ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand (172/5) deliver a telling blow to Pakistan's semi-finals chances with a 5-wicket win over Sri Lanka (171)

[Third Man]

It looks to me like Philips chucks at least some of his deliveries. I might be wrong, though.

 

[saqib.rai]

First you said wahab's single event would have somehow got us to win even though aus had more then 17 overs and 6 wickets in hand.

And now you're saying the bumrah event wouldn't matter and change the outcome.

Be honest, you didn't watch the 2015 Quarter final, did you?

 

[Ali Active]

Even it rains, I don’t think it’ll be heavy enough not to allow 20 overs. Only hope is SRL keeping kiwis in batting for 45+ overs, if they don’t win it outright. But kiwis also know the maths …..

clouds forming??

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Southee is an absolute trundler. The likes of @Aman consider this dibbly dobbler as part of their first choice attack.

As if this trundler would have made any difference with his presence in bilaterals.

 

[oatmeal]

If you asked AI to draw a portrait of a South Indian desi, it would be very similar to Rachin Ravindra

 

[Major]

CLOUDS ARE COMING??

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Knowing Namma Banglore, i feel some rain will be on its way

 

[mominsaigol]

Bet,you didn't watch the 2015 Quarter final

It was much more closer than the scoreboard at the end suggests. Watch highlights on YouTube to understand

I fully watched the game, I saw it live so I bet my life you made your first comment under the delusion that I would just believe you and wouldn't question it one bit.

They crushed us and beat us to smithereens. Only wahab was difficult but Watson spell would lead to win by 5.

They could have literally tuk tuk their way to 40 overs amd still win. It was impossible for us to win.

 

[Mas-LFC]

I'm boiling with anger right now!

SL have completely bent us over!

Never rely on others. Why do you always do that? Same happenee last t20 wc. If only you beaten Afghanistan you wouldn’t be in this situation now.

 

[7sins]

Knowing Namma Banglore, i feel some rain will be on its way

We were hoping that since the start of the toss

 

[Ali Active]

Be honest, you didn't watch the 2015 Quarter final, did you?

he looks 15 ig the way his typing is so he has not watched wc 15 we almost won that match scorecard says otherwise if watson was caught.

 

[mominsaigol]

Be honest, you didn't watch the 2015 Quarter final, did you?

be honest, you have no ground to stand on do you?

Team still gives you hope?

 

[Major]

Southee is an absolute trundler. The likes of @Aman consider this dibbly dobbler as part of their first choice attack.

As if this trundler would have made any difference with his presence in bilaterals.

bro, Southee has been playing for many years. Has done well in test and t20.

Guy is like India's Zaheer Khan

He is playing his last few years could be his last world cup

 

[7sins]

Great fight from the tailender they are still waiting for the rain to arrive someway

 

[shah9425]

No one can beat us when we pick up momentum. NO ONE

Then why we lost last year t20 wc final
Can you elaborate please?

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Good. 170-80 , pick couple of early wickets, you never know.
SL is atleast playing out all the overs. Good on them.

Rain is ruled out now, it's completely clear.

 

[sweep_shot]

SL - 163/9 (43 overs).

These two have batted nicely.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Bat out the remaining overs get near 190.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Then why we lost last year t20 wc final
Can you elaborate please?

Perfect question. I am waiting for a reply from Saqib

 

[mominsaigol]

he looks 15 ig the way his typing is so he has not watched wc 15 we almost won that match scorecard says otherwise if watson was caught.

Says the man who told me I was wrong on stating aus would qualify and not Pakistan .

Or are you going to deliberately ignore my comment on the semi final prediction thread?

 

[7sins]

bro, Southee has been playing for many years. Has done well in test and t20.

Guy is like India's Zaheer Khan

He is playing his last few years could be his last world cup

If the match is in eden garden nz should play southee if it's in wankhede better go with Jamison

 

[Major]

@Nikhil_cric can you do us a favor plz.

Go on the roof and check for rain if you in Bangalore. Even if there are any clouds, plz tell us

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Rain is coming within 30 minutes. Dont worry guys.

 

[emranabbas]

No one can beat us when we pick up momentum. NO ONE

Imam babar and rizwan are definitely not going to pick up momentum for that you need bangladesh and d string teams

 

[uberkoen]

highest 10th wicket partnership for SL at World Cups passing John/RJ Ratnayake 33 v England way back in 1983

 

[Ali Active]

Says the man who told me I was wrong on stating aus would qualify and not Pakistan .

Or are you going to deliberately ignore my comment on the semi final prediction thread?

ig i was right u are kid no offence brother. obviously u and i made predictions. predictions can be wrong no?

 

[Energy]

Imagine SL sneaking 35 more runs and reaching 200. That will turn this into a proper match.

 

[sweep_shot]

@Nikhil_cric can you do us a favor plz.

Go on the roof and check for rain if you in Bangalore. Even if there are any clouds, plz tell us

This ground has a nice roof. Some chairs can be placed on roof for fans to enjoy cricket from there.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

bro, Southee has been playing for many years. Has done well in test and t20.

Guy is like India's Zaheer Khan

He is playing his last few years could be his last world cup

Regardless , their pace reserves are terrible. After Matt Henry , they have one mediocrity after another.

Jamieson hasn't really lived up to his potential and has struggled after injury.

Ben Lister , Henry Shipley , Jacob Duffy , Blair Tickner are the next in line .

They make PAK trundlers look decent

 

[7sins]

Imam babar and rizwan are definitely not going to pick up momentum for that you need bangladesh and d string teams

Imam is already out of the team, babar is a softie can't rely on him in big matches, I have no issue with Rizwan performances he have delivered most of the times

 

[DJhant]

No one can beat us when we pick up momentum. NO ONE

Man, may I have something from your stock?

 

[batandballbattle]

Would be quite something if they played out all the overs, a small victory at least

 

[oatmeal]

Good. 170-80 , pick couple of early wickets, you never know.
SL is atleast playing out all the overs. Good on them.

Rain is ruled out now, it's completely clear.

Its going to rain but maybe in two hours

 

[Major]

Regardless , their pace reserves are terrible. After Matt Henry , they have one mediocrity after another.

Jamieson hasn't really lived up to his potential and has struggled after injury.

Ben Lister , Henry Shipley , Jacob Duffy , Blair Tickner are the next in line .

They make PAK trundlers look decent

I dont get it why you bringing Pakistani bowlers into this?

Some of you posters really carry grudges to your grave.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Angelo Mathews. You wasnt timed out today by you was caught out this match. Let your batting do the talk instead of unprofessionally disrespecting another country which aided you in your country’s economic crisis recently.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Good. 170-80 , pick couple of early wickets, you never know.
SL is atleast playing out all the overs. Good on them.

Rain is ruled out now, it's completely clear.

I think this was the last of days of the rain spell in Bengaluru. The rest of the month looks all clear.

 

[sweep_shot]

If NZ get to bat for 20 overs, we have a game.

 

[7sins]

Regardless , their pace reserves are terrible. After Matt Henry , they have one mediocrity after another.

Jamieson hasn't really lived up to his potential and has struggled after injury.

Ben Lister , Henry Shipley , Jacob Duffy , Blair Tickner are the next in line .

They make PAK trundlers look decent

Man we have better bowlers than we bring in this world cup we had 3 fast bowlers injured and other top performers don't get selected as they are not babar friend list

 

[MMHS]

Can it be like someone was trolling PAK with a fake weather forecast

I mean, from flash flooding forecast to this in two days ….. checked BBC weather, how come!!!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

@Nikhil_cric can you do us a favor plz.

Go on the roof and check for rain if you in Bangalore. Even if there are any clouds, plz tell us

Blue skies buddy. Sorry.

 

[saqib.rai]

Then why we lost last year t20 wc final
Can you elaborate please?

Shaheen got injured

 

[Hitman]

Uganda would have got to the semis by knocking Pakistan out on Net Run Rate though

Bilkul! Rightly said.

 

[vodafone_lover]

Says the man who told me I was wrong on stating aus would qualify and not Pakistan .

Or are you going to deliberately ignore my comment on the semi final prediction thread?

Let's start a propaganda for this otherwise ranking in front of ICC like exclusive balls for Indian Team, Pak team will top the rankings in it

 

[RidiculousMan]

Can it be like someone was trolling PAK with a fake weather forecast

I mean, from flash flooding forecast to this in two days ….. checked BBC weather, how come!!!

Qudrat Ka Nizam

 

[Hawkeye]

Lol Pak is definitely out.

SL couldn’t even score 250.

 

[Major]

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Blue skies buddy. Sorry.

My optimistic Pakistani cricket dil says, those cloud has some rain in it. lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Theeksana - 36*(86)
Madushanka - 18*(43)

Feels like a Test match.

 

[saqib.rai]

he looks 15 ig the way his typing is so he has not watched wc 15 we almost won that match scorecard says otherwise if watson was caught.

Rahat Ali dropped Watson. Watson did the bulk of the scoring after that and batted till the end

It wasn't like he was dismissed 10-15 runs later

 

[shah9425]

Shaheen got injured

So our team was depending on one person

What our batsman did?

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

I dont get it why you bringing Pakistani bowlers into this?

Some of you posters really carry grudges to your grave.

Major sb, do you have any links with rain army?

 

[7sins]

I dont get it why you bringing Pakistani bowlers into this?

Some of you posters really carry grudges to your grave.

Exactly

 

[Mas-LFC]

190 lot better than 130 which looked what they were going to finish with. So just bat out the remaining balls, get as much you can.

 

[saqib.rai]

I fully watched the game, I saw it live so I bet my life you made your first comment under the delusion that I would just believe you and wouldn't question it one bit.

They crushed us and beat us to smithereens. Only wahab was difficult but Watson spell would lead to win by 5.

They could have literally tuk tuk their way to 40 overs amd still win. It was impossible for us to win.

Watson's catch was dropped
He scored the bulk of the runs after that

Was there till the END
Who knows what would have happened if he had gotten out

 

[RidiculousMan]

Madushanka and Theekshana together fighting more bravely for their Nation alone than their whole team has in this World Cup.

 

[nish_mate]

Major sb, do you have any links with rain army?

It's Indian rain, won't respond to Pakistani appeals

 

[kingusama92]

Only Madushanka and Theekshana should be allowed to visit Pakistan in the future.

 

[PakFan2010]

What is par score on this pitch?

These are very tough batting conditions.

 

[sweep_shot]

SL have done well to reach 170. Didn't feel like they would reach 140 at one stage.

 

[Hitman]

Rahat Ali dropped Watson. Watson did the bulk of the scoring after that and batted till the end

It wasn't like he was dismissed 10-15 runs later

Anyways, will you be there at the Karachi airport to welcome King Babar next week?

 

[mominsaigol]

Watson's catch was dropped
He scored the bulk of the runs after that

Was there till the END
Who knows what would have happened if he had gotten out

That is false? Smith had scored 65 and had anchored the innings, when he got out, maxwell came and nuked the bowling.

Watson getting out would have done nothing? Wdym bulk if the runs when Smith and maxwell scored an equivalent amount? Smith was anchoring way before Watson came in.

 

[7sins]

What is par score on this pitch?

These are very tough batting conditions.

Atleast 270-280 par it's different pitch than pak vs nz match

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

What is par score on this pitch?

These are very tough batting conditions.

300.

 

[sweep_shot]

What is par score on this pitch?

These are very tough batting conditions.

This is not a 170/9 pitch.

 

[saqib.rai]

So our team was depending on one person

What our batsman did?

Was a tough pitch

 

[sweep_shot]

SL have played 189 dots.

31.3 overs worth of dots.

 

[uberkoen]

What is par score on this pitch?

These are very tough batting conditions.

Its a flat pitch and a small stadium. Average first innings score is 265.

It's the same pitch where Kiwi's posted 400 and Pakistan were chasing

 

[Hitman]

That is false? Smith had scored 65 and had anchored the innings, when he got out, maxwell came and nuked the bowling.

Watson getting out would have done nothing? Wdym bulk if the runs when Smith and maxwell scored an equivalent amount? Smith was anchoring way before Watson came in.

Stop trying to convince me, you're living in a fantasy

Another thing, who dropped Watson in that match? A Pakistani player or an Indian player?

 

[kingusama92]

Partnership ends.

Good effort by these two.

 

[sweep_shot]

Out.

SL are all-out for 171.

NZ need 172 to win.

 

[saqib.rai]

@mods can someone ban him. He's derailing the thread with nonsense

I am only responding
Is this a Pakistan match??

Why are other posters bringing our performance when its not relevant to New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

Woww. Ban on someone who is defending his country. No wonder the country is in a pathetic state because people like you exist

 

[FearlessRoar]

Sri Lanka 171 all out (46.4 overs)

 

[Ali Active]

172 target can we see the collapse?

 

[PakFan2010]

Sri Lanka should bowl out Madushunka early. He can get 5 or 6 wickets quickly.

 

[7sins]

Well done to these 2

 

[ex-q-zit]

Bet, you didn't watch the 2015 Quarter final

It was much more closer than the scoreboard at the end suggests. Watch highlights on YouTube to understand

Its very difficult to take you seriously.

 

[7sins]

According to boult pitch is slower than they thought

 

[kingusama92]

Bengaluru meteorologists need to go back to school.

Clouds are nowhere to be seen.

 

[batandballbattle]

Only Madushanka and Theekshana should be allowed to visit Pakistan in the future.

and maybe perera

 

[Bhaijaan]

Very careless approach from them today. Hopes of two Asian nations rest on their shoulders and they’re doing monkey business.

Extremely disappointed as an Asian today.

This is not Asian brotherhood and this is not what would help us achieve the Asian century goal

 

[MenInG]

Stick to topic

Thread is about NZ and SL - you can discuss effect of this on Pak game but nothing more