Australia's clash with England ended in a washout on Friday evening, but former Test captain Mark Taylor believes the result won't be a disaster for the tournament hosts.
Australia are out to defend the trophy they won 12 months ago in the United Arab Emirates, but the defence has gotten off to a shaky start.
An 89-run loss in the tournament opener last Saturday in Sydney against New Zealand was followed by a mixed bag win over Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday, before not a single ball could be bowled on Friday evening against England in Melbourne.
That has left Australia on just three points with a net run rate of negative 1.555, however, with rain also seeing England lose to Ireland via the duckworth-lewis method on Wednesday, and New Zealand not bowl a ball against Afghanistan, the hosts are still alive.
They will need to beat Ireland and Afghanistan will hoping results go their way, but Taylor, speaking on Wide World of Sports, said Australia's remaining fixtures could work in their favour.
"Obviously getting on and winning would have been ideal, but the fact that we've got Ireland and Afghanistan to go means that if we play well enough and win both of those games and win them well enough we may well still go through," Taylor said.
"Obviously it's going to depend on other results ... but bear in mind that England are in the same boat as us and they've got New Zealand and Sri Lanka to go.
"So, from that point of view it's not disastrous, although, as I said, a win would have been a lot better."
Australia will need heavy wins in both games given their net run rate, with a scenario still existing where Australia, England and New Zealand could all conclude the Super 12 group stage on seven points.
Of other concern is the weather forecast for Brisbane, with rain tipped ahead of the Group 1 games in the Queensland capital.
Australia conclude the group stage with a match against Ireland in Brisbane, before travelling to Adelaide to play Afghanistan.
