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Impossible task for Lanka Sa'adi Thawfeeq - 28 May 1999 LEICESTER, Thursday - World Cup holders Sri Lanka effectively out of the '99 tournament will have to await the completion of matches by India and Zimbabwe to know what sort of total they should make in their final Group 'A' game against Kenya on Sunday to have an outside chance of qualifying for the Super Six. Both India and Zimbabwe play on Saturday. India meet England at Edgbaston and Zimbabwe take on South Africa at Chelmsford. A win for either India or Zimbabwe will definitely put Sri Lanka out of the contest. If both teams lose, Sri Lanka will go into the match against Kenya not only having to win, but also to improve their net run rate vastly. They may have to make something like over 700 runs to beat the nett run rate of India to qualify, a task wholly impracticable. The tournament rules say: ``In the event of teams finishing on equal points in either Group, the right to play in the Super Six stage will be will decided in the following order of priority:
Source: The Daily News |
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