CWC - NZ v Sri Lanka
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New Zealand all but by the most improbable of mathematical possibilities locked in their place in the World Cup semi-final with a dominant five-wicket win - with 160 balls left - against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. The result means they move to ten points, and a net run rate (NRR) of 0.743. That essentially means Pakistan need to beat England by 287 runs, while Afghanistan need an even more fantastical 438-run win over Australia if they are to surpass New Zealand's NRR.
If Pakistan happen to chase, this becomes even more unlikely a possibility, as they would need to chase a hypothetical target of 150 in 3.4 overs. -
@Daffy-Jaffy said in CWC - NZ v Sri Lanka:
New Zealand all but by the most improbable of mathematical possibilities locked in their place in the World Cup semi-final with a dominant five-wicket win - with 160 balls left - against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. The result means they move to ten points, and a net run rate (NRR) of 0.743. That essentially means Pakistan need to beat England by 287 runs, while Afghanistan need an even more fantastical 438-run win over Australia if they are to surpass New Zealand's NRR.
If Pakistan happen to chase, this becomes even more unlikely a possibility, as they would need to chase a hypothetical target of 150 in 3.4 overs.They’d need nothing but sixes off no balls. Definitely possible
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Good to get into the semi finals once again.
What an amazing record we have in CWC’s even if we have actually won one yet (don’t get me started!)
India in the semi will be very tough, however it’s a ODI and anything can happen. We seem to have a fit squad now and I am sure we have a chance. Not as much as India but a chance it is.
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@DaGrubster said in CWC - NZ v Sri Lanka:
Good to get into the semi finals once again.
What an amazing record we have in CWC’s even if we have actually won one yet (don’t get me started!)
An accurate assessment. This should be quoted in Wisden!
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NZ's pop gun bowling outfit of the last few matches could still come back to haunt us. If Pakistan can beat England in its final game by 287 runs then they are likely to go through. Current England form suggests that if Pakistan bat first, this could be possible. If England bats first, then Pakistan effectively has no way of improving its NRR by enough.
So like scoring 400 and losing, although unlikely it is still possible to not make the semis (sort of wouldn't surprise me either)
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@bayimports Pakistan's bowling has hardly been threatening either. We put 400 on them remember (plus they've had a lot of other big scores put on them this World Cup).
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That win should be enough to see us to the Semi Finals.
It could be carnage in Mumbai v India they are going to dine out on our bowling attack.
The Indian bowling attack is bowling really well, great at line and back of a length bowling also using off cutter's and knuckle balls when the white balls gets older it will be hard work.
Their bowlers also use the pitch well, full when the ball is new then bowling in to the deck through the middle oversI think India's Cup to lose lets hope for a choke by India or an out of the Box NZ performance.
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Our quick can create chances in the early overs. We just need to take all of them to put the Indian middle order under uncustomary pressure. Then our slower bowlers can come into their own. They not so good against batsmen on a roll. I give us a shot and expect India might be fearful if they lose early wickets.
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@Chris said in CWC - NZ v Sri Lanka:
That win should be enough to see us to the Semi Finals.
It could be carnage in Mumbai v India they are going to dine out on our bowling attack.
The Indian bowling attack is bowling really well, great at line and back of a length bowling also using off cutter's and knuckle balls when the white balls gets older it will be hard work.
Their bowlers also use the pitch well, full when the ball is new then bowling in to the deck through the middle oversI think India's Cup to lose lets hope for a choke by India or an out of the Box NZ performance.
absolutely, it is unlikely we don't make the semis but still possible. A sell out either way for different reasons.
We always tend to give India a scare in knock outs and will have to play at our best to do so. Not out of the question but need a complete performance.
If Pakistan make it then no chance on winning in my book, but a sell out nonetheless
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Similarities to 2019 are creepy. Pakistan needed to beat Bangladesh by about 300 in their final round robin match to push us out of the semis. Instead we made it and played top seed India.
If we make it, it'll be a remix of the 2015 semis. That time we played South Africa and Australia played India.
