Topic: ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD! - page 37. (Read 12164 times)
World Cup 35th match New Zealand vs Pakistan, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. New Zealand lost the toss and went into bat, losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs and collecting 401 runs. Brilliant performances from Williamson and Rachin Ravindra helped the team score a lot of runs. Especially today, Pakistan won the toss and couldn't do well with the bowling line. New Zealand will easily win today's match as it is very difficult for Pakistan to win by 402 runs. New Zealand will win today and have a better chance of reaching the semi-finals. I think India, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia will play the semi finals. However, going down to bat on a target of 402 runs, they lost 1 wicket in 8 overs, Pakistan collected 56 runs. Today I see no chance for Pakistan to win. New Zealand will win easily.
Practically as target of 402 can be chased but knowing Pakistan team I doubt it. New Zealand have done everything correct today. What the need now is some early wickets and they can then hope to improve thier NRR. Very bad bowling by Pakistan today, except Wasim most bowlers have a bad economy. Rachin Ravindra is a sensational find for the Kiwis, another century by him in the World Cup.
Pakistan was supposed to be a lethal bowling attack, at least that was the case before the Asia Cup and World Cup. Now it appears that everyone (including me) was busy hyping them for no reason. Today Rauf produced the most expensive spell in the WC for Pakistan and after a few minutes Shaheen took him over. The latter is the leading wicket taker for Pakistan in the current world cup but has virtually zero impact.
Practically as target of 402 can be chased but knowing Pakistan team I doubt it.
400+ target has been chased only once in odis by South Africa against Australia which was 434.
From the looks of it, such chases doesn't seem so practical but then again I took above data from 3 yr old quora answer, if you have updated data and there has been more significant number of successful chases, do correct.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
Today's ICC World Cup match is very special and very important. This match is between Pakistan and New Zealand. This match is as important to win for Pakistan as it is for New Zealand. This match will decide who will go to the semi-finals and who won't. If New Zealand is playing according to this calculation, it seems that it is difficult for Pakistan to reach the semi-final. New Zealand set a target of 401 runs to Pakistan. This is a very important match for Pakistan.If they beat New Zealand, they will reach the semi-finals.If Pakistan win this match with all their efforts and strength, it will be a great success for them. 
Practically as target of 402 can be chased but knowing Pakistan team I doubt it. New Zealand have done everything correct today. What the need now is some early wickets and they can then hope to improve thier NRR. Very bad bowling by Pakistan today, except Wasim most bowlers have a bad economy. Rachin Ravindra is a sensational find for the Kiwis, another century by him in the World Cup.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
New Zealand scored 366 runs after 47 overs. Kane Williamson narrowly misses out on a century. With three overs still to go and New Zealand having enough wickets in hand, New Zealand's score will surely go close to 400 runs in this match. Chasing 350 plus runs, Pakistan has a winning record against Afghanistan, but runs will be close to 400 today. If the runs get close to 400 then this match is impossible for Pakistan to win. I was expecting much better bowling from Pakistan. Pakistan are bowling very badly today and they are going to bowl badly. If Pakistan loses this match today, the entire responsibility will be on the bowlers. Pakistan's dream of going to the next round may end with this match. 
England won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia today. Winning the 2019 World Cup this team is currently in the worst position where they are at the bottom of the points table compared to other teams. And today England will play against Australia, today's match may be the most difficult for England to win because their batting and bowling performance is very bad. And of course, if Australia plays well against England like other matches, it will beat England by a huge margin. If the partnership between Travis Head and David Warner continues brilliantly then the Australian team will definitely score a huge score, the two batsmen who have entered the field at the moment will definitely leave the field with a great score. In today's 36th match, I think Australia can score more than 350 runs against England by batting in the first innings. And if Australia can put up this huge score against England, England will definitely not be able to meet this target in the next innings, but Australia will win the match today.
Australia playing both Stoinis and Green in today's game as Marsh and Maxwell are out, if these two can play their in-form game then their batting line-up looks destructive.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
Babar Azam just silly captain..Rain or not, moisture on the pitch or not, Babar Azam should not have won the toss and taken the field. After winning the toss, kane williamson takes advantage of that opportunity. Babar Azma tries hard but is unable to bring down New Zealand's wickets and prevent runs. It is assumed that the defeat of the Pakistan team is certain today. The way New Zealand is batting, they are batting at a target of 400 runs. Taking 400 runs will see Pakistan lose by over 100 runs and this semi-final dream will remain elusive.
Kane Mama came back from injury and again playing responsibly but Rachin is the new blue eyed boy for the Kiwis.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
Babar Azam just silly captain..Rain or not, moisture on the pitch or not, Babar Azam should not have won the toss and taken the field. After winning the toss, kane williamson takes advantage of that opportunity. Babar Azma tries hard but is unable to bring down New Zealand's wickets and prevent runs. It is assumed that the defeat of the Pakistan team is certain today. The way New Zealand is batting, they are batting at a target of 400 runs. Taking 400 runs will see Pakistan lose by over 100 runs and this semi-final dream will remain elusive.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
Babar Azam just silly captain..Rain or not, moisture on the pitch or not, Babar Azam should not have won the toss and taken the field. After winning the toss, kane williamson takes advantage of that opportunity. Babar Azma tries hard but is unable to bring down New Zealand's wickets and prevent runs. It is assumed that the defeat of the Pakistan team is certain today. The way New Zealand is batting, they are batting at a target of 400 runs. Taking 400 runs will see Pakistan lose by over 100 runs and this semi-final dream will remain elusive.
Right now NZ doing amazingly well with Williamson and Ravindra on crease. They appear to be on their way to set target of 350+ as plenty batting and overs left.
Kane Williamson left the field after being hit by the ball while taking a run in a match against Bangladesh and it was later reported that he will be out of cricket for a month which led us to assume that the batsman might miss the World Cup tournament but to everyone's surprise today against Pakistan. He is in the playing XI and serving as the captain. Today's match is very important for New Zealand, that's why he has come to play against Pakistan even with an injury for the needs of the team.
Kane Williamson is a very important batsman and captain for New Zealand so his presence will undoubtedly save New Zealand a lot against Pakistan today. He now comes into bat after New Zealand lost a wicket against Pakistan and is unbeaten on 22 runs.
Kane Williamson is a very important batsman and captain for New Zealand so his presence will undoubtedly save New Zealand a lot against Pakistan today. He now comes into bat after New Zealand lost a wicket against Pakistan and is unbeaten on 22 runs.
New Zealand looks set for a good total of around 350. Devon Conway got out after getting a good start, but now Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson are batting quite confidently. None of the Pakistani bowlers are looking threatening. Neither the pacers (Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf) nor the spinner (Iftikhar Ahmed) has troubled the New Zealand batsmen. Looks like Pakistan will be the latest team to get kicked out of the world cup. They need a couple of quick wickets, or else this match will completely slip out of their grasp.
In today's match, Pakistan will take on New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after a while. Today's match is very important for both teams in the fight for the top four. After playing seven matches, New Zealand collected 8 points and Pakistan collected 6 points. Pakistan must win today's do or die match, if New Zealand lose they will have to wait through a tough equation. Two matches of this season have been held here before and Page bowlers will have more wickets as 23 wickets were occupied by Page bowlers in previous matches.
Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl first against New Zealand in Bengaluru. Pakistan make one change in playing team Hasan Ali comes in for Usama Mir. While New Zealand make three changes in playing team Kane Williamson, Ish Sodhi and Mark Champan in the team and Jimmy Neesham, Matt Henry and Will Young are out of team. Pakistan restricted new Zealand under 250 runs to win this match and stay alive in this world cup.
In today's match, Pakistan will take on New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after a while. Today's match is very important for both teams in the fight for the top four. After playing seven matches, New Zealand collected 8 points and Pakistan collected 6 points. Pakistan must win today's do or die match, if New Zealand lose they will have to wait through a tough equation. Two matches of this season have been held here before and Page bowlers will have more wickets as 23 wickets were occupied by Page bowlers in previous matches.
Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl first against New Zealand in Bengaluru. Pakistan make one change in playing team Hasan Ali comes in for Usama Mir. While New Zealand make three changes in playing team Kane Williamson, Ish Sodhi and Mark Champan in the team and Jimmy Neesham, Matt Henry and Will Young are out of team. Pakistan restricted new Zealand under 250 runs to win this match and stay alive in this world cup. 
Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first. The conditions are slightly overcast. Pakistan is going with 4 fast bowlers, while on the other hand, Ish Sodi comes into the team. As per the pitch report, this is a different pitch, and the par score at this pitch is somewhere around 290.
This is a must-win game for Pakistan if they want to stay in the race for the semi-finals. This game will decide the semi-finalist of this World Cup. Pakistan will try to restrict New Zealand under or around 250 and try to chase the total as early as possible to get an edge over NZ in net run rate. NZ will be looking to attack as well; Haris will be the bowler they target early on.
Well, the match has started and they are playing now the national anthems of their countries. As per the pitch report, it is slightly different from the others, and the high run on this is 290 in this condition, the decision to go bowling is good. If Pakistan restricted New Zealand to 250 then it would be easy for the Pakistan team to chase the target but may not be possible because the high score is 290 on this pitch which shows that it will be very diffed for the batsman to make more runs not only for the Pakistani team but also for the new Zeland. The match is important for both but for the Pakistan team, it is gonna d or die match. The New Zealand team has 10 points if they win they will just increase the points but if Pakistan loses this match then they will be out and will not be allowed in the semifinals and that's why they need to play ongoing match more accurately and precisely. This is a must-win game for Pakistan if they want to stay in the race for the semi-finals. This game will decide the semi-finalist of this World Cup. Pakistan will try to restrict New Zealand under or around 250 and try to chase the total as early as possible to get an edge over NZ in net run rate. NZ will be looking to attack as well; Haris will be the bowler they target early on.
The race to get to the 4th position on the point table might get decided today. The first match today will be played between Pakistan and Newzealand. It is a must win match for Pakistan. The next match will be played between Australia and England, a must win match for Australia.
If Pakistan loses today then they will be out of the contention to play the semifinals. If Australia win today then they will remain in the same spot with 10 points. Same goes for New Zealand as they need to win today. England winning or losing the match against Australia won't make any difference as they are already at the bottom of the point table.
If Pakistan loses today then they will be out of the contention to play the semifinals. If Australia win today then they will remain in the same spot with 10 points. Same goes for New Zealand as they need to win today. England winning or losing the match against Australia won't make any difference as they are already at the bottom of the point table.
Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first. The conditions are slightly overcast. Pakistan is going with 4 fast bowlers, while on the other hand, Ish Sodi comes into the team. As per the pitch report, this is a different pitch, and the par score at this pitch is somewhere around 290.
This is a must-win game for Pakistan if they want to stay in the race for the semi-finals. This game will decide the semi-finalist of this World Cup. Pakistan will try to restrict New Zealand under or around 250 and try to chase the total as early as possible to get an edge over NZ in net run rate. NZ will be looking to attack as well; Haris will be the bowler they target early on.
The race to get to the 4th position on the point table might get decided today. The first match today will be played between Pakistan and Newzealand. It is a must win match for Pakistan. The next match will be played between Australia and England, a must win match for Australia.
If Pakistan loses today then they will be out of the contention to play the semifinals. If Australia win today then they will remain in the same spot with 10 points. Same goes for New Zealand as they need to win today. England winning or losing the match against Australia won't make any difference as they are already at the bottom of the point table.
If Pakistan loses today then they will be out of the contention to play the semifinals. If Australia win today then they will remain in the same spot with 10 points. Same goes for New Zealand as they need to win today. England winning or losing the match against Australia won't make any difference as they are already at the bottom of the point table.
But the problem is that in the last two matches, Afghanistan will play against big teams like Australia and South Africa. And in these two matches, Afghanistan is most likely to lose.
They have got hope, cause SA lost against the Netherlands (Afghans must remember to bat first if they win the toss) and Aussies have got Mitch Marsh and Glenn Maxwell out due to injuries, which I think is huge blow to their team balance.
It'd seem weird to see Afghanistan in semis, but i'm ready for surprise.
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