1st Semi Final - New Zealand v South Africa (24th March)

[smash84]

from CI

5.10pm Just a recap of the playing conditions. We begin losing overs only after an hour's play is lost. In case the match is not completed today, we have a reserve day tomorrow with play resuming from where it stops. If we have lost overs today, and then a further interruption pushes us into tomorrow, the match will continue to be a curtailed one. If over two days we don't get a result, New Zealand will go through by the virtue of having finished higher in the group stages

I must repeat that my stating the playing conditions has nothing to do with the weather conditions right now. This shouldn't be a very long interruption. At any rate if the interruption is long enough to not allow South Africa bat any further, the target for New Zealand is likely to be 264 in 38 overs

 

[vandem]

Can't find the rules on ICC about reserve days and whether they constitute a brand new match, or if partial, at what stage.

Anyone confirm this?

ICC World Cup 2015: A look at how tied and abandoned matches will be decided in the knockout stages

 

[OverratedSanity]

cricinfo saying if SA innings end here NZ will get to chase 264 in 38 overs

That's terrible

 

[Swingpanzee]

cricinfo saying if SA innings end here NZ will get to chase 264 in 38 overs

not very easy but I'll take that any day over the carange we'll likely see if we don't lose overs.

 

[hendrix]

264 in 38 overs, SA will feel robbed

Not really. 264 in 38 overs is much harder than 350 in 50.

 

[hendrix]

not very easy but I'll take that any day over the carange we'll likely see if we don't lose overs.

you're mad.

Take a wicket here and we can bowl them out.

 

[Blakey]

FFS all these people banging on about the game not restarting, need to get real.

There's blue sky looking out towards Eden Park.

They will begin play within 30 mins MAXIMUM

There's plenty of time for AB to carve out a huge beating to the BC's.

 

[Chewie]

Rain was looking like it was easing but it is back. We get a Stan walker performance instead...

 

[GotSpin]

Bah hurry up. 5:15am here. Cant sit around forever

 

[biased indian]

they are 216/3 after 38 overs. They're not even going at 6 an over. To get 350 from here would be absolutely outstanding. They might get to 330 if AB and Faf stay in for the whole innings.

they can easily go at 10 an over ,even if they lose both of them and not get bowled out,..that will make it 336 so 350 is a high probability

 

[nightprowler10]

No way.

Way.

 

[Athlai]

Rain looks like itll pass soon.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not really. 264 in 38 overs is much harder than 350 in 50.

WTF how?

 

[Zinzan]

ICC World Cup 2015: A look at how tied and abandoned matches will be decided in the knockout stages

Thanks, so this is the key criteria.


A reserve day is usually scheduled as a backup option for knockout matches by the ICC in case rain doesn’t allow both teams to bat a minimum of 20 overs each in the match on the scheduled day.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Cricinfo reckons it will be 264 in 38 overs if the rain keeps up.

 

[Contra]

Not really. 264 in 38 overs is much harder than 350 in 50.

Haha what? That's ridiculous, 350 in 50 overs is a lot harder than 264 in 38.

 

[Shri]

Best fielding side in the world.

 

[CricAddict]

Not really. 264 in 38 overs is much harder than 350 in 50.

Really? It is 14 less runs than balls with the 10 wickets needing to bat 12 less overs. You can argue that 264 is a challenge but no way is it harder than 350 in 50.

 

[Pratters]

There are two days. Game should be 50 over each, even if it takes a day more. We have to go by it being a one day, so has to finish in one day stupidity, sigh.

 

[Contra]

Best fielding side in the world.

They take the field on the 26th