T20 World Cup points table following English defeat

DUBAI: With de Kock thrashing his rivals while cruising his team to victory in the South Africa vs England match, the points table for the Super 8 round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has changed.

With South African victory, they now top the table in Group 2 of the Super 8 with 4 points. The African team has played two matches, both won with no losses. Their net run rate (NRR) is +0.625.

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The runner-up is, of course, England with 2 points. The tea-drinkers lost one match and won the first, for a total of two matches played. England has an NRR of +0.412.

The United States (US), already in Super 8 in their maiden World Cup, have an NRR -0.900 as they unfortunately lost their very first match. However, they can still outstrip England as they face off against fellow co-host West Indies on Saturday (today).

The second co-hosts, West Indies, are currently at the bottom with a negative NRR of -1.343, having won and lost a single match.

Meanwhile, in Group 1 of the T20 World Cup points table, the Kangaroos lead the table with an impressive NRR of 2.471 that the top team in Group 2 do not boast even. Even more impressive as South Africa’s NRR of 0.625 is after having won 2 matches and with 2 points.

The Aussies have only played (and won) a single match and sit atop the Group 2 of the Super 8 with 2 points.

At the second place is our neighbour-in-east, India, with an NRR of 2.350 as well and 2 points. They have also played and won a single match.

At third place is our negthbour-in-west, Afghanistan, with zero points and a negative NRR of -2.350, a direct flip of India’s NRR having lost to them on Thursday.

At the bottom is Bangladesh with a negative NRR of -2.471 and 0 points.

How is NRR calculated

The net run rate has become a norm in modern world cups and other cricket tournaments. NRR is used to evaluate the performance of teams in limited-overs formats (such as one day internationals or T20). It compares how many runs one team scores versus their counterparts.

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In other words, authorities examine how many runs a team scored compared to how many they let the other teams score against them.

For example, if a team scored 200 runs in a match and did not let their rivals score as much (only 100 before innings ends or all out), their net run rate will be good because they scored more runs than they let the other team score. This rate helps decide which teams go to the next round in world cups.