The remaining stages of the 20/20 World Cup have taken place.
Group A New Zealand 190 (20/20 ov); India 180/9 (20/20 ov) New Zealand won by 10 runs South Africa 154/8 (20/20 ov); England 135/7 (20/20 ov) South Africa won by 19 runs New Zealand 164/9 (20/20 ov); England 159/8 (20/20 ov) New Zealand won by 5 runs New Zealand 153/8 (20/20 ov); South Africa 158/4 (19.1/20 ov) South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) India 218/4 (20/20 ov); England 200/6 (20/20 ov) India won by 18 runs India 153/5 (20/20 ov); South Africa 116/9 (20/20 ov) India won by 37 runs Group B Bangladesh 123/8 (20/20 ov); Australia 124/1 (13.5/20 ov) Australia won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) Pakistan 189/6 (20/20 ov); Sri Lanka 156/9 (20/20 ov) Pakistan won by 33 runs Australia 164/7 (20/20 ov); Pakistan 165/4 (19.1/20 ov) Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) Sri Lanka 147/5 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh 83 (15.5/20 ov) Sri Lanka won by 64 runs Sri Lanka 101 (19.3/20 ov); Australia 102/0 (10.2/20 ov) Australia won by 10 wickets (with 58 balls remaining) Bangladesh 140 (19.4/20 ov); Pakistan 141/6 (19/20 ov) Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Semi-finals New Zealand 143/8 (20/20 ov); Pakistan 147/4 (18.5/20 ov) Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) India 188/5 (20/20 ov); Australia 173/7 (20/20 ov) India won by 15 runs Final India 157/5 (20/20 ov); Pakistan 152 (19.3/20 ov) India won by 5 runs
India, therefore, crowned the champions, defeating Pakistan in a tense final. Australia and New Zealand share third place, South Africa was unfortunate enough to go out on net run-rate, Sri Lanka won a game, and the 2009 hosts England did no better than Bangladesh.
The 20-20 Standings
PAK 1100 125.5 IND 1086 124.1 AUS 1054 138.6 SL 1048 149.3 SA 1026 129.2 NZ 965 132.6 WI 962 153.6 BAN 941 131.7 ENG 939 133
What's unusual about this table? That's right, Australia isn't first! What's not unusual about this table? England and Bangladesh are bottom. Yep, just four and a quarter years since England invented 20/20 cricket, the country is amongst the worst in the world at it. Even by English standards, that's a fast decline.
Overall
AUS 1248 119.5 SL 1140 109.6 PAK 1064 116.9 IND 1052 101 NZ 1032 109 SA 1012 106.7 ENG 915 101.5 WI 864 114.9 BAN 792 106.7
Pakistan and India the major gainers here, advancing to third and fourth. Is this beginning to look like a reasonable ladder of cricket countries yet?
The winter fixture list
With the calendar turning to October, the fixture list begins to heat up. Coming up next month:
* India -v- Australia (7 x ODI, 1 x 20-20)
* Pakistan -v- South Africa (2 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Sri Lanka -v- England (5 x ODI; 3 x Tests in Dec)
Later this winter:
* South Africa -v- New Zealand (2 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Australia -v- Sri Lanka (2 x Test)
* India -v- Pakistan (3 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Australia -v- New Zealand (3 x ODI)
* South Africa -v- West Indies (4 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* New Zealand -v- Bangladesh
* Australia -v- India (4 x Tests)
* New Zealand -v- England (3 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Pakistan -v- Australia (3 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Bangladesh -v- South Africa (2 x Test)
* Bangladesh -v- India (3 x ODI)
* India -v- South Africa (3 x Test)
* West Indies -v- Sri Lanka (3 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* West Indies -v- Australia (4 x Test, 5 x ODI)
* Aus / Ind / SL ODI tournament
* Ban / Ind / SA ODI tournament
* Asia Cup
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