ianp1970 wrote:ianp1970 wrote:bigfluffylemon wrote:No pressure England...
The bookies have England as 1 to 16 shots to reach the last 4
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Even more surprisingly Pakistan (13/2) are less than half the price of Bangladesh (14/1) to qualify. With the winner of the match between the pair on July 5th the likely beneficiary of England losing their next 3 games, would Pakistan be heavy favourites on the day?
Bangladesh almost certainly have to beat India to qualify (unless England implode, not impossible). Pakistan have Bangladesh, Afghanistan and New Zealand still to play.
England should still make the last 4 with one more win from their last three games - while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh could all theoretically overtake them, Pakistan would have to beat New Zealand and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would have to beat India, as well as win all their other remaining games. And England have a massively superior NRR.
Furthermore, apparently England haven't lost two ODIs on the bounce since 2017, and that was away vs India, and they haven't lost two on the bounce at home since 2015. They won their most recent series against India, Australia and New Zealand - we know they're capable of beating those sides, and they have a W/L ratio of nearly 3-1 at home since the last world cup.
Logic and form says that England should still qualify.
So why when head says that, is heart so nervous?