England squeezed into the Tremendous 8s on the T20 World Cup to maintain their title defence alive.
Right here is all that you must know forward of spherical two within the Caribbean, together with when and the place England play, the total fixture listing, and the way the format works.
Who’re these ‘Tremendous 8’ and what occurs subsequent?
Apart from England, the groups nonetheless standing are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, South Africa, USA and West Indies, with the eight sides break up into two teams of 4.
- Group 1 – India, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
- Group 2 – USA, West Indies, South Africa, England
Within the Tremendous 8s, either side performs the others of their pool as soon as with the highest two in every group reaching the semi-finals.
The winners of Group 1 will play the second-placed aspect in Group 2 within the semi-finals and vice versa.
Which Tremendous 8 group groups superior into was pre-determined to assist with scheduling.
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have been the three seeded groups to not qualify for the second spherical, crushed to spots by USA, Bangladesh and Afghanistan respectively.
When and the place do England play?
Thursday, June 20: vs West Indies – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
Friday, June 21: vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Sunday, June 23: vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
All occasions are UK and Eire.
England scraped into the Tremendous 8s, you say?
They certain did.
A rain-off in opposition to Scotland in Barbados – a match through which their opponents pounced on bowling and fielding errors to succeed in 90-0 from 10 overs earlier than the climate had the ultimate say – was adopted by a 36-run defeat to Australia on the similar venue as they conceded a whopping 70 runs within the first 5 overs.
Jos Buttler’s aspect’s hopes of progressing into the following section have been hanging by the proverbial thread however they then dismantled Oman – razing the affiliate nation for 47 earlier than finishing the run chase in simply 19 balls to, crucially, take their web run charge above Scotland’s.
They then managed to beat the rain and Namibia in Antigua on Saturday, comfortably successful a 10-over-a-side encounter by 41 runs on DLS after initially fearing a tournament-ending washout, earlier than consideration turned to Australia vs Scotland in St Lucia hours later.
An Australia win and England have been by way of. Anything they usually have been out.
Buttler’s boys would have been jittery as Scotland posted 180-5, much more so when Australia wanted 89 runs from the ultimate seven overs, however the 2021 champions then went into overdrive, with Travis Head (68 off 49), Marcus Stoinis (59 off 29) and Tim David (24no off 14) taking Australia to victory with two balls to spare.
After quite a few scares, England had superior.
What’s the full Tremendous 8 fixture listing?
Voila! 👇
Wednesday June 19
- USA vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Thursday June 20
- West Indies vs England – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
- Afghanistan vs India – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Friday June 21
- Australia vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
- England vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Saturday June 22
- West Indies vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
- India vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Sunday June 23
- Afghanistan vs Australia – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
- USA vs England – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Monday June 24
- West Indies vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
- Australia vs India – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 25
- Afghanistan vs Bangladesh – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
How can I comply with the motion throughout Sky Sports activities?
Each recreation is stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket, whereas there will even be stay blogs of all 3.30pm fixtures throughout skysports.com and the Sky Sports activities App. Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms will even present match reviews, response, evaluation and video highlights.
When are the semi-finals and last?
Thursday June 27
- Semi-final #1 – Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
- Semi-final #2 – Windfall, Guyana (3.30pm)
Saturday June 29
- Last – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
If India attain the final 4, they’ll play within the second semi-final as that’s at a extra pleasant time (8pm India) for his or her county’s TV viewers than the primary semi-final (6am India).
Catch each match from the T20 World Cup, together with the ultimate in Barbados on Saturday June 29, stay on Sky Sports activities.
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