[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by harry10

Aussies meets SA now in semis. Venue will be decided on basis of who qualifies between NZ and Pak.

Venues are set with regards to the positions of top 4 qualified teams
Wankhade for P1 (India) vs P4 (TBD)
Eden Gardens for P2 vs P3 (SA, AUS)

[ValarMorghulis]

Originally Posted by harry10

...Venue will be decided on basis of who qualifies between NZ and Pak...

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Venues are set with regards to the positions of top 4 qualified teams
Wankhade for P1 (India) vs P4 (TBD)
Eden Gardens for P2 vs P3 (SA, AUS)

Originally Posted by PPS

...Are you anticipating trouble in Mumbai if PAK qualifies ?!

Actually, harry10 is correct here, since Pak won't be playing in Mumbai. So, in case they qualify, Ind vs Pak SF will be in Eden Gardens.

PS: Pak had requested ICC to not schedule any of their matches in Mumbai. Read: Mumbai terrorists attacks

[PPS]

Originally Posted by harry10

Champion innings nonetheless. Such insane power from wrists and forearms

I guess playing a lot of Golf helped him perhaps with the swing of the bat. Offcourse you don't reverse scoop in Golf!

Venue will be decided on basis of who qualifies between NZ and Pak.

Are you anticipating trouble in Mumbai if PAK qualifies ?!

[am1m]

Originally Posted by ValarMorghulis

Actually, harry10 is correct here, since Pak won't be playing in Mumbai. So, in case they qualify, Ind vs Pak SF will be in Eden Gardens.

Yep, that's what I can see on the schedule too, as far as i know that still remains true.

Was wondering if fans with tickets to the SF have booked standby flight tickets to Calcutta, just in case. Though the chances of Pak qualifying look slim.

And what's going on with England?! How can you go from World champs to this low over 4 years? Quite a bit of the core of the team that won the last WC is pretty much the same too, right?

[Thalla]

Originally Posted by ABHI_1512

This innings from Maxwell proves what match winners can do on their chosen day. When they click, they help win from almost impossible positions. As much as I enjoyed the brutal hitting, so feel for the Afghan team. They gave it everything to the match and almost won against such formidable team but then Maxwell stood tall. I am counting on Surya Kumar Yadav to play such an innings in this World Cup. Let’s see if that happens or not.

I agree, every team must have such a player in their team who can win a game on their own. They surely going to give some chances to the opposition but when it is their day, they can do the unthinkable like Maxwell did last night.

[VaibhaoT]

I am planning to go for NZ Vs SL match with my family and friends. We have couple of kids with us. Our tickets are for stand without cover. It rains in the evening these days in Bangalore.
Can we take umbrella with us? Also can we take some snacks item like biscuits for kids?

[AtheK]

Originally Posted by VaibhaoT

I am planning to go for NZ Vs SL match with my family and friends. We have couple of kids with us. Our tickets are for stand without cover. It rains in the evening these days in Bangalore.
Can we take umbrella with us? Also can we take some snacks item like biscuits for kids?

Umbrella is a hit or miss, with kids they might allow, or else you can go on the upper part of stand as all of them are covered.

You can take snack item but make sure kid and mom stay together during security check, otherwise don't bother, food is easily available in stadium.

[ValarMorghulis]

Anyone living close to the Chinnaswamy stadium? Is it raining?
Entire Pakistan is doing rain dance to have this game washed out

[wocanak]

Originally Posted by VaibhaoT

I am planning to go for NZ Vs SL match with my family and friends. We have couple of kids with us. Our tickets are for stand without cover. It rains in the evening these days in Bangalore.
Can we take umbrella with us? Also can we take some snacks item like biscuits for kids?

Not sure about umbrellas, but go with ponchos/cheap raincoats. They should allow that, but worst case you can discard them.

[Bhargav7]

Originally Posted by ValarMorghulis

Anyone living close to the Chinnaswamy stadium? Is it raining?
Entire Pakistan is doing rain dance to have this game washed out

Knowing Bangalore, the weather can never be predicted. There was not much rain yesterday - I hope it will be the same today.

No rain so far in the day, but very high chances of rain interruptions considering it is fairly cloudy now. I feel it will be more of a reduced-overs game or a DLS result. Outright washout seems unlikely at present. But again, Bangalore weather

Edit - As I walk down from my office, I see that it got fairly sunny in the past 10 minutes. Much brighter than what it was yesterday.

[m8002?]

Its just lightly cloudy now. Looks like NZ wants to finish the match before the rains :-)

[am1m]

Live about 10km from the stadium and just heard thunder. NZ will go after this target double-quick I think. Expecting some hard-hitting!

[ValarMorghulis]

5 more overs and NZ won't even bother with rains now.. They are miles ahead in DLS par score.

[kavensri]

and i just heard from the commentary that if NZ wins this in 25overs, then PAK has to win by 270+ runs and if NZ wins in 30overs, then PAK has to win by 240+ runs.
Both seems to be really tough ask!

[AtheK]

Originally Posted by kavensri

and i just heard from the commentary that if NZ wins this in 25overs, then PAK has to win by 270+ runs and if NZ wins in 30overs, then PAK has to win by 240+ runs.
Both seems to be really tough ask!

They have to first win to begin with!! England will be waiting to dig into there bowling and also eyeing the spot in Champions trophy. Barring miracle, seems like it will be a repeat of 2019 Semi Final next wednesday at Wankhede.

Newzealand Wins, Pakistan needs to beat England by 287 runs to qualify with better NRR.