Can Australia still qualify for T20 World Cup semis?

Australia on Friday defeated Afghanistan by four runs at the Adelaide Oval in the Super-12 encounter in the ongoing T20 World Cup. With the win, the hosts keep their semifinals hope alive as they are currently second in the Group 1 points table with seven points, but now the Aussies will have to be dependent on the result of England’s last group match against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, New Zealand officially became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup on account of a better net run rate. The Black Caps first defeated Ireland to put one foot in the semis, however, their place in the next round was confirmed when Australia were unable to score 180+ total in their match against Afghanistan thus failing to get ahead of New Zealand’s net run rate.

A narrow win for Australia keeps their net run rate in the negative!