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India vs New Zealand | Semi Final 1, World Cup | Old Trafford | 9th Jul, 2019 | New Zealand Innings

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AdamM97 said:
So the match was suspended as everyone knows, but which team will be happier with the match being suspended for today? New Zealand or India?
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NZ probably. They seemed headed for certain defeat, but now there are some random factors thrown in tomorrow.
 
Napa said:
NZ probably. They seemed headed for certain defeat, but now there are some random factors thrown in tomorrow.
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What random?

India were gonna chase 240 under gloom overcast conditions with boult swinging it around. India will be ready to chase it now
 
India and New Zealand will have to come back on Wednesday after the first ICC Men’s World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford was interrupted by rain with the game tantalisingly poised.

Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor both scored half-centuries at Old Trafford, with the latter still at the crease unbeaten on 67, as New Zealand finished on 211/5 after 46.1 overs.

They are set to play the remaining 3.5 overs of their innings on Wednesday with no reduction in overs provided the conditions comply.

Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the Indian bowlers, with figures of 1/25 from eight overs but a battling effort from the Black Caps kept them very much in contention.

There was drama from the very first ball as Bhuvneshwar Kumar thundered the ball into the pads of Martin Guptill. His pleas for a wicket went unheeded and India used and lost their review after just one ball, the delivery drifting down the leg side.

Still, India piled the pressure on the Black Caps from the off, starting with 16 straight dot balls before Guptill finally got off the mark with a single.

It was to be his only run of the day, edging Bumrah to Virat Kohli at second slip the following over.

As has become an all too regular occurrence, Williamson found himself at the wicket with single figures on the board, New Zealand were 1/1.

Williamson and Henry Nicholls went about rebuilding, although Bumrah was virtually unplayable on his way to figures of 1/10 in his first spell of four overs.

While they were just 27/1 after ten overs, the lowest powerplay total of the tournament, the duo added 68 for the second wicket.

Ravindra Jadeja, who kept his place after the win over Sri Lanka, provided the next breakthrough as he bowled a beauty through the defences of Nicholls, castling the left-hander for 28.

Both Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal were getting plenty of turn, with Williamson and Taylor playing cautiously as they added 64 in 17 overs.

Williamson had just started to up the pace when he sliced one off Chahal straight to Jadeja, falling for 67 to leave New Zealand 134/3.

Jimmy Neesham was promoted up the order in a bid to lift the run-rate but fell for 12 as Dinesh Karthik claimed a skied leading edge.

The Black Caps looked to be building momentum when Chahal’s final over went for 18 runs, but the following over Colin de Grandhomme feathered one through to MS Dhoni off the bowling of Kumar for 16.

That meant Tom Latham finally came to the middle, joining Taylor, but just two overs later, the rain intervened, and despite hopes of an inspection at 6.10pm, further rain ensured that the teams would come back on the reserve day.
 
it looks like it will be warmer tomorrow and chances of rain reducing, oh india lucky..

Should be a flatty tomorrow.. Easy win for Ind..
 
Majestic_Inzi said:
wicket was rubbish today tomorrow the wicket will get better. Not fair on NZ...
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As if india, would not have chase today lolz. No matter what, but to beat india you have only one option.
Win toss
Bat first
Put 320 plus
Remove india, top order with in 100 runs.

It won't have worked today with just 240 runs on board
 
Akki malhotra said:
As if india, would not have chase today lolz. No matter what, but to beat india you have only one option.
Win toss
Bat first
Put 320 plus
Remove india, top order with in 100 runs.

It won't have worked today with just 240 runs on board
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I highly doubt today’s pitch was 320+ Max 280-290. Not to mention as game progress pitch gets slower and it gets difficult to score runs. I’m glad we weren’t asked to score 148 in 20overs.
 
Akki malhotra said:
As if india, would not have chase today lolz. No matter what, but to beat india you have only one option.
Win toss
Bat first
Put 320 plus
Remove india, top order with in 100 runs.

It won't have worked today with just 240 runs on board
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We struggled to post 220 against Afghanistan batting first and you think chasing 240 against New Zealand in a semi final will be walk in the park for India? :inti
 
Majestic_Inzi said:
wicket was rubbish today tomorrow the wicket will get better. Not fair on NZ...
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I'm really surprised with this wicket. It was not worthy of a semi final. All the commentators indicated earlier that it will be a fresh pitch with true bounce. In this game they said the pitch looks undercooked. India exploited it well and NZ have to bowl very well to get the Indians out for a sub par score. It appeared to be a 250 to 260 pitch and Indians need to survive Boult. They have the batsmen to chase this on this pitch
 
Badsha said:
What random?

India were gonna chase 240 under gloom overcast conditions with boult swinging it around. India will be ready to chase it now
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There could be rain interruptions, with the DLS par score changing through the innings, making planning difficult.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
We struggled to post 220 against Afghanistan batting first and you think chasing 240 against New Zealand in a semi final will be walk in the park for India? :inti
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Trust you to find Indian batting's worse performance and hold it up as an example.
 
Need Rosco to take down bhuvi tomorrow with 1 big over,
That takes us to 250, should be game on after that
I'm unsure if I want it to be cloudy or for the sun to come out and dry the pitch up. ( Boult swing Vs turn/ hard to get slower balls away)
 
Titan24 said:
So if we will witness no play till the final because of rain then final will be of Aus vs Ind.
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And if final is rained out as well - on both final and reserve final days - winner will be India.

Which is why playing with 'intent' in all the matches in league phase is very importance - like India did.

India only lost its 'intent' in the match against England. (We all know that every team can have a bad day).
 
Weather is all clear for tommorow. Weather looks a bit dodgy for Thursday semi , but it's a hot day for the reserve day. So beat teams on the days of the semi should go through which is good news.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Ofcourse nobody is going to be spared if they overstay. You sound like you have to be LOYAL to players but not country?
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xbronze said:
And if final is rained out as well - on both final and reserve final days - winner will be India.

Which is why playing with 'intent' in all the matches in league phase is very importance - like India did.

India only lost its 'intent' in the match against England. (We all know that every team can have a bad day).
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The WC title will be shared amongst the two finalists in case the final's washed out.
 
Napa said:
Trust you to find Indian batting's worse performance and hold it up as an example.
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Lol why are you(non indian) getting hurt? I am concerned about my Indian team's performance. And I am not making that up. You can check the scorecard of India vs Afghanistan. :jk
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Lol why are you(non indian) getting hurt? I am concerned about my Indian team's performance. And I am not making that up. You can check the scorecard of India vs Afghanistan. :jk
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If I am a non-Indian, you have to be a Martian.
 
It takes a while to get set, that stoppage is going to make it difficult to get to 250 tomorrow.
 
Aman said:
It takes a while to get set, that stoppage is going to make it difficult to get to 250 tomorrow.
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It will be difficult for BK and Bumrah to hit the straps right away as well. They were lethal yesterday
 
Aman said:
We had momentum and Taylor was set...
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He was and NZ owned the last 5 overs. But Bumrah is a different beast. He has two overs left. Bhuvi isn't at the same level but he isn't bad either. I expected NZ to score about 230 and NZ could score.more tomorrow as it's tough to bowl Yorkers right away
 
Aman said:
We had momentum and Taylor was set...
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He was and NZ owned the last 5 overs. But Bumrah is a different beast. He has two overs left. Bhuvi isn't at the same level but he isn't bad either. I expected NZ to score about 230 and NZ could score.more tomorrow as it's tough to bowl Yorkers right away
 
Who the hell wants to watch a NZ vs Eng/Aus Final?

Rather see India go through, at least it will be competitive.
 
Aman said:
It takes a while to get set, that stoppage is going to make it difficult to get to 250 tomorrow.
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Taylor was never set. Only bowler he could score off of was Chahal. 39 dot ball altogether. He was lucky with that overthrows by India. He got 2 extra runs. There was no real momentum in his game.
 
India will chase down whatever total is given. We have batting till 9 and we are the best chasers in the world.

Rohit
Rahul
Kohli
Dhoni
Pant
Karthik
Pandya
Jadeja
Bhuvi
 
lurker20 said:
Bhuvi, DK, Jadeja?
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DK is a specialist batsmen and a capable chaser. Jadeja can be handy with bat and Bhuvi also is not a novice in batting.

In these kind of chases, Dhoni will come very good as well and we have a strong top three. Not much to worry. Given India strengthened their batting, they should be capable of chasing anything under 280 in a 50-over match.
 
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Is it me only that thinks the intensity (of fans) goes somewhat lower when the match is continued in the next day.

I don't find myself thrilled as I was yesterday while waking up.
 
Itachi said:
Is it me only that thinks the intensity (of fans) goes somewhat lower when the match is continued in the next day.

I don't find myself thrilled as I was yesterday while waking up.
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Same, matter fact this whole world cup is farce. I really miss 2011-2015 WC where there was one after the other KO games. If tomorrow is washed out too then we will be in finals without much tested. I really feel ICC got it wrong with this boring round robin which made worldcup far too long with far too less teams.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Same, matter fact this whole world cup is farce. I really miss 2011-2015 WC where there was one after the other KO games. If tomorrow is washed out too then we will be in finals without much tested. I really feel ICC got it wrong with this boring round robin which made worldcup far too long with far too less teams.
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Round robin is a fair way to pick the best 4. But problem is rain played a role in deciding the last 4.
 
Another reason is Afghanistan simply could not produce an upset. It was basically a 9 team tournament as everyone beat up Afghanistan.
 
Hasan123 said:
Weather is all clear for tommorow. Weather looks a bit dodgy for Thursday semi , but it's a hot day for the reserve day. So beat teams on the days of the semi should go through which is good news.
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Ideally, England is one of the finalists. I heard that if England do make it to the finals, it will be also telecast on Channel 4.

It would really be good to hopefully have 10m+ people watching cricket again. Since cricket has moved to Sky, there hasn't been the cricket fever that was witnessed in 2005.
 
Abdullah said:
Need Rosco to take down bhuvi tomorrow with 1 big over,
That takes us to 250, should be game on after that
I'm unsure if I want it to be cloudy or for the sun to come out and dry the pitch up. ( Boult swing Vs turn/ hard to get slower balls away)
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now you have become kiwi. lol u pakistanis love to change your nationalities don't you?
 
Aman said:
What are you on about. 20 overs you weren't touching 150.
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lol 150 is easy peasy in 20 overs for any decent team in any conditions. But what's the fun of having a short game and that too a semi-final? At least we would probably get the full game now.
 
husmukh said:
lol 150 is easy peasy in 20 overs for any decent team in any conditions. But what's the fun of having a short game and that too a semi-final? At least we would probably get the full game now.
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It can be easy in IPL. But, this is WC semi-final and pressure is likely to be there.

Chasing 148 in WC is different than chasing 148 in IPL.
 
husmukh said:
wicket will get worse today because of overnight rain and hard to get boundaries and there are still chances of rain today too again
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Wet ball comes easier to the bat and the spinner will find it difficult too
 
Hitman said:
So how many of you supporting New Zealand today? :D
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It's a conundrum for many. They don't want India to win coz u know... But they don't want NZ to win either coz it will show they deserve the SF spot.:ma
 
Looks like we will have a full game. India needs to restrict NZ to 240 and then hope Boult doesn't wreak havoc in the first 10. Looks like perfect conditions for Swing with overcast conditions with no rain
 
Day 2 of the india vs new zealand test match to resume at 10.30 local time.
Expecting rain to interrupt the procedures from about 1pm local time.
 
India will obviously be happier of the two teams with the game going into the reserve day, as this gives them a shot at having a full ODI match. A rain-shortened affair with around 140 to get in 20 overs would´ve given New Zealand a sniff with the required run-rate shooting up to around seven from nowhere.

However, batting second at chasing a target around at 3 PM and doing the same around at lt´s say 11:30 AM too are two totally different thing. This might be the only factor which could prove tricky for India. Sometimes it could well just be the mindset thing. So you never know.
 
I am sure India wouldn't like to go ahead to the Finals on the basis of a higher standing in the league stage. That said, I am afraid we'll get a full game today as well. The shorter the game, the more uncertain it becomes for both teams.
 
I really hope will have a full game ahead. NZ to put 245 on board and India to chase it down with loss of 4 wickets at 46.2 overs.
 
In all honesty, this has been a terrible semi final, nothing to do with india or NZ, the pitch has been substandard for a wc semi final, (is this a new pitch or a used pitch?) and the rain, which stopped play from early afternoon and didn't allow for play for the rest of the day, leading to a second reserve day to be utilised!
Just a poor advertisement for cricket, feel sorry for both teams and their fans!
 
Aman said:
Where's Pakistan? :misbah
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iIt was boring cricket from NZ overall, so he is right. If NZ somehow manages it into the semis on the basis of shortened match it will be bad for cricket, although I support black caps.
 
if the pitch is dicey, uneven, slow bounce etc, India wont be able to chase that easy.

So NZ should go hammer and tongs today and score as many as possible
 
DRsohail said:
iIt was boring cricket from NZ overall, so he is right. If NZ somehow manages it into the semis on the basis of shortened match it will be bad for cricket, although I support black caps.
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Finals, right?
 
If the game is shortened to 20 overs with a revised target of 148, India won't find it easy with 2 new balls swinging. Those who are comparing it with a t20 game, only 1 ball is used in t20. Also, the semi final pressure would be on. Even railu Grandhomme katta will come into play in swinging conditions and will definitely bowl his quota of 4 overs on trot. Boult will bowl two at the start and two at the death. Ferguson is a good bowler and if Indians take the attack on him, they will lose wickets. Meanwhile, Santner will dart his way out. NZ will be a happy team if it turns out to be a rain curtailed game. Almost forgot to mention, Dhoni will take the match to last over, refuse the singles and eventually get out.
 
Kaizoku said:
If the game is shortened to 20 overs with a revised target of 148, India won't find it easy with 2 new balls swinging. Those who are comparing it with a t20 game, only 1 ball is used in t20. Also, the semi final pressure would be on. Even railu Grandhomme katta will come into play in swinging conditions and will definitely bowl his quota of 4 overs on trot. Boult will bowl two at the start and two at the death. Ferguson is a good bowler and if Indians take the attack on him, they will lose wickets. Meanwhile, Santner will dart his way out. NZ will be a happy team if it turns out to be a rain curtailed game. Almost forgot to mention, Dhoni will take the match to last over, refuse the singles and eventually get out.
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If it's a T20 and India can't even chase under 150. They should only stick to IPL then.
 
You did not get my point. If an ODI is played for 20 overs it doesn't turn into a t20I. As chaseable may seem 150 in t20i's, same is not the case in a rain curtailed 20 over ODI. Australlia once lost to India chasing 160 odds in 21 overs. Most of the pundits blamed the 2 new balls.
 
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