World T20 Champs group stages, Feb 7-20

[Durhamfootman]

If I was going to put money on the weather administering the coup de grace on a big nation, I'd have put it on England

At least the Aussie management can now adopt England's favourite position and blame it on the weather.... nothing to see here, move along please

just a bit unlucky, is all

[Durhamfootman]

Former Durham opener Michael 'corporal' Jones has quietly had a decent WC. 142 runs and 3 catches

[Durhamfootman]

USA bowler Shadley van Schalkwyk now leads the list of wicket takers with 13 wickets. 5 more than his closest rivals

He won't take any more, of course, and others will, but 13 wickets in 4 matches is pretty impressive. Australia as a whole have only taken 13 wickets, albeit in 3 matches, but if anyone is wondering why they are out, that might be a good place to start looking

[bigfluffylemon]

If I was going to put money on the weather administering the coup de grace on a big nation, I'd have put it on England

At least the Aussie management can now adopt England's favourite position and blame it on the weather.... nothing to see here, move along please

just a bit unlucky, is all

We'll see. I suspect this might fly under the radar here - overseas cricket that isn't the Ashes is often not that high profile here. The matches are in the middle of the night, and not on TV (Amazon has the rights here, bizarrely, so it's streaming only), so it doesn't seem as though many are paying attention. But Australia crashing out in the first round is a pretty big upset.

[bigfluffylemon]

Winter Olympics are getting far more coverage. It's Australia's best ever performance, to be fair.

[GarlicJam]

...but 13 wickets in 4 matches is pretty impressive. Australia as a whole have only taken 13 wickets...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Today's matches are a case of going through the formalities.

[mikesiva]

Formality number one.

South Africa beat the UAE by six wickets.

[bigfluffylemon]

Today's matches are a case of going through the formalities.

Only one live game left, and it's not likely to be a close contest.

A bit annoying that first and second place in the group stage means nothing. Makes several contests irrelevant.

[andy]

I see Pakistan finally left out Shaheen today

[Arthur Crabtree]

Namibia the only side to have played all their games for zero points. Oman (v Australia) and Canada (v Afghanistan) likely to join them.

[andy]

India batting first against the dutch

[andy]

Big runs from Abhishek would be nice

[andy]

India lose Abshiek early 18-1 after 2 overs

[Durhamfootman]

I think NL did pretty well to restrict India to 193

51-2 in the chase