CWC - Black Caps v Pakistan
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New Zealand wait on injured players ahead of high-stakes contest against Pakistan
World Cup 2023 2023/24 New Zealand vs Pakistan Match Preview: Both teams are competing against each other for that final semi-final spot
New Zealand have flown Kyle Jamieson back to India after Matt Henry was ruled out, but there are other injury concerns too. In a positive development, however, the injured players Williamson (thumb), Mark Chapman (calf), Lockie Ferguson (achilles) and Jimmy Neesham (wrist) all trained in Bengaluru on Friday with New Zealand Cricket saying, "a decision on their availability will be left until game-day and likely confirmed at the toss". But it's likely that they will bring Jamieson into the XI straightaway.Starts in ~2hrs
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A win here all but guarantees a play off spot I think. A close lose and good win over SL in our final good might also be enough, but you'd rather get the job done today.
This is a must win to avoid 4th and the tougher semi, although there's an upcoming SA India game as well that will probably determine who finishes top. I think I'd rather face SA than India in a semi despite our performances against each in pool play.
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@Cyclops said in CWC - Black Caps v Pakistan:
A win here all but guarantees a play off spot I think. A close lose and good win over SL in our final good might also be enough, but you'd rather get the job done today.
This is a must win to avoid 4th and the tougher semi, although there's an upcoming SA India game as well that will probably determine who finishes top. I think I'd rather face SA than India in a semi despite our performances against each in pool play.
Australia have England and Afghanistan and while I would love them to lose both game (especially if Afghanistan could sneak into the fourth position), it's unlikely so probably the best we can do is fourth place.
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We need to win this one to stop the rot. Not much hope if we're hobbling into the semis on the back of four losses and scraping a win over Sri Lanka.
Regardless of who wins the pool match between SA and India, I think India will be the hardest team to beat, so I'm inclined to hope SA win that one. Those two will both definitely be going all out to win that one - because playing us (or Pakistan) is a much better option than playing Oz.
Hopefully Little Kane is available today. Not sure which three seamers I'd choose if all are available. I'd maybe leave Timmy out, but I suspect they won't. Be nice if they played Big Kyle AND he lived up to his potential!
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Was averaging 70 for this tournament before today, already relying on him to continue lol
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And now he is injured, argh hope it’s minor
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I don’t think Rachin is going to stay out there for much longer, he ma slog out
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@bayimports said in CWC - Black Caps v Pakistan:
And now he is injured, argh hope it’s minor
I think Ian Smith was just being paranoid.
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@Damo nah he was stretching hard after that boundary
