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ICC World Twenty20: India reaches the Semifinals!

Now, that is one heading I really wanted to write a post with… but Indian team’s performance in the Super8 let me down.

Nevertheless, the Indian team in Women’s T20 WC has given me this chance… 🙂

If you were busy following the men’s tournament and did not get a chance to check out what was happening in Women’s T20, here is an update.

Indian Women’s Team defeated Pakistan and Sri Lanka in their group matches to reach to the Semifinal stage. The other three teams that qualify for the Semi finals are England, New Zealand and Australia.

A Quick Re-cap

Indian Women’s Team was placed in Group B along with England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Match 1

England Women vs India Women at Taunton – Jun 11, 2009
England Women won by 10 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
India Women 112/8 (20/20 ov); England Women 113/0 (15.4/20 ov)

Match 2

India Women vs Pakistan Women at Taunton – Jun 13, 2009
India Women won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Pakistan Women 75 (19.5/20 ov); India Women 78/5 (17.4/20 ov)

Match 3

India Women v Sri Lanka Women at Taunton – Jun 15, 2009
India Women won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka Women 94/6 (18/18 ov); India Women 95/5 (16.5/18 ov)

Indian Women’s Team ended up second in their group after England (who won all the matches they played). India women now plays against New Zealand women, the unbeaten from group A, in the first Semi Final match on the 18^th.

Fixtures

Day	Time	Match	Venue	Forecast
Thu Jun 18	5:30 PM IST	1st Semi-Final India Women vs New Zealand Women	Trent Bridge	Cloudy
Fri Jun 19	5:30 PM IST	2nd Semi-Final England Women vs Australia Women	Oval	Mostly Sunny

The matches will be played on the same venue for Men’s Semifinal before their matches and will be telecasted live on TV.

ICC World Twenty20 Super8 [Schedule and Fixtures]

Pakistan has managed to qualify for the Super8 after defeating Netherlands quite handsomely. The teams were to retain their seeding for the Super8s stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. The fixture details of the Super8 stage are already very clear.

Just to remind you, the rule is that if any of the 3^rd seeded team from a group qualifies for the Super8, it will get the seeding of the team that they knock out for the purpose of deciding the Super8 matches.

Thus, Ireland and West Indies now get seeding of Bangladesh and Australia respectively for deciding their matches for the Super8 stage.

The group wise team seeding now stands as given below:

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
India – A1	Pakistan – B1	West Indies – C1	New Zealand – D1
Ireland – A2	England – B2	Sri Lanka – C2	South Africa – D2
Bangladesh	Netherlands	Australia	Scotland

Super8 – Groups

GROUP E	GROUP F
A1	B1
B2	A2
C1	C2
D2	D1

Schedule and fixtures for Super8

Super 8s	GROUP E	GROUP F
11 THU	England vs South Africa (B2 vs D2) 10:00 PM IST	New Zealand vs Ireland (D1 vs A2) 6:00 PM IST
12 FRI	India vs West Indies (A1 vs C1) 10:00 PM IST	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (B1 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
13 SAT	West Indies vs South Africa (C1 vs D2) 6:00 PM IST	New Zealand vs Pakistan (D1 vs B1) 10:00 PM IST
14 SUN	India vs England (A1 vs B2) 10:00 PM IST	Ireland vs Sri Lanka (A2 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
15 MON	England vs West Indies (B2 vs C1) 10:00 PM IST	Pakistan vs Ireland (B1 vs A2) 6:00 PM IST
16 TUE	India vs South Africa (A1 vs D2) 10:00 PM IST	NewZealand vs Sri Lanka (D1 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
18 THU	Semifinal – E1 vs F2 10:00 PM IST
19 FRI	Semifinal F1 vs E2 10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN	Final 7:30 PM IST

How can Pakistan qualify for the Super8?

The 8th team that will qualify for the Super8 will be either Pakistan or Netherlands. In case, Netherlands wins the match against Pakistan or the match ends in a Tie or No Result, Netherlands will qualify for the Super8.

However, in case Pakistan wins the match, there will be a three way tie between England, Pakistan and Netherlands. In such a situation, Netherlands can not improvise on its current net run rate of +0.05. Thus, England in a way would have already qualified for the Supr8.

The decision on which team out of Pakistan and Netherlands qualifies for the Super8 will depend on the net run rate of both the teams after the match.

Group B standings:

Have a look at the Group B standings for more clarity:

Group B	P	W	L	T	NR	PTS	NRR
B2 – England	2	1	1	0	0	2	+1.175
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.050
B1 – Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	-2.400

Net Run Rate

A team’s net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team, the average runs per over scored against that team during the group matches.

If a team gets all out in less than its full quota of overs, the full quota of overs to which the batting team would have been entitled are used for calculating of the net run rate of both the teams and not the number of overs in which the team was dismissed.

Permutations for Pakistan

Now, let us try to see how Pakistan can beat Netherlands such that it ends up with a better net run rate than Netherlands, so as to qualify for the Super8.

Scenario 1: Pakistan bats first

Suppose Pakistan makes 180 runs in the allotted 20 overs. In that case, Pakistan should restrict Netherlands by 155. In short, what ever Pakistan scores, the margin of victory shall be more than 24 runs.

Scenario 2: Pakistan bowls first

Suppose Netherlands makes 180 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Pakistan would now need to make 181 runs in less than 17.2 overs.

In case Netherlands makes 150 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Pakistan would now need to make 151 runs in less than 17.0 overs.

Quick calculation:

If Y is the number of runs made by Netherlands in the first innings then Pakistan should make Y+1 runs in less than (2540 + 20Y) / (174+Y) overs

IND, IRE, WI, SL, NZ, SA and ENG reach Super 8: AUS out of the contest!

This seems like action packed thriller, so much happening at such a fast pace! India, Ireland, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa have played only one match each but results of other matches have helped them secure their place in the Super8. No one would have predicted this, only eight matches have been played and seven teams have reached the Super8 stage. 🙂

The battle remains between Pakistan and Netherlands for the last spot…

Group standings

Before getting into the details, let us have a look at the group standings after the end of Australia vs. Sri Lanka match on June 8.

Group A:

Bangladesh having lost both its game is out of the tournament, thus the other two teams from the group- India and Ireland have automatically qualified for the Super8.

Group B:

In case Pakistan beats Netherlands in the final match of the group, there will be a 3 way tie… but in no case Netherlands, even after losing to Pakistan, can improve their net rate. This means that England is safely into the Super 8.

The comparison of the NRR between Pakistan and Netherland will decide which team out of them qualifies for the Super8

In case, Netherlands beat Pakistan in the final match of the group, Netherlands will qualify to the Super8 along with England.

In case the match ends in a tie or as ‘No Result’, Ireland will end up topping the group with 3 points and will qualify for the Super8 along with England.

What ever the result of the match between Pakistan and Netherlands may be, England has definitely qualified for the Super8.

Group C:

Australia having lost both its games is out of the tournament, thus the other two teams from the group- West Indies and Sri Lanka have automatically qualified for the Super8.

Group D:

Scotland having lost both its game is out of the tournament, thus the other two teams from the group- New Zealand and South Africa have automatically qualified for the Super8.