***Official***Match #41- New Zeland vs Sri Lanka - November 9th - Bengaluru (D/N)

[ankitj]

What are we waiting for? Time to create the thread for the much awaited match.

 

[Zinzan]

Maybe locals can convince us otherwise as to how anything except a washout is a possibility based on this photo below apparently taken just over 2 hours ago, with the match just over 24 hrs away.

 

[Sunil1z]

Still chance for a T20 game . No rain at night (Read on Twitter)

 

[ankitj]

Maybe locals can convince us otherwise as to how anything except a washout is a possibility based on this photo below apparently taken just over 2 hours ago, with the match just over 24 hrs away.

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There may have been heavy rain in some parts of Bangalore but where I stay (not near the ground) there's no sign of heavy rains.

Pattern has been sunshine until afternoon then periodic showers. Don't know why this is scheduled to be D/N unlike the NZ-Pak match. We can still get a result, it will be stop-start affair though.

 

[ankitj]

Bangalore sky right now:

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Doing a rain dance as it will be hilarious if they fail to qualify after the start they had.

 

[straw man]

This is it! Foot to the floor.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

We're gonna win the entire comp

 

[ashley bach]

It hasn't rained today and I've just been for a walk around the stadium and can report it's looking quite positive.

 

[ankitj]

No rain until midnight even. If the game was played today we would have got full 100 overs.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I hope NZ can win this , bar this SA game they have been the best competing team in losing causes

 

[centurymaker]

Might be a 30-40 over a side match, possibly even a full 50 over match if weather turns out well.

Conway
Ravindra
Williamson
Mitchell
Latham
Phillips
Chapman
Santner
Jamieson
Boult
Ferguson

 

[Athlai]

Not that I'm concerned or anything. But whats the weather looking like

 

[silentstriker]

Do teams just get 1 point each or is there a reserve option?

 

[silentstriker]

If NZ lose out because of rain, this will be a very rough tourney for them in terms of just being on the wrong end of some serious crap. I feel bad for them, as much as I want a Ind-Pak final for selfish reasons.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

How does it affect our NRR if we time out the entire side for 0?

 

[centurymaker]

Not that I'm concerned or anything. But whats the weather looking like

Might be some rain in the afternoon particularly around start of play. So there might be delays in the 1st innings and most of the over reductions that are gonna happen will happen then.

But after 5 pm local time, it should be pretty much fine. We won't get more than an odd passing shower in the entire rest of the game. So I don't expect to see any major delays in the evening and night. We should be able to get a 40 over a side match since cut off time is probably 11 pm.

If it doesn't rain in the first two hours of the match (2-4pm), we might even get a full 50 over game.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Great to get a photo of the road near the ground and the weather looks good which is a relief, but I thought there'd be more traffic in India and we'd be in a team bus.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

It's a clown car, full of clowns.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Hope NZ wins with a big margin