Washout: Australia bow out, Zimbabwe enter Super 8s
Kolkata, Feb. 18 -- Rain in Pallekele knocked Australia out of the World Cup and sent Zimbabwe into the Super Eights of the T20 World Cup on Tuesday. The match between Ireland and Zimbabwe was abandoned without a ball being bowled, meaning Zimbabwe-with five points-made it to the second round of a World Cup for the first time since 2003.
So little has gone right for Australia that it wasn't surprising that a rained out match finally put an end to their misery. The last league match against Oman now of academic interest.
Australia were shocked by Zimbabwe before Sri Lanka thrashed them by eight wickets on Monday to leave their fate hanging on other matches and permutations and combinations. For the third consecutive T20 World Cup Australia h...
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