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New Zealand 152-3 after thirty overs, still set for 300+ I reckon.

To correct my post from yesterday, it seems that run-rate won't matter to the winner of this match; in the event of a no result tomorrow, it would come down to number of matches won, and Australia would lose out.

So its possible that the Aussies could go home without playing any cricket??  Crazy situation!!  I can't help but think that for these type of tournaments they have yet to come up a way of being able to play in the rain??  Different ball, different type of wickets etc, the British summer is just too unpredictable!!

That is indeed possible. But I don't see what you can really do about playing in the rain; umpires already tend towards keeping players on when it's just light drizzle or a passing shower, and it's only when the rain gets heavy that they bring them off, and rightly so. You can't be standing at the crease trying to bat in a puddle. It'll be hard on the Aussies if it pisses down in Brum tomorrow, but that's the way of things.

Meanwhile, after making a terrible start and losing four early wickets, Bangladesh need more or less a run a ball off the next hundred to win and give themselves a chance of an unlikely semi-final place.