• Group A is the far more straightforward of the two pools. New Zealand and Australia cleared out early, with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh filling the minor qualifying spots - provided Sri Lanka beat Scotland last night and Bangladesh do not beat New Zealand tomorrow night.
• A Bangladesh win would push them to third and significantly change the anticipated quarter-final matchups. Assuming Sri Lanka beat Scotland, they would both have eight points and Sri Lanka would take third by dint of an extra round robin win.
• In group B, the West Indies are two points behind Pakistan and Ireland in the three-way race for two spots. However, they have a superior run rate to the Irish. That means if they beat the UAE in the final round robin game in New Zealand, at Napier on Sunday, they will move ahead of Ireland into fourth place - unless the Irish get up over Pakistan in Adelaide.
• If Ireland beat Pakistan, they cannot miss out on a last-eight spot. Pakistan and the West Indies' net run rates are similar. Should Pakistan lose, and the Windies beat the UAE, Ireland would finish third and the West Indies could jump above Pakistan.
• The criteria for deciding final group positions in the event of teams being level on points is the number of wins, followed by net run rate - and the chances of two identical NRRs is highly remote - with the head-to-head result when those teams met being the final splitter.
