ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 - West Indies & USA

I bet you breathed a sigh relief Snooks.

I do think the ICC should reassess teams at T20 given how those who qualified for the competition have performed I am sure Scotland have official T20/ODI status and make a far more meaningful competition that gives the teams lowr down in tiers (or rankings for both formats) far more competitve erxperience agasinst teams above them.

I suspect Scotland could improve their ranking slightly at T20

Geninue question, will South Africa ever win a world cup?

I think they will - one day.

I've never rated Australia's Marcus Stonis, saying that he's not good with the bat or ball.
However his fabulous knock of 59, with a good innings of 68 from Head saved England from exiting the competition.

But Scotland have themselves to blame. They batted well, bowled well, caught badly.

I can't believe that I was supporting Australia

Australia dropped a bunch of catches too it must be said which allowed Scotland to reach 180.
Travis Head just gets better and better.
He was brutal in the IPL and looks to be transferring that form into this tournament as well.

Match 37 Group D
Bangladesh v Nepal - Jamaica - 00.30 BST
Nepal elected to bat first
Bangladesh 106 (19.3 overs)
Nepal 85 (19.2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 21 runs

Match 38 Group D
Netherlands v Sri Lanka - St Lucia - 01.30 BST
Netherlands elected to field
Sri Lanka 201-6 (20 overs)
Netherlands 118 (16.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 83 runs

I've just watched a reply of the England v Nambia match.
When Nambia were chasing the high score that England had made , it was the first time that I've seen anyone retire when batting. The new batsman certainly did help the scoring, which says that they should have started with their big hitting batsman.

Match 39 Group C
New Zealand v Papua New Guinea - Trinidad - 15.30 BST
Toss - New Zealand elected to field
Papua New Guinea 78 (19.4 overs)
New Zealand 79-3 (12.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets

Match 40 Group C
West Indies v Afghanistan - St Lucia - 01.30
Afghanistan elected to field
West Indies 218-5 (20 overs)
Afghanistan 114 (16.2 overs)
West Indies win by 104 runs