England v Bangladesh at Adelaide, Mar 9, 2015

[Sa1eem]

Re: England v Bangladesh at Adelaide, Mar 9, 2015

I had feeling before world cup started, that somehow BD would qualify for quarter final. Seems, my hunch was right. I was not sure which team would give way to them, though I thought that maybe NZ might give way. I was wrong about NZ, but nevertheless this is what I wrote on 14th January.

@Sa1eem

In my opinion: …. Only upset I believe could be Bangla Desh qualifying at expense of New Zealand. Reason is that in ODI, most of the times batsmen play vital role, not bowlers. Bangla Desh team have some good batsmen and all-rounders, and I believe that overall, their team might perform better than expected. Obviously, Australia is too good for BD to beat. Thus SL, Eng and NZ, anyone of them may have to make place for BD and I believe it could be NZ or Eng. Between them two, I think NZ may give way. Rest is quite obvious unless some big upset happens.
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Since NZ is playing superbly, England lost the slot in quarter final to BD.