Brutal World Cup scenario facing Australia

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England's triumph implicit New Zealand has near Australia with plentifulness of enactment to bash to support its T20 World Cup title.

With 1 lucifer inactive to play successful the radical stages, Australia sits 3rd successful Group 1, with lone the apical 2 sides qualifying for the knockout stages.

Although Australia is level with some New Zealand and England connected 5 points, nett tally complaint has the location broadside ranked good beneath the different 2 teams.

There's 3 matches left, starting with Ireland against New Zealand successful Adelaide connected Friday afternoon. That's followed by Australia against Afghanistan successful Adelaide connected Friday night.

The pursuing evening, England plays Sri Lanka successful Sydney.

If Australia missed retired connected tally rate, it tin blasted the monolithic decision astatine the hands of New Zealand astatine the SCG.

Still, each is not lost. Here are the scenarios heading into the last match:

IF AUSTRALIA LOSES TO AFGHANISTAN:

If Australia loses to Afghanistan, it's curtains. There is nary imaginable mode for Australia to decorativeness successful the apical 2 if this happens, careless of different results. That's due to the fact that the victor of the Sri Lanka-England lucifer would decorativeness up of Australia connected points, arsenic would New Zealand if they bushed Ireland.

If Ireland was to outpouring an upset, New Zealand would inactive beryllium up of Australia connected tally complaint unless they mislaid by a ridiculous margin, successful which lawsuit Ireland would past leap up of Australia anyway.

So, Australia indispensable bushed Afghanistan, preferably by a lot.

IF AUSTRALIA BEATS AFGHANISTAN:

Australia volition suffice with a triumph implicit Afghanistan connected Friday provided either Ireland beats New Zealand oregon Sri Lanka beats England.

IF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND ENGLAND ALL WIN

This is astir apt the astir apt scenario, and besides the astir complicated, arsenic each 3 teams would beryllium level connected 7 points.

New Zealand's precise steadfast nett tally complaint (currently 2.233) beauteous overmuch puts them retired of scope astatine the apical of the table. Which means it comes down to Australia and England.

Right present Australia's nett tally complaint is -0.304, portion England's is 0.547.

If some teams were to win, Australia needs to triumph by a ample margin, portion besides hoping England tin lone prevail by a tiny margin, successful bid for Australia to get its nett tally complaint up of England.

For example, if Australia was to triumph by 60 runs, and England by 1 run, Australia's nett tally complaint would beryllium conscionable successful beforehand of England's, and Australia would suffice for the finals.

Speaking connected Nine's coverage, erstwhile skipper Mark Taylor conceded Australia is facing an uphill task.

"The bottommost enactment is Australia are going to request an upset. They're going to request to spot Ireland bushed New Zealand, oregon Sri Lanka bushed England, which is little of an upset," helium said.

"If that doesn't happen, Australia are going to person to win, and triumph big."

Stream each Australian men's T20 World Cup lucifer positive selected different matches, including the finals, unrecorded and escaped connected 9Now.

Taylor's chap panellist, Steve O'Keefe, said injuries to Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Tim David analyzable matters adjacent further, portion pointing retired that Ireland's upset triumph implicit England had done Australia a immense favour.

"Just to marque it a small much confusing Australia is of people sitting nether a fewer wounded clouds, which is going to airs much questions for that team," helium explained.

"They're inactive successful it. I tin lone ideate what that England nonaccomplishment (to Ireland) would person looked similar if they'd won that game, that astir would person meant Australia retired of the tournament.

"In immoderate respects they're inactive fortunate to beryllium there."

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