It comes down to England and Pakistan in the end, and few would have predicted the sequence of events that led us to this point in what has been a thrilling T20 World Cup.
Both teams started their campaign with embarrassing losses, with Pakistan stacking them but they have reached the big match after all of that.
We could be set for a controversial finish to this match with rain likely to be in the air in Victoria on Sunday.
Pakistan vs England | Sunday 13 November | The MCG | 10:00
To Win Match
Pakistan 27/20 | Tie 25/1 | England 62/100
Pakistan’s best performances of the tournament have been in their last two outings and, the defeats to India and Zimbabwe should be discarded.
It would mean so much to Babar Azam and company to turn things around after losing to their bitter rivals to start.
For a team criticised for reliance on Babar and Mohamed Rizwan, the emergence of Mohamed Haris is a massive boost.
Pakistan have bowlers with experience in these conditions and ones who can really make life hard for England.
Alex Hales has carried tremendous form into this tournament and would certainly feel that he is on the road to redemption if he can power England to the trophy.
Hales has formed a lethal axis with Jos Buttler as the England opening pair and, they will be the biggest wickets.
England’s experience can’t be bought especially in the bowling department where they have middle-over banker Adil Rashid and death-over specialist Chris Jordan surrounded by a revolving cast of world-class white-ball bowlers.
Any one of the England players has the potential to be a match-winner for this team.
For those afeared that the weather will play havoc, there is a reserve day allotted for the final.
England should just have the firepower to edge this one, and they actually represent pretty good value at 62/100.
