T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 1 Points Table: New Zealand and England are placed in the top two of Group 1 on October 28, Friday.
England’s Super 12 T20 World Cup 2022 match against Australia at the MCG was abandoned due to rain. England moved up to alternate place on the Group 1 standings with three points after three games, while Australia jumped to fourth with two Super 12 matches remaining. Before on Friday, Ireland and Afghanistan also participated points due to rain in Melbourne.
Preliminarily in Group 1, Ireland stunned England by five runs( D/ L system) in a T20 World Cup Super 12 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground( MCG) on Wednesday and opened up the competition in Group 1.
The alternate match on Wednesday at the same venue was abandoned as Afghanistan and New Zealand participated a point each.
England faced its first defeat in the event on Wednesday after it beat Afghanistan by five lattices in its nature. Meanwhile, Australia got its crusade back on track on Tuesday after thumping Sri Lanka by seven lattices and 21 balls to spare and rescued its Net Run Rate to an extent, after a 89- run defeat to New Zealand had downsized it significantly.
Ireland registered its first palm on Wednesday after being trounced by Sri Lanka by nine lattices on Sunday.
Australia’s institution in Melbourne was rained out, with its Super 12 2022 T20 World Cup match against England abandoned on Friday. before, Afghanistan endured a flop for the alternate time in three days, with its T20 World Cup match against Ireland also being called off. Afghanistan’s match against New Zealand was also washed out without a ball being sailed.
It was the alternate successive rain- affected institution for the Ireland too. still, enough overs were sailed in its game to force a result against England on Wednesday in Melbourne.
Out of the five matches so far listed to be played in Melbourne, only India v Pakistan has gone ahead as planned. Two further matches are planned for Melbourne the final game in Group Two between India and Zimbabwe on 6 November, and the final itself a week latterly.
England would be the happier of the two brigades with the points participated because Australia is the side that requirements to make up ground. England leads Australia on net run rate0.239 to-1.555, so a point all keeps its tips in front. New Zealand stays on top with 3 points, thanks to a superior net run rate. It’s followed by England( 3 points), Ireland( 3 points), Australia( 3 points), Sri Lanka( 2 points) and Afghanistan( 2 points).
England’s remaining institutions – New Zealand and Sri Lanka – are tougher on paper than Australia’s – Ireland and Afghanistan – so Friday’s flop means a chance of making a decisive move up the table has now gone soliciting. That said, two big triumphs in its final two matches, first against the Kiwis and also Sri Lanka, should be enough to shoot England through.
The make- up of Group 1 will be clearer after New Zealand’s institution against Sri Lanka on Saturday. New Zealand’s 89- run palm over Australia coupled with its point from the rained- out Afghanistan institution, and a superior NRR, means another palm would put it in control of the group. Read More Latest Cricket News…
