England [305/8] defeat New Zealand [186] by 119 runs to reach Semi-finals of World Cup 2019

[rhony]

I am hurt as a pakistani fan. I am sad and broken Lol =))

C'mon man. You should be proud of the way Pak played. They outscored Eng in the run battle on a flat track, beat NZ chasing, ran AUS close and beat SA. Chasing against India was always going to be tough and they win against Afg out of no where. They unleashed Babar,Haris, Shaheen with Amir back in form and finally kicked out pretenders like Malik. Pak cricket has never been so good in the last 2 years. WI loss and SL rained out game lost Pak the SF spot and it's important to start these tournaments well. It's a young team.and will do well in the future Inshallah

 

[Mamoon]

NZ is not losing this game by 100+ runs, unless England notch up 500.

Its a flat track.

“Do takkay ke cricket expert”

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

 

[WengerOut]

I know Sanjay Manjerekar is the flavour of the season and rightly so, but Nasser Hussain is one hell of a biased guy.

 

[BleedGreen]

So NZ gonna lose by 120+ runs. What's the NRR situation?

 

[Kianig89]

So done and dusted this WC start the planning for 2023

 

[BleedGreen]

Come on England come on

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

C'mon man. You should be proud of the way Pak played. They outscored Eng in the run battle on a flat track, beat NZ chasing, ran AUS close and beat SA. Chasing against India was always going to be tough and they win against Afg out of no where. They unleashed Haris, Shaheen with Amir back in form and finally kicked out pretenders like Malik. Pak cricket has never been so good in the last 2 years. WI loss and SL rained out game list Pak the SF spot and it's important to start these tournaments well. It's a young team.and will do well in the future Inshallah

Proud of how we get destroyed by 3rd level bowling attack and got out on short balls? Seriously. You can be proud of them i cant.

Proud of how my team captain yawning behind the stumps when your opponent is india? You can be proud of them i cant.

And so on...

But as a pakistani fan and cricket lover i always back my team. Yes i am sad and broken. It was very long journey and another 4 years.

 

[Hasan123]

We are out.

Never understood why PP had so much faith in NZ. Was obvious England would beat them.

 

[Kianig89]

So the equation for us

First SF for Eng since 92 #rise of a minnow

 

[Napa]

Proud of how we get destroyed by 3rd level bowling attack and got out on short balls? Seriously. You can be proud of them i cant.

Proud of how my team captain yawning behind the stumps when your opponent is india? You can be proud of them i cant.

And so on...

But as a pakistani fan and cricket lover i always back my team. Yes i am sad and broken. It was very long journey and another 4 years.

Pakistan did beat 2 out of the 4 semifinalists. Unless Bangladesh beats them in the last game, I would say that out of all the teams which missed the semifinals, they were the most deserving of a spot. NZ on the other hand did not have a win against any of the other semifinalists and also lost to Pakistan. So Pakistan has a case rather than NZ... then I remember their WI game, their India 89 run loss, and the little bit of help from the umpires (not intentional, mistakes do happen) in the Afg game

 

[Robert]

Well blimey. England have a wobble before charging into the knockout phase.

NZ looked the team to beat but have limped in.

Funny old game.....

 

[DHONI183]

What a comeback by England in the tournament! They can proud of their efforts. Bairstow is the man! What beautiful centuries by him in two back to back must-win matches. Also, just got to love Woakes too. These two are making all the difference. Besides that, I find it amazing just how much of a difference at the top Roy makes for them. His high-risk approach has such a great rate of success and also consistency. England definitely missed him in the last two matches that they lost.

Well done England! Peaking just at the right time and seizing all the important moments.

 

[RajHeeRaj]

Pak to qualify scenario
If england won by 100 runs, if pak score 350 runs against bangla then they have to allout bangladesh to 19 runs

Pakistan are surely out then

 

[DRsohail]

Pakistan at the moment is playing pretty well, with victories over England, NZ and SA they should have a claim to a SF spot. However, they blowout loss to WI and heavy defeat against India have put their NRR into a very deep hole. Got to be consistent at this level.

where was NZ consistent? they took point agaisnt india for free we lost to srilanka.