Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
Not quite right Alf. Australia were out of the competition by then.
If the tail enders had got the runs they would have put New Zealand through.
Yes I knew that Swoop as I had been watching the match on Sky. I just meant through to winning the match. However I was incorrect in my earlier post as I thought if Sri Lanka won then they would head the group because they had the same points as England but had beaten England in their match. Obviously getting my football/cricket rules mixed up Australia were trying to win the game against Sri Lanka within a specific number of overs to get ahead of New Zealand on run rate. They failed in that attempt but with only a few wickets left and plenty of overs they still nearly won the match.

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