CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India
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well, this is surprising. Raining, but about to clear - and then no rain expected for a few hours. Could just get a game underway if drainage is good!
https://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/nottingham/ng1-7/hourly-weather-forecast/330088
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So if it starts it needs to get to a certain point (20 overs?) to constitute a game and the status of the game at that stage will have a massive bearing on how anyone is disadvantaged or advantaged? But if it were to be a delayed start by an hour or three it could be simply a shortened game. This will be very interesting.
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@shark said in CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India:
So if it starts it needs to get to a certain point (20 overs?) to constitute a game and the status of the game at that stage will have a massive bearing on how anyone is disadvantaged or advantaged?
Particularly if we bowl first and the Indian innings is truncated around 20-25 overs and we can get Boult through 7-8 overs quickly, which was the strategy in the '15 semi final.
Not really sure a 30 over game with multiple rain delays throughout is that much better than a NR without a ball being bowled.
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@rotated said in CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India:
Not really sure a 30 over game with multiple rain delays throughout is that much better than a NR without a ball being bowled.
For us getting into the semis, a NR is as good as a win I expect. Probably means we get there wtih 5 wins + a NR; so win 2 out of PAK ENG AUS WI. better than trying to win 3 out of those 5 with India
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@nzzp said in CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India:
For us getting into the semis, a NR is as good as a win I expect. Probably means we get there wtih 5 wins + a NR; so win 2 out of PAK ENG AUS WI. better than trying to win 3 out of those 5 with India
100%. I would take a NR out of hand purely out of pragmatism (although that would make today somewhat more dull without another fixture), but there does seem to be a few in the media saying that there is a moral/mindset benefit to wanting the game to happen.
But if you get a win over India in reduced overs without Dahwan, does that really give you major confidence going into a potential semi-final?
Very happy to just listen to Agnew, Waddle and Coney talk nonsense for six hours before they call this off.
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Match abandoned.
I would’ve preferred us to play this one.
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India would have targeted this game as a must-win, or very close to it. At the start of the tournament they'd have been in doubt about how they'd go vs England, Australia and South Africa so would have targeted the other six games as wins. They would also be nervous about Pakistan given their close rivalry.
So with an extra win under our belts and needing possibly as few as two more from six games, the pressure was more on India.
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@TeWaio said in CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India:
India breathe a sigh of relief
We'll let em off with a warning.... this time.
