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

[Kroll]

All over for NZ, and there goes all hope for Pak.

 

[Leeon1994]

Now we all need to find that guy who started the 1992 conspiracy

 

[shah_1]

If we had won against WI we would have surely lost against England. Because of that defeat pak came back strong against England.

I believe that game against WI destroyed our NRR.

 

[Napa]

We have played better cricket overall.

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.

 

[USaqaf]

Turn the lights off, NZ are done and dusted.

The knives are out for Pak now. Shoaib and Ramiz will lead the way.
Poor Sarfaraz, i really pity his plight when he returns.

 

[Titan24]

As much it hurts, this is India’s WC.
I hope Australia can atleast challenge them!

Jinxed it for India.

 

[FanofCricket]

The most disappointing team of the tournament is south Africa if they had played well they would have been in the top 4 instead of nz who will lose badly in semis

 

[Mamoon]

It would be quite funny if New Zealand fluke the semi-final and final and win the World Cup.

 

[hb787]

Nope the atrocious first match has knocked us out.

Inability to thrash AFG as well.

 

[Leeon1994]

Need to grab some tomatoes and eggs for the Pak team.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Good to see you are back. Missed you on June 16th

I was around, was just not posting. Some of the Indian fans and their pessimism makes me sick. I miss the old days of 90s. Passionate fans but mediocre team.

Anyways I only saw the glimpse of match on June 16 was busy with work. I’m planning to take day off if we reach finals.

 

[USaqaf]

What you see here will be the same as what what you'll if Bangladesh bat first in a dead rubber, They'll make 300+ and Pak will crumble.

 

[Leeon1994]

Grandhomme was playing against Pakistan like he is the next coming of Don Bradman and look at him today

 

[hb787]

Jinxed it for India.

No, not really. They really are a complete team. Aus has few weaknesses.

 

[Justcrazy]

I always said Pakistan loss to WI will haunt them , not the loss but the big margin they lost by

 

[CanadianG00se]

It would be quite funny if New Zealand fluke the semi-final and final and win the World Cup.

That would require all the luck kiwis can get. At this point NZ seems weakest of the top four. If they don’t get their acts together it would be a massacre against Aussie.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I wrote pre-match opener, the WI game will be the key game for Pakistan in the tournament. Pakistan went in blind and foolish thinking plenty more games to go and now must accept this fatal peformance.

Time for Malik, Sarfraz and Hafeez to start thinking of retirement.

 

[angeldsoul]

Pakistan experts at dead rubbers
Phainta for bangla almost guaranteed

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Alert : all mathematicians need to come out right now.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Grandhomme was playing against Pakistan like he is the next Don Bradman and look at him today

He is inspired by Dhoni-Jadhav combo

 

[tyron_woodley]

Seems like aus will take their 6th title they will beat nz in semis and they are impossible to be beaten in final regardless of ind or eng.

if india or England win the toss and bat first they will win vs australia 100%.

 

[FanofCricket]

I believe that game against WI destroyed our NRR.

Blame should be given to Pakistan victories as well. With only 3 wickets down we should have chased down against nz in 45 over rather 50 and also against afg in 40 overs instead of 50. Our slow victories are also responsible for bad NRR.

 

[Kroll]

Turn the lights off, NZ are done and dusted.

The knives are out for Pak now. Shoaib and Ramiz will lead the way.
Poor Sarfaraz, i really pity his plight when he returns.

Yeah, but Sarf needs to go because ultimately he has failed for the last two years, along with Hafeez and Malik.

 

[HasanA]

Need to grab some tomatoes and eggs for the Pak team.

make sure you put the eggs out in the sun for 2 hours of heat. that will rot them good

 

[Napa]

Nope the atrocious first match has knocked us out.

I believe that game against WI destroyed our NRR.

Inability to thrash AFG as well.

And losing to India by 89 runs.

 

[BleedGreen]

come on

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

So it’s over or chance?

 

[FanofCricket]

Grandhomme was playing against Pakistan like he is the next coming of Don Bradman and look at him today

He plays well against pak took 6 wickets in an Innings in his first test against pak

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

So it’s over or chance?

For india or aus?

 

[ARK Rafay]

Alert : all mathematicians need to come out right now.

Alert no. 2: All Calculators are broken after trying to calculate

 

[BDfanforever]

Pakistan has been inconsistent that is what caused Pak to miss semi spot. Overall they played well. They should’ve destroyed Afghanistan, instead they were lucky to even win that game.

It doesnt matter if you've beaten England or not getting destroyed by WI and huffing and puffing against Afg negates the good wins.

 

[shah_1]

And losing to India by 89 runs.

NZ lost last two 2 games by some margin and another huge defeat likely today. The defeat against WI was like losing four points

 

[Mamoon]

Latham should open the innings like he does in Tests.

 

[Napa]

I was around, was just not posting. <b>Some of the Indian fans and their pessimism makes me sick.</b> I miss the old days of 90s. Passionate fans but mediocre team.

Anyways I only saw the glimpse of match on June 16 was busy with work. I’m planning to take day off if we reach finals.

Just a bunch of trolls, or rather just two. I am sure you know who I am referring to, just ignore them.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

330 runs. So if Ban make 300 then pak has to chase in 24 overs

Okay, chasing looks easy, get them AO for 150 and then chase it in 24 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Latham playing a lone hand here

 

[battler]

Atleast India fought for you guys till the 45th over. What is this by Nz lol

 

[Robert]

RRR past 8, six wickets down. I think England are in the semis.

I hope.

 

[shariqnoor]

The only odd one is SA who has had a disastrous tournament but pretty much the best top 4 sides in the world have reached the semi finals. And the rest have stayed true to their rankings.

Lesson is to become consistent and not try to take pride in unpredictability. Unpredictability is just an euphemism for inconsistency and Pakistan needs to understand that bits and pieces cricketers like Sarfraz, Shadab and Imad are useless. Imad and Shadab will win you a game once in 25 games but that's not good enough.

Against the top 5 sides, Pakistan have won 6 times out of 31 matches recently prior to the world cup which is ridiculously poor. You cannot expect to win World Cups with that sort of a record. That is borderline minnow-esque.

And in a way it's a good thing that Pakistan is eliminated now as everything would've been masked had the team reached the semis like it did when Pakistan won the champions trophy.

 

[Mamoon]

All the talk of England not being able to handle pressure blah blah has turned out to be drivel. They have produce two stellar performances under immense pressure.

Their years of hard work was not going to go down the drain because that is what a few naysayers predicted. Success is a process and it is earned.

 

[BreadPakoda]

11 runs in last 5 overs chasing 300+. Where is the intent?

 

[YorkshireTrust]

all possible scenarios on net run rate will be determined after this match is complete.

 

[Abu_Hamza]

Malik should be played against BD and should be given a proper send off.

 

[Mamoon]

The only odd one is SA who has had a disastrous tournament but pretty much the best top 4 sides in the world have reached the semi finals. And the rest have stayed true to their rankings.

Lesson is to become consistent and not try to take pride in unpredictability. Unpredictability is just an euphemism for inconsistency and Pakistan needs to understand that bits and pieces cricketers like Sarfraz, Shadab and Imad are useless. Imad and Shadab will win you a game once in 25 games but that's not good enough.

Against the top 5 sides, Pakistan have won 6 times out of 31 matches which is ridiculously poor. You cannot expect to win World Cups with that sort of a record. That is borderline minnow-esque.

And in a way it's a good thing that Pakistan is eliminated now as everything would've been masked had the team reached the semis like it did when Pakistan won the champions trophy.

Brilliant post as usual.

 

[holldout]

Need to chase 300+ in 20ish overs

 

[Robert]

England vs India at Fortress Edgbaston?

 

[Justcrazy]

As an International team , the huge margin by which Pakistan lost against WI shows the lack of situation awareness , its poor thinking

 

[fitCricFan]

Jinxed it for India.

If jinxes could win matches, we would have been the undisputed kings in all 3 formats

 

[fitCricFan]

As an International team , the huge margin by which Pakistan lost against WI shows the lack of situation awareness , its poor thinking

or underpreparedness or overconfidence or both

 

[Leeon1994]

11 runs in last 5 overs chasing 300+. Where is the intent?

Except the fact that they are actually short of wickets unlike you know who

 

[Napa]

11 runs in last 5 overs chasing 300+. Where is the intent?

Did Ganguly and Nasser have a comment on this?

 

[Abu_Hamza]

11 runs in last 5 overs chasing 300+. Where is the intent?

This word INTENT has gained a lot of popularity since INDIA VS ENG match...

 

[m.shah]

Is there any outside chance for pak to reach semi if Eng won today?

 

[BaaliSoda]

And losing to India by 89 runs.

Add that narrow loss against OZs too.

 

[shah_1]

or underpreparedness or overconfidence or both

underpreparedness?

These batsmen had a whole ODI series in England

 

[BreadPakoda]

Except the fact that they are actually short of wickets unlike you know who

Still can't be treading at 10-11 runs per 5 overs. Will this take them to a win? They still have 4 wickets for god sake.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Did Ganguly and Nasser have a comment on this?

That's meant only for us.

If anything, this chase by NZ looks far more atrocious than ours.

 

[Napa]

Except the fact that they are actually short of wickets unlike you know who

The last 4 Indian batsmen were Yadav, Chahal, Shami and Bumrah. At most they should be counted as 0.5 normal wickets rather than 4.

 

[Asif321]

Pakistan would have been much better than kiwis in semis

 

[BreadPakoda]

Did Ganguly and Nasser have a comment on this?

Deserves to be discussed. 10-11 runs in 6 overs.

 

[Kroll]

We don't have the batsmen for blitzkrieg type chase apart from Fakhar but he's been failing of late.

 

[Aman]

I really don't know when we got so bad.

Can't think of a weaker SF team in a longtime.

We looked better in the James Franklin days..

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

saw this on twitter

If New Zealand lose by 150 runs, Pakistan will hv to win by 270 runs against Bangladesh. If New Zealand lose by 100 runs, Pakistan need to win by 325 runs!

Correct ?

 

[rhony]

The last 4 Indian batsmen were Yadav, Chahal, Shami and Bumrah. At most they should be counted as 0.5 normal wickets rather than 4.

Lol. Exactly. People keep saying 5 wickets in the shed but the combined batting IQ and talent of those 4 is 2 runs

 

[dani rana]

poor sarafaz who even listen to such a feeble comment

 

[Justcrazy]

last 5 overs only 10 runs have been scored

 

[Leeon1994]

The last 4 Indian batsmen were Yadav, Chahal, Shami and Bumrah. At most they should be counted as 0.5 normal wickets rather than 4.

Bruh they started playing slow as soon as Dhoni arrived since the Dhoni and Pandya partnership. Even had many wickets in hand. P.S. Its understandable if you are playing slow in the 32nd over instead of 40 overs or so

 

[Mp812]

The asking rate is nearing 10 and there are no signs of any acceleration from the New Zealand batters. Hope we don't see another debate on intent.

 

[Mueez]

Hit out or get out Kiwis.

 

[UmarMalik]

They actually scored 35+ runs in the last 5 overs. Exaggeration at its best. - @Referring to the guy who said India score 11 in last 5 overs

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

last 5 overs only 10 runs have been scored

I think they just want to play out 50 overs and get to 180-200.

 

[Napa]

Lol. Exactly. People keep saying 5 wickets in the shed but the combined <b>batting IQ and talent of those 4 is 2 runs</b>

As usual, you are too generous

 

[ARK Rafay]

Kiwis just double sureing they don't leave any outside chance for Pakistan in the next game.

 

[Mueez]

We don't have the batsmen for blitzkrieg type chase apart from Fakhar but he's been failing of late.

Asif.

Play Hassan Ali as a batsman.

 

[rhony]

Pakistan would have been much better than kiwis in semis

Ofcourse!! But jazba and junoon don't match up to numbers always. There was no coming back tbh after WI game

 

[BaaliSoda]

I really don't know when we got so bad.

Can't think of a weaker SF team in a longtime.

We looked better in the James Franklin days..

I would like to think, easier opponents in the first half of the tournament kinda masked their deficiencies and gave an impression of a great team.

IMHO, this is a pretty weak NZ team (especially on batting front) for semis. OZs must feel quite good about their chances for yet another Finals.

 

[Mp812]

Did Ganguly and Nasser have a comment on this?

Ñz has full intent to show their comments were not fair

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Target for NZ is 60 runs in 17 overs with 4 wickets in hand, this will make sure Pak will need a mammoth margin to go past Desh.

 

[Mueez]

West Indies ney itna bhi nahi socha jab koi bhi nahi khelta tha unke saath toh hum khelte hote they...

 

[YorkshireTrust]

All the talk of England not being able to handle pressure blah blah has turned out to be drivel. They have produce two stellar performances under immense pressure.

Their years of hard work was not going to go down the drain because that is what a few naysayers predicted. Success is a process and it is earned.

lets me honest they have been gifted the last 2 games. Teams focusing more on NRR then going for the win. If the last 2 games were meaningful and England won i would agree with you.