WC 41st Match: England v New Zealand - Chester-le Street 3/7/19 (Eng won by 119 runs)

[TheParraboy]

730pm Wednesday

Cracker of a match

Poms lose and they are basically out of the cup (provided Pakistan beat Bangers)

Kiwis lose and they could also be out if their NRR falls below Pakistans, so if they are going to lose they would want to not be thrashed

Note: Bangers also a chance to make top 4 but would need to beat both India and Pakistan, highly unlikely

 

[TheParraboy]

Assuming both these sides make the semis (and finish 3rd and 4th), one of them will have 7 days rest before their semi final match. One of Team India or Australia will have a 2 day rest for their semi final.

Probably need our resident mathematician AG to check the math on this

3/7 England v NZ

6/7 Aust v SA
6/7 India v SL

9/7 semi final 1
11/7 semi final 2

 

[Meth]

730pm Wednesday

Cracker of a match

Poms lose and they are basically out of the cup (provided Pakistan beat Bangers)

Kiwis lose and they could also be out if their NRR falls below Pakistans, so if they are going to lose they would want to not be thrashed

Note: Bangers also a chance to make top 4 but would need to beat both India and Pakistan, highly unlikely

Radio Sport (here in NZ) crunched the numbers this morning. According to them, even we if we lose to England by 150 runs, the only team capable of catching us on NRR is Bangladesh and they will who have to beat Pakistan and India by a similar amount of runs.

 

[TheParraboy]

Radio Sport (here in NZ) crunched the numbers this morning. According to them, even we if we lose to England by 150 runs, the only team capable of catching us on NRR is Bangladesh and they will who have to beat Pakistan and India by a similar amount of runs.

That's settled then

Kiwis to win by 1 run or 1 wicket

 

[Meth]

Honestly, I am not sure if that's correct, or not. But basically, I think Australia will play the loser in a semi

 

[herbert henry1908]

Assuming both these sides make the semis (and finish 3rd and 4th), one of them will have 7 days rest before their semi final match. One of Team India or Australia will have a 2 day rest for their semi final.

Probably need our resident mathematician AG to check the math on this

3/7 England v NZ

6/7 Aust v SA
6/7 India v SL

9/7 semi final 1
11/7 semi final 2

2 day rest not a big deal for the Aussies, as the game will be at the same venue as their final game, plus they’re coming off a 7 day rest.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Honestly, I am not sure if that's correct, or not. But basically, I think Australia will play the loser in a semi

Not if England lose, there’s a decent chance Pakistan jump them.

 

[Meth]

Not if England lose, there’s a decent chance Pakistan jump them.

Yes, right you are.

To be honest, I'd just about resigned to losing.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Yes, right you are.

To be honest, I'd just about resigned to losing.

The toss will be huge, England come back to the field a lot when they’re chasing.

 

[JJ]

We haven't played well yet which is a real worry

The Poms have been patchy and have a shithouse performance in them, but their top end is only matched by India

 

[Hutty1986]

Courtesy of cricinfo

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Courtesy of cricinfo
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Was that written by a salty Indian or a depressed Englishman?

 

[Hutty1986]

Was that written by a salty Indian or a depressed Englishman?

The latter i believe

 

[AlwaysGreen]

This is it. Win this and you've booked your spot. Lose and you rely on other results.

 

[TheParraboy]

Lets see who wins under real pressure

I reckon kiwis get up here...

 

[TheParraboy]

The Poms have been patchy and have a shithouse performance in them, but their top end is only matched by India

* concrete deck required

 

[Eelectrica]

On the one hand if England win that sets up the possibility of an England V India Semi (If we beat SA) and a Good Vs Evil final (Aus - We're good guys now or NZ) Vs the evil empires of England or India.

On the other hand if NZ win, that sets up the possibility of England not making it if Pakistan win.
England sweating out a Pakistan Vs Bangladesh game is probably the best scenario so go NZ!

Yep, that's about as clear mud.

 

[Eelectrica]

Traditionally a fairly low scoring ground but recently a few high scores.
England were headed for 360 - 380 against us last year if we didn't bat first, but that was against the fearsome bowling of Stanlake, Agar and Neser... so yeah.

 

[jargan83]

Watch NZ get up tonight only for Pakistan to shit the bed against Bangladesh

 

[mozza91]

We haven't played well yet which is a real worry

The Poms have been patchy and have a shithouse performance in them, but their top end is only matched by India

You don’t rate Australia. We get it.