Which teams are out of the Cricket World Cup and who’s qualified for the semi-finals next week?
THE Cricket World Cup’s semi-final picture is getting ever clearer with the round robin phase entering its final days. From a precarious position just a week ago, England’s place in the last four is now secure after wins over India and New Zealand – but which teams will be going home? Which teams are out […]
THE Cricket World Cup’s semi-final picture is getting ever clearer with the round robin phase entering its final days.
From a precarious position just a week ago, England’s place in the last four is now secure after wins over India and New Zealand – but which teams will be going home?
Which teams are out of the Cricket World Cup?
Afghanistan
The first team to be eliminated – Afghanistan have yet to win a single match, although they did push India to within 12 runs.
South Africa
The Proteas will not be progressing any further in this Cricket World Cup after a dreadful campaign which saw them become the second team to be eliminated.
In a cruel twist of fate, they play in the competition’s last group match against Australia on Saturday, meaning they’ll have hung around for two weeks since learning that they’d be going home.
West Indies
West Indies started brilliantly by crushing Pakistan in their opening match, but haven’t hit those heights since and were knocked out by India.
Sri Lanka
England’s win over India saw Sri Lanka knocked out of the tournament.
Bangladesh
As a result of their loss to India, Bangladesh were knocked out of the Cricket World cup.
Pakistan
Pakistan were left with a near impossible task of needing to bat first against Bangladesh and pull off a world record winning score.
Despite winning the toss, the Green Shirts needed to post a big score and bowl Bangladesh out for few runs – but only managed 315-9 in their innings, meaning they could not earn the net run rate increase required to overtake New Zealand.
Which teams have qualified for the Cricket World Cup semi-finals?
Australia
Australia’s victory over England saw them become the first team to make the semi-finals.
India
India made it to the semi-final with victory over Bangladesh and will now battle Australia for top spot.
England
England’s spot in the last four looked in serious danger, but after commanding wins over India and New Zealand Eoin Morgan’s team have made sure their tournament will continue.
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What do the remaining teams have to do to qualify for the Cricket World Cup semi-finals?
New Zealand
The Black Caps are effectively assured of a semi-final place, but must wait for Pakistan’s match against Bangladesh on Friday to be mathematically sure.
Pakistan
Pakistan are not out of the Cricket World Cup but they might as well be.
In order to go through, they will need to smash the world record ODI win against Bangladesh on Friday.
Full permutations can be found here.
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