ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[Shishir99]

The Netherlands won over South Africa and Afghanistan was superior to the Netherlands so it can be predicted that South Africa will also be defeated by Afghanistan, this is just prediction but I am quite confident in this victory.
Moreover, South Africa and Australia also did not show better performance than Afghanistan.

What you have said does not make any sense to me. Afghanistan defeated Netherlands and Netherlands beat South Africa does not really mean Afghanistan will beat South Africa easily. I don't know why you are quite confident regarding this victory. You said South Africa did not show better performance than Afghanistan, are you sure about that? Did you see South Africa's score in this World Cup? They are in great form and all their performers giving their best which made them one of the semi-finalists. South Africa did not lose any other match except against the Netherlands. How did you say that they did not show better performance? I guess you are not blind folded.

[libert19]

The ground is well equipped with latest systems to dry it sooner and resume the play as soon as rain stops.

Lol, they are using freaking brooms

[Fuso.hp]

Despite scoring 401 runs, New Zealand was worried because the way Pakistan batted before the rain, Pakistan was 10 runs ahead of New Zealand, that is, if the rain had not stopped, Pakistan would have won this match. New Zealand are now largely free from such worries as the rain has stopped on the field and the 50 over game has been reduced to 41 overs and a target of 342 runs has been set for Pakistan.  Pakistan scored 161 runs in first 21 overs and Pakistan need to score 180 plus runs in next 20 overs to win against New Zealand. We wait until the outfield is fit for play and the players come back into the field.

[Out of mind]

Oh boy! Rain interrupted the match and as of now, Pakistan is ahead in the game according to the DLS system, thanks to Fakhar's ridiculous hitting.

Is there some twist building up or some might say Kudrat ka nijam lol. If the rain keeps going on for a long or in case there is a washout then Pakistan will win the match for sure.

Pakistan ahead on DLS Par score by 10 runs and the Rain has stopped play. Negative thing is If play resumes soon, the momentum for Fakhar Zaman might get impacted, and Positive thing is If rain continues whole day, Pakistan win by 10 runs and If it continues for a longer period the game will shorten and shorten chase will definitely help us rather chasing full 402. The ground is well equipped with latest systems to dry it sooner and resume the play as soon as rain stops.

The match between Pakistan and New Zealand was stopped due to rain, and now the match has started. Match delayed 2nd ins reduced to 41 overs due to wet outfield now Pakistan target 342. When the match starts, Pakistan need to score 182 runs from 117 balls to win, of course it is possible if Pakistan batsmen can perform well. As today's victory is in Pakistan's favor, it will not be possible if the batsmen do not perform well in the wet crease at present. And I think there is enough chance right now for Pakistan to win the match for New Zealand, as now only 182 runs will win the Pakistan team. And if the New Zealand team can have a good bowling line-up, Pakistan's wickets may turn the game upside down and lose the match.

[libert19]

Interrupted again, annoying cause match is just so interesting to watch right now. Anyway, if Pakistan wins this game whole credit will go to Fakhar Zaman, who knew what huge total they were chasing yet didn't lose hope and kept playing aggressive.

[JSRAW]

Interrupted again, annoying cause match is just so interesting to watch right now. Anyway, if Pakistan wins this game whole credit will go to Fakhar Zaman, who knew what huge total they were chasing yet didn't lose hope and kept playing aggressive.

Fakhar was dropped after a couple of bad series and the guy who replaced him (Iman ul Haq, relative of Injamam) had more or less the same numbers.

Fakhar orchestrated this chase beautifully and singlehandedly stole the match from the Kiwis. Kiwis went into complacent mode because of the mammoth total they put on the scoreboard and completely forgot about the rain scenario.

[Nalain420]

Despite scoring 401 runs, New Zealand was worried because the way Pakistan batted before the rain, Pakistan was 10 runs ahead of New Zealand, that is, if the rain had not stopped, Pakistan would have won this match. New Zealand are now largely free from such worries as the rain has stopped on the field and the 50 over game has been reduced to 41 overs and a target of 342 runs has been set for Pakistan.  Pakistan scored 161 runs in first 21 overs and Pakistan need to score 180 plus runs in next 20 overs to win against New Zealand. We wait until the outfield is fit for play and the players come back into the field.

Shaheen Afridi conceded just two runs in the first over and took no wickets. New Zealand scored six runs in two overs for no wicket. New Zealand scored 29 runs in five overs. And no wicket was allowed to be taken. New Zealand scored six runs in 10 overs and did not concede any wickets. New Zealand scored 401 runs in 50 overs and conceded six wickets. New Zealand gave Pakistan a huge target. Now let's see whether Pakistan can complete this target or not.The match has been stopped due to rain.This rain made great fortune for Pakistan. And due to which the overs have been reduced and the runs have also been reduced.

[libert19]

So we have Pakistan as winner, rain saved the Pak today, bad luck for NZ and bad luck for viewers as well — this was turning our to be such an interesting match.

[Bitcoin Smith]

So we have Pakistan as winner, rain saved the Pak today, bad luck for NZ and bad luck for viewers as well — this was turning our to be such an interesting match.

I expected that but Pakistan batting was so turned on today and depleted KZ bowling unit can't control the furious Fakhar and the last over before the rain interruption was the key. Unlucky day for NZ but its good for the tournament cause now the spots are still open and theoretically still 7 teams are fighting for it.

On another match, ENG is playing the most defensive and already the required rate is over 6.5 but the players can change that in few overs so all they are focusing now is keeping the wickets in hand and bring their Ashes rivals down.

[Fuso.hp]

Not just me 99% of people were in favor of New Zealand winning after scoring 401 runs but the rain law changed the scenario of the game. The forecast was that there was a possibility of rain, which is why Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first so that when it rains, they can bat according to the rain laws. After New Zealand scored 401 runs in the first innings, the target for Pakistan was 402 runs. Chasing the target of 402 runs, Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman batted aggressively from the start. The two batsmen batted in t20 style to put Pakistan ahead by 20 runs before the second innings was rained out and when the rain came in the second innings the match referee did not delay in making the decision Pakistan was declared a twenty run winner shortly after the rain in the second innings. 
Congratulations to Pakistan.

[jasonjm]

The Australia and England match is almost over. England is 174/6 after 37 overs, and they still need 113 runs to win. Moeen Ali is still on the crease, but the wicket of Stokes decreased the winning chances of England by a significant margin. Another poor performance by the English batters. It looks like they have zero preparation coming to the World Cup. Although England has a power hitter on the crease, the required run rate is climbing steadily, and the wickets are continuously falling. So, the game is over for England. Australia has almost booked their spot for the semi-finals.

[synchronym]

Not just me 99% of people were in favor of New Zealand winning after scoring 401 runs but the rain law changed the scenario of the game. The forecast was that there was a possibility of rain, which is why Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first so that when it rains, they can bat according to the rain laws. After New Zealand scored 401 runs in the first innings, the target for Pakistan was 402 runs. Chasing the target of 402 runs, Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman batted aggressively from the start. The two batsmen batted in t20 style to put Pakistan ahead by 20 runs before the second innings was rained out and when the rain came in the second innings the match referee did not delay in making the decision Pakistan was declared a twenty run winner shortly after the rain in the second innings.  
Congratulations to Pakistan.

Pakistan team won the New Zealand vs Pakistan match by 21 runs due to rain. To be honest, New Zealand's luck was very bad today, because of which the match went out of their hands despite a huge target of 402 runs. When Pakistan was given a target of 4002 runs, most cricket fans assumed that today's match would definitely be won by New Zealand. Had the rain not come, the equation of the match might have been different. Maybe then New Zealand would have won. The partnership between Fakhar and Babar Azam was unbroken. Both Fakr and Babar Azam played very well especially Fakr is unbeaten with 126 off 81 balls. Pakistan won today's match to keep their semi-final hopes alive. Congratulations to Pakistan team.

[GigaBit]

So we have Pakistan as winner, rain saved the Pak today, bad luck for NZ and bad luck for viewers as well — this was turning our to be such an interesting match.

I expected that but Pakistan batting was so turned on today and depleted KZ bowling unit can't control the furious Fakhar and the last over before the rain interruption was the key. Unlucky day for NZ but its good for the tournament cause now the spots are still open and theoretically still 7 teams are fighting for it.

Today's match between New Zealand and Pakistan seems to be witnessing something new in cricket. There is no opportunity to call any team weakness in the team. Batting first, New Zealand collected 402 runs, on the other hand, Pakistan was not short in any part, they were slightly ahead of New Zealand, so they won on DLS method. If the full match was played then the match status could have changed at any time. But fate also favored them. On the other hand, Pakistan scored 200 runs by batting 25 overs, losing only one wicket. Pakistan needed a win in this match and proved once again that they are unpredictable. Their runs and wickets were thought of in the previous matches and they gave a completely different performance in today's match. The tournament is getting very exciting towards the end of the World Cup.

[Essential10]

Pakistan got 21 wins by DLS method in the rain interrupted match between New Zealand and Pakistan. Also, as the fourth semi-finalist, New Zealand and Pakistan will have to face a tough test once again. Both the teams have equal 8 points although New Zealand is slightly ahead in net run rate. Both the teams have one match left and there is no option for them to win to advance to the next round, so the upcoming matches of both the teams are do or die matches. Australia won by 33 runs against England in the second match of the day. Australia are third in the points table and have two more matches to go against Bangladesh and Afghanistan, both of which they are likely to win. India and South Africa have officially qualified for the next round. And Australia's chances as the next team are very high. But it is now uncertain which team will go to the next round as the fourth team.

[Nalain420]

Pakistan got 21 wins by DLS method in the rain interrupted match between New Zealand and Pakistan. Also, as the fourth semi-finalist, New Zealand and Pakistan will have to face a tough test once again. Both the teams have equal 8 points although New Zealand is slightly ahead in net run rate. Both the teams have one match left and there is no option for them to win to advance to the next round, so the upcoming matches of both the teams are do or die matches. Australia won by 33 runs against England in the second match of the day. Australia are third in the points table and have two more matches to go against Bangladesh and Afghanistan, both of which they are likely to win. India and South Africa have officially qualified for the next round. And Australia's chances as the next team are very high. But it is now uncertain which team will go to the next round as the fourth team.

Today's match in the ICC World Cup was very important for Pakistan and New Zealand. This match has brought one of the two teams to the semi-finals.Fortune favored Pakistan. New Zealand gave Pakistan such a big target but still they lost. Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman gave full support to Pakistan.Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam made a partnership of 194 runs and won the match.Pakistan won the match due to rain.As much as Pakistan's batsmen played well, their bowlers bowled badly. New Zealand's bowlers got only one wicket after Fakhar Zaman hit sixes. And Babar Azam gave full support along with Fakhar Zaman. today's ICC World Cup match was very impressive.

[Webetcoins]

So we have Pakistan as winner, rain saved the Pak today, bad luck for NZ and bad luck for viewers as well — this was turning our to be such an interesting match.

I expected that but Pakistan batting was so turned on today and depleted KZ bowling unit can't control the furious Fakhar and the last over before the rain interruption was the key. Unlucky day for NZ but its good for the tournament cause now the spots are still open and theoretically still 7 teams are fighting for it.

On another match, ENG is playing the most defensive and already the required rate is over 6.5 but the players can change that in few overs so all they are focusing now is keeping the wickets in hand and bring their Ashes rivals down.

After having target of 402 New Zealand surely were on dream run because this was highest ever target to chase with Pakistani batting were struggling on these batting pitches but today things gone completely against them as Fakhar Zaman was doing like we have in WWE destruction things and Kane Williamson decision to give last over before rain give them massive below Sodhi concede 20 and this was the difference between these two teams after match ended just because of the rain.

England is surely now down and out with seventh sixth lost in seven matches, but now they have chance for the good end of this event as they are going to face Netherlands and Pakistan into their last game even most chances their chances are ended for the top seven spots because we already have Sri Lanka at this spot with their next game is against Bangladesh.

[fullhdpixel]

What you have said does not make any sense to me. Afghanistan defeated Netherlands and Netherlands beat South Africa does not really mean Afghanistan will beat South Africa easily. I don't know why you are quite confident regarding this victory. You said South Africa did not show better performance than Afghanistan, are you sure about that? Did you see South Africa's score in this World Cup? They are in great form and all their performers giving their best which made them one of the semi-finalists. South Africa did not lose any other match except against the Netherlands. How did you say that they did not show better performance? I guess you are not blind folded.

Peoples don't know what to say and how things works but mostly try to create theories which never works because things works in sports without any theory like this any team can win in any game and top teams can lose their games against any bottom side with those watch sports and specially soccer in every season understand this all same happen here in this World Cup, but I believe most chances South Africa will handle this all easily at the end because their performance is good, and they have good winning streak as well with tomorrow their match against India is also very important because they can win and go through at the top of the league table as well which will be big boost for them before big games which are going to start soon after group stage matches.

[libert19]

Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman batted aggressively from the start. The two batsmen batted in t20 style to put Pakistan ahead by 20 runs before the second innings was rained out and when the rain came in the second innings the match referee did not delay in making the decision Pakistan was declared a twenty run winner shortly after the rain in the second innings. 
Congratulations to Pakistan.

Only Fakhar Zaman played aggressively, Babar was playing slow, he went a while without single boundary too. Had it been anyone else but Zaman RRR would have climbed high and Pakistan would have lost, even when playing aggresive as they did it their RR was staying near 7.5-8.

Although good on Babar for strike rotation.

[Fuso.hp]

Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman batted aggressively from the start. The two batsmen batted in t20 style to put Pakistan ahead by 20 runs before the second innings was rained out and when the rain came in the second innings the match referee did not delay in making the decision Pakistan was declared a twenty run winner shortly after the rain in the second innings. 
Congratulations to Pakistan.

Only Fakhar Zaman played aggressively, Babar was playing slow, he went a while without single boundary too. Had it been anyone else but Zaman RRR would have climbed high and Pakistan would have lost, even when playing aggresive as they did it their RR was staying near 7.5-8.

Although good on Babar for strike rotation.

Babar Azam batted at a strike rate of 104 and Fakhar Zaman batted at a strike rate of 155. As Fakhar Zaman was batting very aggressively and the ball was coming to his bat well, Babar Azam rotated the strike most of the time. The equation for Pakistan was that if they wanted to win in the rain, they had to keep their wickets as well as score runs, as Fakhar Zaman was picking up the runs and the run rate was at a very good level, Babar Azam did not make the mistake of giving away wickets unnecessarily. The state of the game was such that if Pakistan had lost two or three wickets then Pakistan would have definitely lost this match. Pakistan managed to play according to plan till the rain against New Zealand which is why they were able to win this tough match.

[noormcs5]

So we have Pakistan as winner, rain saved the Pak today, bad luck for NZ and bad luck for viewers as well — this was turning our to be such an interesting match.

After this match and the one between Australia and England played yesterday (which Australia won), it is interesting to see the points table for the teams still in the tournament.
A lot can happen and we are yet to see who will be the winner in the table to play the number 4th team in the semi finals. If some major upsets don't happen. New Zealand should move ahead even if they lose to SriLanka by a lesser margin. But I think that NZ should beat Srilanka.
Australia and Afghanistan have one extra match with them, which may give them another added advantage.