a Bermuda win against Bangladesh can save them now, I think.

West Indies eased past Ireland and they'll be in a good position heading into the Super 8's.

England were professional in their victory against Kenya. Nothing too flashy and they bowled reasonably well. England play Ireland in the first game of the Super 8's.

Australia hit yet another high score and managed to hold off the South Africa onslaught. I was thinking the chase was definitely on at one point. They just lost a bunch of wickets at the wrong time.

Bangladesh beat Bermuda in a rain affected match that was stop start for most of the day. It was a 21 over match in the end and Bangladesh have knocked India out to advance to the Super 8's.

That means that the teams in the Super 8's are:

Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
England
Ireland
West Indies
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka start with 2 points after victories against the other qualifying side from their groups. They won't play them in the Super 8 stage.

I think it could be pretty close to get in the top 4, possibly going to run rate.

An easy win for Australia in the end. They've scored 300+ runs in each of their matches so far.

South Africa were close to messing up but they fell over the line in the end. 4 wickets in 4 balls from Malinga is an amazing achievement.

How is that bowling action not illegal? It's almost side-on and resembles a baseball pitch

His action must have been looked at because there were a few over the years with suspect actions.

New Zealand beat the West Indies quite easily. West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals and New Zealand comfortably reached the target.

It puts a bit of pressure on the West Indies now. Can't really afford to lose games like this and losing fairly heavily.