What WI, Ireland and Pakistan need to do to qualify !

Pakistan - Pakistan have one match left against Ireland

A win in this game will send them through to the quarter-finals. A loss though, will bring NRR into play.

Should it come to that for Pakistan, they will be fighting for a berth in the quarter-finals based on NRR with West Indies,

assuming the likely event of West Indies beating UAE in their final game.

Ireland - Ireland have six points and two matches still to go - against India and Pakistan.

They have to win only one of those games to sail through to the knockouts.

Though Ireland managed to add two important points to their account with their win over Zimbabwe, the narrow margin means

that they haven't improved upon their negative NRR

As it stands, Ireland have the worst NRR (-0.820) out of the three teams in contention.

Losses in both these games will, in all likelihood, send them out of the World Cup because of their inferior NRR,

given the likely even of West Indies beating UAE.

West Indies - West Indies are the only team out of the three in contention to be completely dependent on other results to qualify.

They will have to beat UAE to begin with and preferably by a huge margin.

If Ireland beat India, that will leave only one spot to fight for. If Pakistan also lose to Ireland, then it will come down to NRR

between West Indies and Pakistan.

A Pakistan win in that game will knock West Indies out.

If Ireland lose both their remaining games, West Indies will in all likelihood qualify ahead of Ireland on account

of their superior NRR..

If the game between India and Ireland is washed out or tied, then Ireland will advance to the quarter-finals.

Pakistan will then need an outright win against Ireland or a NRR healthy enough to pip West Indies.

If any of the last two games in Group B - Pakistan v Ireland or West Indies v UAE - is washed out or tied

then it will be curtains for West Indies. :-[

Great summary, Ketch. It is certainly going to be a very close finish in this group. The one good thing for West Indies is that the India/Ireland match will still hold some relevancy for India. If they win that match, they will qualify as group winners. Imagine if Zimbabwe had held on to beat Ireland. That would have left four teams fighting for the final two spots.

At this stage the West Indies no longer have control over their destiny. All they can do now is beat UAE by a wide margin to increase their net run rate and then sit and wait for the results of the match between Ireland and Pakistan. West Indies will be hoping that Pakistan beat Ireland.