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)

[Devadwal]

Parera gone .
SL 70/5

 

[Ali Active]

match overr

 

[sweep_shot]

Kusal is out. Big wicket.

70/5.

 

[MANU ROY]

THATS OUT

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Afghanistan got lucky in a couple of games. They will never make it to the semi's not in another 100 years

How? Which match did they get lucky? Pakistan is the lucky one to be still in contention for semis after the disaster play they have shown.

 

[uberkoen]

Do you think Sri Lanka will score 150 at least?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Lol. Ball is hard to middle here. Definitely not a flat pitch today

 

[kingusama92]

What a disaster

 

[imshally81]

Done & dusted

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

NZ to chase down in 10 overs?

 

[Asif321]

lol game will be finished before rain comes

 

[sweep_shot]

SL scored 70. Kusal scored 51 of that.

 

[uberkoen]

How? Which match did they get lucky? Pakistan is the lucky one to be still in contention for semis after the disaster play they have shown.

Pakistan is better placed than Afghanistan and that's why they're still in contention and Afghanistan isn't. The table doesn't lie.

 

[shaaik]

My friend from Banglore says it’s bright n sunny in Banglore. I don’t know where’s 80% chances of rain later in the evening coming from..

 

[Savak]

I hope Sri Lanka gets kicked out of the CT. They don't deserve to qualify

 

[hur rizvi]

SL folding quickly

 

[Ali Active]

Rain where are youu

 

[MANU ROY]

You live by the sword and you die by the sword Kusal Perera

 

[IndoorCricket]

Wth half the team gone before 10

 

[MMHS]

Ok - what’s the weather forecast? Looks like Lankans are hell bent to give PAK a target of beating Poms inside 10-12 overs or by 300+ margin.

Rain way is better than that ……

 

[Devadwal]

Boult and southee are finished

Told you already. .game is mostly finish in PP
SL five down

 

[Suleiman]

Even by SL standards… this is p awful. They really don’t care.

 

[RidiculousMan]

That was quick. I expect Pakistan to lose against England as well now since there's no chance for Pakistan to make the semis now.

 

[uberkoen]

Ok - what’s the weather forecast? Looks like Lankans are hell bent to give PAK a target of beating Poms inside 10-12 overs or by 300+ margin.

Rain way is better than that ……

It's all over bro.

 

[sweep_shot]

I hope Sri Lanka gets kicked out of the CT. They don't deserve to qualify

If SL lose badly, it is good for BD. That would mean BD may go to CT 2025 even if they lose against Australia (depends on NRR).

 

[emranabbas]

Even by SL standards… this is p awful. They really don’t care.

They have nothing to lose

 

[kingusama92]

Sri Lankan players must really not want to play in the Champions Trophy.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Pak will need to win toss against eng and get them below 60 and chase it in 4 overs

 

[hur rizvi]

SL are the weakest asian side these days

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

That was in the morning, now the weather has cleared, no rain expected for rest of the day/ evening.

 

[hur rizvi]

Pak will need to win toss against eng and get them below 60 and chase it in 4 overs

Simple version: Pakistan are out of the WC

 

[AAli98]

Bad news for Indians they would have feasted on paks buffet bowling.

NZ got the measure of Ind should take them out comfortably.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Pakistan and England matches were pure luck. Everyone knows Afghanistan will never be able to repeat these victories. It was a one-off thing.

Even Maxwell innings is pure luck, one off thing else they would have won even that right!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Do they know this is not T20? lol

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Pakistan and England matches were pure luck. Everyone knows Afghanistan will never be able to repeat these victories. It was a one-off thing.

Did you even watch those matches, in one, Afg bowled out the defending champions. And in other, they chased a good total of 280+ with 8 wickets in hand.

Bro, you don't understand cricket if you think that is luck.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Sri Lanka are perennial losers

Stupid to expect anything from these jokers

Thanks alot for costing Pakistan a semi final spot!

 

[hur rizvi]

Mathews and dhanjaya need to play test match mode to even get half decent score for Lankans here

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

This is not a easy wicket to bat so I guess NZ even if it wins, won't win by a big margin.

Pak needs to chase ENG total in 29 - 30 overs and they can get through on NRR if everyone plays like Afridi

 

[oatmeal]

Afghanistan has more maturity in batting than Sri Lanka. Just boundaries and dots

 

[ex-q-zit]

Someone tell SL that this is an ODI not t20. At this rate they will be all out for 120 in 15 overs.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Simple version: Pakistan are out of the WC

Why not? Pak have world class bowler shaheen and pace battery of rauf, they can bowled eng for 60. Fakhar will chase down in 4 overs. Simple

 

[emranabbas]

To All the quadrat ka nizaam boys you still have a hope if Matthews plays like maxwell

 

[uberkoen]

Did you even watch those matches, in one, Afg bowled out the defending champions. And in other, they chased a good total of 280+ with 8 wickets in hand.

Bro, you don't understand cricket if you think that is luck.

It is lucky because it is something they've never done before nor will be able to do again.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This is a 270 ish pitch if you bat sensibly. Not the 350 style Chinnaswamy pitches.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Afghanistan got lucky in a couple of games. They will never make it to the semi's not in another 100 years

South Africa are known to choke, Afghanistan will beat them easily.

Had NZ lost today, Afghanistan would’ve moved up to 4th after beating SA, Pakistan won’t beat England imo

 

[MMHS]

It's all over bro.

To be honest, PAK don’t deserve a SF. Don’t get me wrong, but in my life time I haven’t seen a professional, elite Test team being so flat like PAK in that AFG game defending 282. Then against SAF, 5/6 batsmen got over 30, none over 60 and all out with 4 overs at hand…. then lost by last pair taking 10 runs!!!!

Also, a little careful calculation at the big picture - could have kept IND 10 overs more in bat, could have batted 5 overs less against BD and should have beaten Dutch by bigger margin. They missed last time by NRR and looked like we remembered that, players forgot.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Let's agree to disagree. There's enough there for seamers to work with if they hit the right length.

It s the usual flat track. If you bowl the right track on any track seamers will be effective. That doesn't mean it asists bowlers right?

 

[Devadwal]

Most likely scenario-
NZ will Chase in 35 overs then Pakistan need to win by 225 runs or chase in 14 overs

 

[kingusama92]

Sri Lankans need to slow the game down.

This is not the Hong Kong Sixes.

 

[uberkoen]

South Africa are known to choke, Afghanistan will beat them easily.

Had NZ lost today, Afghanistan would’ve moved up to 4th after beating SA, Pakistan won’t beat England imo

LOL okay.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bad news for Indians they would have feasted on paks buffet bowling.

NZ got the measure of Ind should take them out comfortably.

Cope.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hardly any wicket taking delivery

 

[hur rizvi]

Mathews looks all at sea

 

[Nikhil_cric]

It s the usual flat track. If you bowl the right track on any track seamers will be effective. That doesn't mean it asists bowlers right?

There's more bounce on this track. Previous match was a flat highway - uber flat even by Bangalore standards.

 

[DJhant]

Sri Lanka are perennial losers

Stupid to expect anything from these jokers

Thanks alot for costing Pakistan a semi final spot!

Aiyo....SL doesn't owe anything to Pakistan !!

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is almost like they want the match to be over before rain lol

 

[Kianig89]

NZ RR will get a significant boost that for Pak to qualify will have to beat Eng by 320 runs or chase it in 7 overs.

Pakistan escapade finally ending

 

[hur rizvi]

Hardly any wicket taking delivery

You don't need wicket taking deliveries against these SL batters

 

[Ali Active]

Sri Lanka are perennial losers

Stupid to expect anything from these jokers

Thanks alot for costing Pakistan a semi final spot!

bro sri lanka has not cost pakistan anything pak has cost them everything themselves

 

[BaaliSoda]

Hardly any wicket taking delivery

Exactly. Just clueless and callous batting.

Good night, folks!

 

[Ali Active]

Told you already. .game is mostly finish in PP
SL five down

Sl have been terrible for most part

 

[MANU ROY]

Sri Lanka are perennial losers

Stupid to expect anything from these jokers

Thanks alot for costing Pakistan a semi final spot!

Costing? How

 

[Ali Active]

Most likely scenario-
NZ will Chase in 35 overs then Pakistan need to win by 225 runs or chase in 14 overs

Sl need to play 50 overs for that

 

[pillionrider]

Feels good to have the sun back out after a few days of rain

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Feels good to have the sun back out after a few days of rain

That's cold blooded dude... Have some heart for our padosi brothers.

 

[hur rizvi]

This is a 270 ish pitch if you bat sensibly. Not the 350 style Chinnaswamy pitches.

Pitch looks like a belter to be honest

 

[MMHS]

This is not a easy wicket to bat so I guess NZ even if it wins, won't win by a big margin.

Pak needs to chase ENG total in 29 - 30 overs and they can get through on NRR if everyone plays like Afridi

Problem with low scoring games is that, game might be close in terms of wickets, but no overs. Say SRL all out for 170 & Kiwis chase that for 173/8 …. Damn close game, but chased inside 35/38 overs may be. Not helping PAK.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

AM arrives and looks like wanting to make up for last match...in a hurry, will be entertaining and fun to watch

 

[jnaveen1980]

Perera reminded me of Jayasuriya. Not much feet movement. He just hit through the line. Wish it had lasted a bit more. I was quiet enjoying his hitting.

 

[fumaster]

Aiyo....SL doesn't owe anything to Pakistan !!

True. But they owe it to themselves to qualify for the champions trophy...

 

[Technics 1210]

It is not over until the fat lady sings!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Dhananjaya is a bit more matured. Not reckless like some of the top order.

 

[hur rizvi]

Dhananjya is pretty solid test batter but for some reason he sucks at odis. Also think SL have gotten his batting position completely wrong in odis

 

[sweep_shot]

SL - 85/5 (13 overs).

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Feels good to have the sun back out after a few days of rain

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Beautiful. Yeah good to have some sun after a couple of gloomy days.

 

[pillionrider]

That's cold blooded dude... Have some heart for our padosi brothers.

Oh the semi thing. But Pak can still qualify. Thump England and earn the semi spot.

 

[sweep_shot]

Dhananjya is pretty solid test batter but for some reason he sucks at odis. Also think SL have gotten his batting position completely wrong in odis

Should bat higher. I agree.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They can get to 300 even from here.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

NZ RR will get a significant boost that for Pak to qualify will have to beat Eng by 320 runs or chase it in 7 overs.

Pakistan escapade finally ending

I can convince you bro
Pak win toss against england choose bowl
Shaheen get 2 wickets in his first over.
Wasim jr take 2 wickets in 2 overs wickets of root and stokes.
Rauf will get fifer
One run out by shadab direct hit from fine leg.

61 all out

Pak to chase down in 4.2 overs
Fakhar hit 17 ball 50.

 

[Rana]

Best thing for Pakistan is SL stay out there as long as possible for rain to come in