The England-New Zealand match in the T20 World Cup is important for Pakistan. England is already in the semi-finals. If New Zealand wins or loses by a small margin, Pakistan will be out of the tournament. On the other hand, South Africa has also reached the semi-finals.
Colombo: A very important match is to be held between England and New Zealand on Friday in the Super-8 stage of the T20 World Cup. This match will decide the future of both New Zealand and Pakistan reaching the semi-finals. The England team has already confirmed its place in the semi-finals by defeating Sri Lanka and Pakistan. At the same time, New Zealand had defeated Sri Lanka and its match against Pakistan was washed out due to rain. So he has 3 points. If the Kiwi team beats England today, its semi-final ticket will also be confirmed. As soon as this happens, Pakistan will be out of the tournament.
Kiwi team can reach semi-finals even if it loses by a small margin!
Even if the New Zealand team loses, it will have to see that the margin of defeat is not too big, so that its Net Run Rate (NRR) remains better than Pakistan. Meaning, even if the Kiwi team loses by a small margin, it can still reach the semi-finals. Currently New Zealand’s net run rate is +3.050, while Pakistan’s is -0.461. Pakistan’s hopes will remain alive only if New Zealand loses by a huge margin.
After this, Pakistan will have to defeat Sri Lanka by a big margin in its last match, so that it can leave New Zealand behind in net run rate. Pakistan currently has only 1 point in 2 matches.
Even if the England-New Zealand match is canceled due to rain, the Kiwi team will reach the semi-finals with 4 points and Pakistan will be out.
The match will start at 7 pm.
On the other hand, South Africa defeated West Indies and made it to the semi-finals.
Ahmedabad: South Africa has confirmed its place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup by defeating West Indies by 9 wickets. This was South Africa’s second consecutive victory in the Super-8 stage. With India’s win against Zimbabwe, South Africa’s semi-final spot was confirmed. Now the team will play only one formal match against Zimbabwe on Sunday.
Batting first in this match, West Indies scored 176 runs for 8 wickets. At one time the team had lost 7 wickets for just 83 runs in 10.2 overs. After this, Jason Holder (49 runs) and Shepherd (52 runs not out) took over the team. But South Africa achieved this big target of West Indies by losing 1 wicket in just 16.1 overs. For South Africa, Markram scored 82 not out, de Kock scored 47 and Rickelton scored 45 not out.