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31 May, Kathmandu. Australia has reached the Super 8 from Group B of T-20 World Cup Cricket. One of Scotland and England could be the next team to reach the last 8.
It is not under the control of Scotland and England, in a way it depends on Australia.
When asked whether Australia will try to make things difficult for England, its fast bowler Jos Hazlewood said, ‘Yes, I think so.’
England is one of the top teams in the tournament. And in the case of reaching the previous stage, Australia has to face at some stage. Hazlewood said, ‘We have struggled a lot against them in T20 cricket. So if we can keep them out of the competition, it will be in our interest, probably in everyone’s interest.’
In which case is England out?
England has one point from two matches and two matches are left to play. They need to beat Oman on Friday and Namibia on Saturday to keep their Super 8 chances alive.
Scotland, who scored 5 points, will play against Australia on Sunday. If Scotland wins this match, England’s match is over. Scotland will be the group winners and Australia will be runners-up.
Even if Scotland lost, we should see how much they lost. Because even if England wins all the matches, the score will be equal to 5/5 with Scotland.
Now Scotland’s net rain rate is 2.34. India has only -1.800.
If Scotland lose by 20 runs (say, chasing a target of 161), then England should have won the Oman-Namibia match by an overall margin of 94 runs, and only lead in net return rate.
If Scotland lost the match in the Super Over, England should have won by a margin of 117 runs overall.
In other words, even if Australia wins the match by a very small margin, England may be in trouble.
How does Australia try to keep England out? Hazlewood said, ‘There are some options. But rather than trying to keep others out, it will be important to build confidence by winning the game well.’
‘England still has a lot to do on its part. I think that it is necessary to play better than the best’ fast bowler Hazlewood said, ‘but it is equally necessary to make a strategy by looking at the situation of others. The closer we get to the game, the more the strategy becomes known.’
But if Australia plans to send England home from the group stage, captain Mitchell Marsh may have to face a ban for two of the Super Eight matches.
However, it will not be easy to say that Australia deliberately tried to manipulate the net run-rate.
But if proven, the Australian captain can be fined a minimum of 50 percent of the match fee or a maximum of four demerit points and two suspension points.
Because Article 2.11 of the Code of Conduct of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has considered the strategy of ‘inappropriate manipulation of net run rate’ as punishable.
Such a scenario may remind one of the match played by Australia against the West Indies in the 1999 ODI World Cup. At that time, Australia batted slowly to ensure that they could get more points in the Super Six.
However, Australian head coach Andrew Macdonald may consider resting some players for the match against Scotland.
Because even if they win all the matches in the group stage and the net run rate is good, that team will not have any extra advantage in Super 8. Fast bowler Hazlewood says, “This is the first T20 World Cup I have played, where it has been set up like this.”
England coach Matthew Mott expressed his belief that Hazlewood’s comment was a joke. As I know Josh, he has a very good sense of humor,’ said Matt, ‘I hope he doesn’t use it at the wrong time.’
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