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10th June - Group A - England v Australia

Who will win this match?

  • Total voters
    11
TheJediBrah

TheJediBrah

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morgieb said:
Bangladesh go through as they've actually won a game.

Something needs to change to prevent a situation like this from ever happening again. One NR is generally fine, but not being able to even complete a game is a terrible look no matter who it is. I'd be feeling pretty embarrassed now if we were in Bangladesh's situation.
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Was Steven Bradbury embarrassed?

Hard to blame Bangladesh. Would they deserve to go through? Of course not. But it can only help them improve which is what everyone wants for world cricket, more competitive teams.

Has made for a bit of a joke of a tournament, though not sure how many people really take the "Champions Trophy" that seriously anyway tbh
 
mr_mister

mr_mister

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TheJediBrah said:
Was Steven Bradbury embarrassed?

Hard to blame Bangladesh. Would they deserve to go through? Of course not. But it can only help them improve which is what everyone wants for world cricket, more competitive teams.

Has made for a bit of a joke of a tournament, though not sure how many people really take the "Champions Trophy" that seriously anyway tbh
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It's a tournament with all the important teams. One of the few that exist. It's important
 
zorax

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morgieb said:
. I'd be feeling pretty embarrassed now if we were in Bangladesh's situation.
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Why?

BD have played 2 full games, won 1 and lost 1

Australia haven't even completed a game.

If you want to assume the Aus-BD game goes to an Aus victory after 4 more overs (very likely I'll admit), then you also gotta accept the Aus-NZ game could have been a real thrashing in NZ's favour. Which means that if Aus lose here today, BD might still have gotten through on NRR.
 
Spikey

Spikey

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zorax said:
Why?

BD have played 2 full games, won 1 and lost 1

Australia haven't even completed a game.

If you want to assume the Aus-BD game goes to an Aus victory after 4 more overs (very likely I'll admit), then you also gotta accept the Aus-NZ game could have been a real thrashing in NZ's favour. Which means that if Aus lose here today, BD might still have gotten through on NRR.
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australia weren't even 4 for 40. They would have cruised that, bud
 
Black_Warrior

Black_Warrior

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zorax said:
Why?

BD have played 2 full games, won 1 and lost 1

Australia haven't even completed a game.

If you want to assume the Aus-BD game goes to an Aus victory after 4 more overs (very likely I'll admit), then you also gotta accept the Aus-NZ game could have been a real thrashing in NZ's favour. Which means that if Aus lose here today, BD might still have gotten through on NRR.
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No because if this game is rained out, it means one of the teams in your group never got a fair chance to qualify
 
TheJediBrah

TheJediBrah

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zorax said:
Why?

BD have played 2 full games, won 1 and lost 1

Australia haven't even completed a game.

If you want to assume the Aus-BD game goes to an Aus victory after 4 more overs (very likely I'll admit), then you also gotta accept the Aus-NZ game could have been a real thrashing in NZ's favour. Which means that if Aus lose here today, BD might still have gotten through on NRR.
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Two problems with your logic
1) ^That's a very big if
2) Aus were more likely to thrash BD in the rained out game than NZ were against Aus, and would likely have gotten a much better NRR

So, yeah, not really

edit: not disagreeing with you in the sense that they should be embarrassed, but more so disputing the implication that BD would deserve qualification
 
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morgieb

morgieb

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zorax said:
Why?

BD have played 2 full games, won 1 and lost 1

Australia haven't even completed a game.

If you want to assume the Aus-BD game goes to an Aus victory after 4 more overs (very likely I'll admit), then you also gotta accept the Aus-NZ game could have been a real thrashing in NZ's favour. Which means that if Aus lose here today, BD might still have gotten through on NRR.
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Of course in this case I'm assuming that we would go on to win today if the rain stays away enough. I wouldn't be doing the whole "luck" thing if the score wasn't 3/30 :p

As I type this it's announced we'll get a restart, so hopefully we get enough play to at least get a result. If we do lose here then fair play.
 
hazsa19

hazsa19

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This is why I love cricket. It's not raining, the pitch is ready, the players are ready, but we're not playing because the umpires have decided to start at an arbitrary time.
 
nick-o

nick-o

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Maybe they should just give one of the semi-final spots to "English weather" -- seems to have picked up more points than anyone else :)
 
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