1st Semi Final | NZ vs Pak | Sydney, 09 Nov 2022

[trundler]

I am definitely biased against Pakistan. Why would I argue against it ? If Pak win this T20 WC after being nearly eliminated one week ago , cornered Tiger meme would be insufferable on Twitter / Facebook ?

Literally every team in the semis has an atrocious fan base which would be insufferable if their team wins

 

[Sunil1z]

Literally every team in the semis has an atrocious fan base which would be insufferable if their team wins

But our population is much more than ENG/NZ. And I don’t think cricket is no.1 game in either ENG or NZ. So they may troll for few days and forget.
But Miandad six or Misbah scoop is discussed even now.

 

[Prince EWS]

Literally every team in the semis has an atrocious fan base which would be insufferable if their team wins

NZ's fanbase will be even more insufferable if they lose though.

 

[trundler]

NZ's fanbase will be even more insufferable if they lose though.

Skyliner will reappear and that fixes everything though

 

[ankitj]

Literally every team in the semis has an atrocious fan base which would be insufferable if their team wins

We promise to be nice. I will create a thread dedicated to all the good players from other teams who couldn't win.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I'm hoping for either an NZ vs England final or Pakistan vs India final. For whatever reason the other possible WC final combinations don't seem as exciting.

Tbf Pakistan vs India final would be box office, and would be great if Pakistan knocked over India at the MCG.

Nothing with NZ in it is exciting ffs.

 

[ashley bach]

So deep inside even you know that NZ has very less chance tomorrow ?
On Social media many people are saying PAK has got free tickets to final.

If Social media's a good judge of cricket that's great, we're all winners!

 

[Sunil1z]

If Social media's a good judge of cricket that's great, we're all winners!

I mean they aren’t wrong based on past record of NZ against PAK in ICC knockout matches or recent tri-series .
Similarly if SF had been between NZ vs SA/IND then NZ would have started as huge favourites.

 

[Hurricane2]

PEWS can I change my user name to "cornered tiger" just for this match?

 

[Hurricane2]

Cool username bro

Pipe down. You heard SteveNZ since your team has been eliminated you are only allowed to lurk in these T20 world cup semi threads.

 

[Athlai]

This game should have been played tonight under the total lunar eclipse, which as everyone knows is a transformative spiritual event of rare power and importance.

Plus it would have looked really cool having a blood moon over the world's greatest cricket ground while such an important match was going on.

We playing at the Gabba?

 

[Burgey]

We playing at the Gabba?

You should head up there tomorrow and queue for a ticket

 

[Athlai]

I'd definitely have a helluva day

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd definitely have a helluva day

The evil people are already planning their celebrations.

 

[Xuhaib]

For some reason Pak 2009 World championship win goes under the radar even among Pak Fans. I really don't know why as Afridi orchestrated the win and he was a big draw in his playing days.

 

[Hurricane2]

New Zealand have more recent experience in finals/playoffs. That will count for something.

 

[honestbharani]

I'm gonna quote this post back at you every time you try to argue that you don't actually have an irrational hatred of or bias against Pakistan.

It's amazing how the same thing is not visible to you elsewhere

 

[honestbharani]

Literally every team in the semis has an atrocious fan base which would be insufferable if their team wins

Yeah but only 2 of those teams have it to that extent on SM. CW is a different story.

 

[ashley bach]

I mean they aren’t wrong based on past record of NZ against PAK in ICC knockout matches or recent tri-series .
Similarly if SF had been between NZ vs SA/IND then NZ would have started as huge favourites.

Think many of those past knockouts in ICC don't really have much relevance here, and that random tri series final the other day could/should have
been won by the Blackcaps. It's all going to come down to mentality and execution on the day, and although NZ have the players currently with
more finals experience, see this match as pretty much a coin flip.

 

[Moss]

Don’t think NZ have used a sixth bowler at any stage during the first round. In general the bowling has done the business, but you’d hope Neesham is ready for the call if needed. Sodhi/Southee/Ferg are all candidates for an off day.