ICC Womens World Cup 2022 Points Table: England kept their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive by registering a mere 1 wicket win over New Zealand in the 19th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. This victory of England has made the race for the semi-finals more exciting. After this victory, while the hopes of defending champions England are still alive, New Zealand’s team, which lost 4 out of 6 matches, is on the verge of ending the tournament clean. The road to the semi-finals is still open for India. There are now only nine matches left in the group stage, but so far no team other than Australia has booked a ticket for the semi-finals. In the top 4 of the ICC Womens World Cup 2022 Points Table, Australia is on top, South Africa is at number two, West Indies is at number three and India is at number four.
What will it take for India to reach the semi-finals?
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India have only four points from five matches so far. The net run rate of the team is NRR 0.456. The Indian team now has to play its remaining matches against Bangladesh and South Africa. To reach the semi-finals, India will now have to win both their remaining matches and also pray that South Africa or West Indies do not get more than eight points.
This is possible only if West Indies lose one of their remaining two matches, or South Africa lose all their matches. According to ESPNcricinfo, if both these results go in India’s favour, then both India and England will enter the semi-finals with eight points. But the condition is that for this England also have to win both their remaining matches. In this situation West Indies and South Africa will be ruled out due to poor net run rate.
On the other hand, if the West Indies team wins both their matches, and if South Africa wins over Australia, then three teams will finish on eight points or more. In this situation, there will be a fight for the fourth place between India and England. (If both England and India finish on eight points). West Indies have six points from 5 matches and have to play their next matches against Pakistan and South Africa.
condition of england
It was a disappointing start to the tournament for England. But after winning the last two matches, they are still ahead in the race for a place in the semi-finals. The good thing for them in the remaining matches of the group stage is that both their matches are from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The net run rate of England is also 0.327. If England finish on eight points, their NRR is likely to be good.
Even if the England team wins both their matches, then there is a danger of being out in front of them. It goes like this: If West Indies win both matches, they will have 10 points, and if South Africa also beat Australia, they will also have more than eight points. Similarly, if the Indian team also wins both their matches and is ahead of England in the NRR, then England will have to be out.
New Zealand’s road difficult
New Zealand’s team is at number six with 4 points from 6 matches. The team’s net run rate is -0.229 and they have to play against Pakistan next. New Zealand have suffered a very close defeat in three matches. They were defeated by one wicket against England, two wickets against South Africa and three runs against West Indies. After these three defeats, the hosts are on the verge of being knocked out of the tournament. If England wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan in their last two matches, then at least three teams will have more than six points, and New Zealand will no longer be able to score more.