JLT Cup Results: Net Run Rate guides Victoria to Semi-finals

Dixit Bhargav | 05/10/2018
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JLT Cup Results: Victoria enter the semi-finals on NRR after the rain-affected qualifying-final against New South Wales.

Rain played spoilsport in which was anticipated to be a riveting contest of 50-overs cricket in the ongoing JLT Cup, Australia’s premier domestic One-Day competition. Scheduled to be played at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney, the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

The adverse weather conditions took a toll on the home team’s prospects of progressing in the tourney for they needed a win to qualify.

With both the teams winning two and losing five matches so far, they were tied on nine points each. That being said, a better Net Run Rate saw Victoria qualifying for the semi-finals where they will be locking horns against table-toppers and the undefeated Western Australia (23 points) on Sunday at the Junction Oval.

The funny game that cricket is, it saw Victoria qualifying for the next stage with a slender lead of 0.02 in their NRR. Had NSW scored one more run in their match against Victoria, they would have qualified for the semi-finals.

The first semi-final will be played between Tasmania and Queensland at Drummoyne Oval tomorrow. In a qualifying criteria which allowed all six teams to qualify for the finals, it has witnessed the No. 6 ranked team in Queensland defeating the No. 3 ranked team in South Australia.

The eliminated team will not be preparing for the Sheffield Shield, whose first round is scheduled to start from October 16.

Below are some of the latest Twitter reactions on the JLT Cup:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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