It seems that this world cup will be influenced by rain too much and you will need the luck to move on in this tournament.
Take the example of the Ireland Vs England match, if the match was not interrupted there were chances that Englan would have chased the runs. As we have seen the teams could even chase 12 to 15 runs in a few overs and win the match.
Another match between Afghanistan and NZ is also abandoned because of the rain. Maybe NZ would have won this match. Previously Zimbabwe and South Africa match was canceled and both teams got one point each. In this case, zimbabwe was lucky to get one point and south Africa of course was unlucky.
This is just the start of super 12 and we got three matches unexpected results because of rain. This means that you need to play well and on the other hand lucky to have a match abandoned with a tough team and unlucky to have rain on a day when you have a match with a weak team.
This is true to some extent. Some teams do get benefits if there is no match because of the rain. Also if the overs are reduced, it will not give the correct picture of the results because sometimes with less than 20 overs, the less favorite sides have equal chances of winning as compared to the stronger team.
I just wonder whether we have a reserve day in case there is rain in the semi-final and the final matches. I would never want a semi-final to be awarded to the top team in the group if the match is not possible because of rain.
I think hard work on one side but luck can turn the table, this has happened today