Cricket World Cup: Group A virtually sorted; Group B a work in progress

• Group A is the far more straightforward of the two pools. New Zealand and Australia cleared out early, with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh filling the minor qualifying spots - provided Sri Lanka beat Scotland last night and Bangladesh do not beat New Zealand tomorrow night.

• A Bangladesh win would push them to third and significantly change the anticipated quarter-final matchups. Assuming Sri Lanka beat Scotland, they would both have eight points and Sri Lanka would take third by dint of an extra round robin win.

• In group B, the West Indies are two points behind Pakistan and Ireland in the three-way race for two spots. However, they have a superior run rate to the Irish. That means if they beat the UAE in the final round robin game in New Zealand, at Napier on Sunday, they will move ahead of Ireland into fourth place - unless the Irish get up over Pakistan in Adelaide.

• If Ireland beat Pakistan, they cannot miss out on a last-eight spot.

Pakistan and the West Indies' net run rates are similar. Should Pakistan lose, and the Windies beat the UAE, Ireland would finish third and the West Indies could jump above Pakistan.

• The criteria for deciding final group positions in the event of teams being level on points is the number of wins, followed by net run rate - and the chances of two identical NRRs is highly remote - with the head-to-head result when those teams met being the final splitter.

Likely quarter-final draw
• March 18: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Sydney
• March 19: India v Bangladesh, Melbourne
• March 20: Australia v Pakistan, Adelaide
• March 21: New Zealand v West Indies or Ireland, Wellington

Source: The New Zealand Herald

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=96371.msg624681#msg624681 date=1426033996]

[size=10pt]Quarter-final 1    A1 v B4 = New Zealand vs West Indies  Wed. March 18th , Sydney

Quarter-final 2    A2 v B3 = Australia vs  Pakistan  Thurs March 19th . Melbourne

Quarter Final 3    A3 v B2 = Sri Lanka vs South Africa Friday March 20, Adelaide

Quarter Final 4    A4 v B1 = Bangladesh vs India. Sat March 21 , Wellington[/size]
[/quote]

source : ketchim  8)

Oh so the India vs Banglas is just a "likely" one eh.All the while i have been thinking it was a surity.We were putting up memes of trolling to be wearing the "dark green" jersey and thus the most brutal treatment.
Ok lets wait for official confirmation then.

[quote author=boquiesse link=topic=96405.msg624876#msg624876 date=1426171644]
Likely quarter-final draw
• March 18: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Sydney
• March 19: India v Bangladesh, Melbourne
• March 20: Australia v Pakistan, Adelaide
• March 21: New Zealand v West Indies or Ireland, Wellington

Source: The New Zealand Herald
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This is the more likely scenario. It's my understanding that New Zealand have been guaranteed a home quarter-final.

Thats NOT fair  :-[ : the scenario was laid out way before


A1 versus B4 : QF 1 March 18 Sydney !

The whole quarter final thing is relatively complicated. I thought it was cast in stone but a few days ago realized that it was not.

Quote:The quarter-finals will be allocated using the following principles;
Hosts
o AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND play their QF matches in their home country.

Fairness
o All teams have sufficient time to travel to their QF venue and prepare for the match.

Certainty
o Fans and teams are provided with as much certainty as possible to work out where their QF is likely to be played.

It is proposed that the following criteria be followed in the allocation of QF matches to venues;
QF Criteria 1 - Allocation of Host teams to QF Venues
a) If AUSTRALIA qualifies to play in a QF, then it will be played at the Adelaide Oval on Friday 20 March, regardless of where AUSTRALIA finishes on the Pool A table.
b) If NEW ZEALAND qualifies to play in a QF, then it will be played at the Wellington Stadium on Saturday 21 March, regardless of where NEW ZEALAND finishes on the Pool A table.

QF Criteria 2 - Allocation of 2 "next highest ranked" Pool A teams to QF Venues
c) If SRI LANKA qualifies to play in a QF, then it will be played at the SCG on Wednesday 18 March, regardless of where SRI LANKA finishes on the Pool A table.
d) If ENGLAND qualifies to play in a QF, then it will be played at the MCG on Thursday 19 March, regardless of where ENGLAND finishes on the Pool A table.

QF Criteria 3 - Allocation of other Pool A teams to QF Venues
e) If one "host" or "next highest ranked" Pool A team fails to qualify for the QF Stage, then the venue that was allocated to the QF involving that team will instead host the QF involving the other Pool A team that qualifies.

f) If more than one "host" or "next highest ranked" Pool A team fails to qualify for the QF Stage, then the venues that were allocated to the QF matches involving those teams will instead host the QF matches involving the other Pool A teams that qualify. Of the other Pool A teams that qualify, the highest placed team will play in the first (earliest) unallocated match, the second highest placed team will play in the second unallocated match, and so on.

For example: "Host" team AUSTRALIA and "next highest ranked" team ENGLAND do not qualify for the Quarter Finals, replaced by BANGLADESH (in position A3) & AFGHANISTAN (in position A4). BANGLADESH (A3) (being the highest-placed) will play team B2 in the first (earliest) unallocated match on Thu 19 Mar at the MCG, while AFGHANISTAN (A4) (being the second highest-placed)will play team B1 in the second unallocated match on Fri 20 Mar at Adelaide Oval.