Combining the Quarter-Finalists

Although it may be relatively premature to state how the Quarter-Finals in this WorldCup will shape up, considering the fact that we have some very important games left for this weekend but still lets just assume some possible results to these games and then have a peek at who will be up against whom in the quarters.

Scenario #1
18th March 2011
New Zealand beats Sri Lanka at Mumbai

19th March 2011
Bangladesh beats South Africa at Mirpur
Australia beats Pakistan at Colombo

20th March 2011
The West Indies beat India at Chennai

With these results Group A will take this shape....................................................................................

Australia  11 points
New Zealand 10 points
Pakistan  08 points       
Sri Lanka  07 points

And Group B...

India  09 points
South Africa  08 points (Better NRR than Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  08 points
England  07 points

So the Quarter Final will be played between.....................................................................................

India vs. Sri Lanka at Mirpur
New Zealand vs. Bangladesh at Colombo
Pakistan vs. South Africa at Mirput
Australia vs. England at Ahmadabad

Scenario #2

18th March 2011
Sri Lanka beats New Zealand at Mumbai

19th March 2011
South Africa beats Bangladesh at Mirpur
Pakistan beats Australia at Colombo

20th March 2011
India beats The West Indies at Chennai

With these results Group A will look somewhat like this...

Pakistan  10 points
Sri Lanka  09 points (Better NRR than Aus)
Australia  09 points       
New Zealand  08 points

And Group B...

South Africa  10 points
India  09 points
England  07 points
The West Indies  06 points (Better NRR than Bangladesh)
Bangladesh  06 points

So the Quarter Final combinations come out as...

Pakistan vs. The West Indies at Mirpur
Sri Lanka vs. England at Colombo
Australia vs. India at Ahmadabad
South Africa vs. New Zealand at Mirpur

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