Thursday, March 10, 2011

Path to QF - Group A

Only 8 matches remain out of 21 matches in the league stage of Group A, including that of today's SL v Zimbabwe encounter.

Just before the start of SL v Zimbabwe match, the points table of Group A given below (Courtesy: www.cricinfo.com)

Group A

Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Against
New Zealand 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.848 746/141.3 630/184.0
Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.760 970/200.0 818/200.0
Sri Lanka 4 2 1 0 1 5 +2.663 744/118.4 541/150.0
Australia 3 2 0 0 1 5 +1.813 469/84.0 377/100.0
Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.079 631/150.0 551/133.3
Canada 4 1 3 0 0 2 -2.083 582/195.3 1012/200.0
Kenya 4 0 4 0 0 0 -3.403 521/200.0 734/122.1

I have made a chance table as I did with IPL 2009.  This table tells what are the chances for each team to enter into the quarterfinals stage (The top 4 teams at the end of the league stage  in each group advance to the QF stage).  The chance table has the following assumptions

1. No future matches has no result or will become a tie
2. The relative position of teams with respect to NRR remains the same till the end of the league stage
3. Each match has equally likely outcome of win and loss for both teams.  In other words, both teams have 50% chance of winning the match (though that may not be the real case)

As of now, the chance table looks as below


Team

Current Chance(%)

NZ

98.83

Pak

96.88

SL

80.86

Aus

89.84

Zim

28.13

Can

5.47

Ken

0.00


Seems like Canada still has meagre chance of advancing to quarter finals!! 

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