The 48 hours to define Australia's World Cup

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Australia's World Cup run isn't over, but it's surely connected beingness support.

Aaron Finch's men stumbled done pre-tournament warm-up games, and aft astir making a repast of what should person been a regular tally pursuit against South Africa, produced their astir awesome T20 show successful immoderate clip successful an casual triumph implicit Sri Lanka.

Things were heading successful the close absorption - until England gave them a terrible wakeup telephone this morning.

The lone metallic lining is that the Ashes aren't decided successful 20 implicit cricket.

Still, it could beryllium worse. England look nailed connected for astatine slightest 1 of the 2 spots successful the semis from Group A, but volition Australia beryllium joining them?

The cutthroat quality of this tourney operation means that adjacent 1 nonaccomplishment could beryllium capable to halt you from reaching the adjacent stage.

Australia play Bangladesh connected Thursday night, earlier they play the West Indies 2 days aboriginal successful their last radical match.

If Australia triumph both

A 4-1 grounds would beryllium capable to get the Aussies done barring 1 precise circumstantial scenario. If England bushed Sri Lanka and South Africa bushed Bangladesh, England could suffer the last lucifer of radical play against the Proteas and some would astir apt pip Australia to the apical 2 spots owed to their superior nett tally rates.

That mightiness dependable unlikely, but if England are 4-0 they could remainder immoderate players for that last lucifer with a semi-final each but secured.

In each likelihood though, if Australia triumph retired they'll beryllium done to the last four.

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If Australia triumph one

Here's wherever it gets tricky - the dense quality of Australia's nonaccomplishment to England means that if South Africa bushed Bangladesh convincingly, it would beryllium adjacent to intolerable for the Aussies to beforehand if some teams decorativeness with the aforesaid win/loss record.

A 3-2 decorativeness would astir apt not beryllium capable - though Bangladesh could bash Australia a monolithic favour with an upset implicit South Africa connected Tuesday.

Also, if some Australia and the Windies are victorious successful their adjacent matches, a dense triumph successful that last lucifer to either squad could beryllium crucial.

If Australia suffer both

There's not overmuch to analyse present - determination is nary accidental Australia volition beforehand if they suffer some of their remaining matches.

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