ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 - West Indies & USA

Match 41 Super Eights Group 2
South Africa v USA - Antigua - WED 19/6/23 15.30

Group A
Team W L PTS NRR
IND - 3 0 - 7 +1.137
USA - 2 1 - 5 +0.127
PAK - 2 2 - 4 +0.294
CAN - 1 2 - 3 -0.493
IRE - 0 -3 - 1 -1.293

Group B
Team W L PTS NRR
AUS - 4 0 - 8 +2.791
ENG - 2 1 - 5 +3.611
SCT - 2 1 - 5 +1.255
NAB - 1 3 - 2 -2.585
OMN- 0 4 - 0 -3.062

Group C
Team W L PTS NRR
WI - 4 0 - 8 +3.257
AFG -3 1 - 6 +1.835
NZ - 2 2 - 4 +0.415
UGA -1 3 - 2 -4.510
PNG -0 4 - 0 -1.268

Group D
Team W L PTS NRR
SAF - 4 0 - 8 +0.470
BAN - 3 1 - 6 +0.616
SriL - 1 2 - 3 +0.863
NED -1 3 -2 -1.358
NEP - 0 3 -1 -0.542

With the initial group games completed & the Super Eight stage set to begin today, it seems like a good time to reflect on the tournament to date. As expected, India were the dominate force in Group A, in as much as was possible on some difficult batting tracks at times. Pakistan were deservedly beaten by USA in a game that shouldn't have even gone to a Super Over. Not really much of a surprise that Pakistan have again showed their inconsistencies, brilliant one day, average the next, but I would've expected Ireland to have been a side to have profited from this, but they were also off the mark.
Group B was as expected, although England had a battle to qualify. Scotland showed some real fighting spirit in all matches & almost caused the biggest upset in a narrow defeat to Australia.
In Group C the West Indies look a coherent unit for once, Darren Sammy as coach has got them playing as a team, in the same manner that he did as a captain. New Zealand were off the pace & unable to recover from an early heavy defeat by Afghanistan who have looked good until West Indies overpowered them.
Group D looked the weakest, with South Africa having little trouble until a near miss against Nepal which saved them some embarrassment. Bangladesh have punched their weight with the win over Sri Lanka a key clash. Whilst both sides lost to a strong South Africa unit, it was the contrasting manner of the defeats that highlights the direction these respecting teams are travelling in.

Super Eights
Group 1 - Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India
Group 2 - England, South Africa, USA, West Indies

The pace of the tournament seems to ramp up from a jog to a sprint. England face West Indies on Thursday 01.30 BST at the Darren Sammy Stadium St Lucia, which is a Night Match, & will have just 38 hours break before they take on South Africa (FRI 15.30 BST) at the same venue, before they travel to Barbados to face the USA on Sunday 15.30 BST.
England wont have the excuse of being tired after only one of their 4 Group B matches providing a full 40 overs of action, the other 3 totalled 46.3 overs.

(18-06-2024 13:44 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Match 41 Super Eights Group 2
South Africa v USA - Antigua
Toss - USA elected to field
South Africa 194-4 (20 overs)
USA 176-5 (20 overs)
South Africa won by 18 runs

A respectable performance from USA, I think that they can cause another upset, they must be taken seriously.

Match 42 Super Eights Group 2
England v West Indies - St Lucia 01.30 BST
England elected to field
West Indies 180-4 (20 overs)
England 181-2 (17.3 overs)
England won by 8 wickets

A thoroughly convincing run chase from England. Well done chaps .

Match 43 Super Eights Group 1
Afghanistan v India - Barbados 15.30 BST
Toss - India elected to bat
India 181-8
Afghanistan 134-9
India won by 47 runs