England get to be kingmakers now.
We've qualified - so how much do we rate South Africa?
If the answer is 'Not a lot', then we can rest everyone for the final group game and if we lose heavily it will probably be them that join us in the semis.
If we think they might be useful, then we can play our first string, and if we beat them (or lose a tight one) then most likely it will then be the Aussies that get through (unless they lose to the Windies)*
(*I'm kind of joking here - because in sprint tournaments like this, momentum is so important that it's better for England to keep winning than hand pick their opponents. But it's a weird quirk of the scheduling that means we probably could choose the other qualifier now if we wanted to!)
And whoever said that India is a threat.......really tough to see them qualifying now.
Given how weak Group B is, their only hope is that New Zealand lose to Afghanistan (they're not losing to Scotland or Namibia!) and then they sneak through on run rate. But given the drubbings they've received from both Pakistan and NZ, even that looks highly unlikely.
I'd now wager quite a lot on it being England vs. NZ in the semis. Which is not going to be a cakewalk, as that Kiwi attack can cause problems against anyone.
We've qualified - so how much do we rate South Africa?
If the answer is 'Not a lot', then we can rest everyone for the final group game and if we lose heavily it will probably be them that join us in the semis.
If we think they might be useful, then we can play our first string, and if we beat them (or lose a tight one) then most likely it will then be the Aussies that get through (unless they lose to the Windies)*
(*I'm kind of joking here - because in sprint tournaments like this, momentum is so important that it's better for England to keep winning than hand pick their opponents. But it's a weird quirk of the scheduling that means we probably could choose the other qualifier now if we wanted to!)
And whoever said that India is a threat.......really tough to see them qualifying now.
Given how weak Group B is, their only hope is that New Zealand lose to Afghanistan (they're not losing to Scotland or Namibia!) and then they sneak through on run rate. But given the drubbings they've received from both Pakistan and NZ, even that looks highly unlikely.
I'd now wager quite a lot on it being England vs. NZ in the semis. Which is not going to be a cakewalk, as that Kiwi attack can cause problems against anyone.
