It will be a good chase if NZ do it!!! They are currently 25/1 to do so.
They got close chasing similar v Australia, but this is a different level of bowling attack.
They probably won't get near it but at least they have some clarity in terms of having to go for it from the off and virtually throughout. The 250-280 targets can lead to muddled thinking.
When i saw the score posted by India I thought NZ ain't got a chance especially when they went down to 39 for 2. Still going to be tough for them to reach that score but there's still hope. 210 from 21 overs needed. Can't see it happening but it's not impossible.
Baber Azam quits as Captain of Pakistan. Great player with a very good Pakistan side but ultimately didn't get the wins they should of got. That 3 nil loss to us and not making the semis in this tournament is the last straw. Wonder who will replace him.
I think if I had backed some of the £441K matched at 1.01 on Betfair on India winning this game I might be a tad worried at the moment. As it happens, I had a bit at 60 on NZ, one because should NZ pull off the impossible it will mean that I have an "all green" book on the outright winner's market. Two wickets soon after drinks break will soon change all that though!
I think if I had backed some of the £441K matched at 1.01 on Betfair on India winning this game I might be a tad worried at the moment. As it happens, I had a bit at 60 on NZ, one because should NZ pull off the impossible it will mean that I have an "all green" book on the outright winner's market. Two wickets soon after drinks break will soon change all that though!
Shami does exactly that, getting Williamson and Latham in the same over. Shami now has 4-27 and 20-180 in this WC in what is only his 6th match.
Shami gets his 6th wicket. He is now the joint top wicket taker with 22 in this WC and has played three games less than the other bowler to do that, Zampa.
I think the game was gone the moment he got out. The others with Mitchell didn't really seem to have any belief. If Williamson had stayed in another 8-9 overs it might have been different.
Oh dear ……… Rohit says the pitch "looks on the slower side". Williamson confirms it's a "used surface". A reminder that the pre-WC agreement was the Mumbai semi would be on a fresh pitch, and that the late change took place behind the back of ICC pitch consultant Andy Atkinson.
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237 required from the second half of the innings
188-2 off 29. India were 203-1 at the same stage. Exactly 10 an over off the final 21 overs required.
210 from 21 overs needed. Can't see it happening but it's not impossible.
286-4 off 41. India, at the same stage, were 292-1.
110 off 8
India win by 70 runs
Games: 6
Wickets: 23
Runs conceded: 210
Runs per wicket: 9.13
Strike rate: 10.91
Economy rate: 5.01
He was pranked into touching his feet ffs, as all the interviews and articles state.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/67401054
You'd imagine Gareth Morgan may have been buzzing after this.