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Champions Trophy: New Zealand vs Pakistan
The Champions Trophy is starting to wind down, and all 8 teams are still alive. None have clinched a semifinal spot yet, and none have been eliminated. That will finally change with today's match. The two remaining matches in Group B are essentially quaterfinal matches, with the winners advancing to the semifinals.
Current standings:
We'll finally have one team eliminated today, and one will advance to the semifinals.
If New Zealand wins: New Zealand will clinch a spot in the semifinals, while Sri Lanka will be eliminated
If Pakistan wins: Pakistan will clinch a spot in the semifinals, while either Sri Lanka or New Zealand will be eliminated, depending on which team has the worse net run rate after today's match.
In this article on cricinfo, Sri Lanka still in with a chance, they take a look at how close New Zealand will have to be if they lose, in order to stay ahead of Sri Lanka. The whole thing would be moot if New Zealand wins, of course.
New Zealand (likely): 1 Stephen Fleming (capt), 2 Lou Vincent, 3 Nathan Astle, 4 Scott Styris, 5 Hamish Marshall, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Jeetan Patel.
Pakistan (likely) 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Abdul Razzaq, 8 Kamran Akmal (wk), 9 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, 10 Rao Iftikhar Anjum, 11 Umar Gul.
The Champions Trophy is starting to wind down, and all 8 teams are still alive. None have clinched a semifinal spot yet, and none have been eliminated. That will finally change with today's match. The two remaining matches in Group B are essentially quaterfinal matches, with the winners advancing to the semifinals.
Current standings:
Code:
Group B
P W L NR T Points NRR
New Zealand 2 1 1 - - 2 +0.414
Pakistan 1 1 - - - 2 +0.234
South Africa 2 1 1 - - 2 -0.090
Sri Lanka 3 1 2 - - 2 -0.195
We'll finally have one team eliminated today, and one will advance to the semifinals.
If New Zealand wins: New Zealand will clinch a spot in the semifinals, while Sri Lanka will be eliminated
If Pakistan wins: Pakistan will clinch a spot in the semifinals, while either Sri Lanka or New Zealand will be eliminated, depending on which team has the worse net run rate after today's match.
In this article on cricinfo, Sri Lanka still in with a chance, they take a look at how close New Zealand will have to be if they lose, in order to stay ahead of Sri Lanka. The whole thing would be moot if New Zealand wins, of course.
New Zealand (likely): 1 Stephen Fleming (capt), 2 Lou Vincent, 3 Nathan Astle, 4 Scott Styris, 5 Hamish Marshall, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Jeetan Patel.
Pakistan (likely) 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Abdul Razzaq, 8 Kamran Akmal (wk), 9 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, 10 Rao Iftikhar Anjum, 11 Umar Gul.