Howdy Cricket Lovers
The league stage in BBL 14 is about to finish with only a few matches remaining, the picture about the final four for the knockouts is largely clear but the 4th team is still undecided.
You can see in the table that three teams, Hurricanes, Thunder and Sixers, have already qualified.
The knockouts in BBL are played as following.
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So far, The Qualifier - Hurricanes vs Sixers, is fixed.
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The top 3, Thunder, then plays with the top 4th.
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All 5 teams are still in the race for the 4th spot.
Here's a scenario for remaining teams.
Stars
- If Stars win their last match against Hurricanes, they are through.
- If their match against Hurricanes, gets cancelled, they can still reach provided Heat lose their match aginst Renegades or it gets cancelled.
Heat
- They first need to win against Renegades and then see the Stars lose against Hurricanes.
Strikers, Renegades, Scorchers
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They all first have to win their remaining match (1 match remains for every team), but they also have to win by big margins as the fourth position will be tied in 8 points. The Net Run Rate (NRR) will then decide who is going to be through to finals.
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If they lose or match is cancelled, they are out.
So, that's a little sneak peek on the finals scenario for BBL 14, I hope you'll find it useful, especially for the BBL Prediction Market on Predyx.