New Zealand will have to wait for Sri Lanka to beat Pakistan. Or even hope that the Men in Green do not beat Sri Lanka by a big margin to surpass their net run rate (NRR). However, if Pakistan beats Sri Lanka.
For Pakistan, they have to beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin. Only then can Pakistan surpass New Zealand's net run rate of +1.390. It is going to be an exciting encounter on Saturday as we go down to the final-day performances, and the battle to the semi-finals is shaping up to be exciting.
New Zealand's over-reliance on spin let them down
Coming to the match, Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat first. After a very good first over from Jofra Archer, the speedster bowled a maiden. The Black Caps openers, Finn Allen andTim Seifert, started to strike at a good pace from both ends. The former was the aggressor between the two. Seifert, who was struggling a bit, went back in the pavilion after scoring 35 off 25 balls.
Phillips played a knock of 39 off 28 balls, hitting four boundaries and one six. Later on, small contributions from Mark Chapman and Cole McConchie, 15 off 9, and the latter scored 14 off 12, as they closed to a defendable total of 160 runs.
Will Jacks be the saviour for England
Then Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell settled in between for some time from 2/2, they stitched a partnership of 48 runs before the England captain, Harry Brook, was dismissed by Glenn Phillips on the score of 26 off 24 balls. Bethell followed his captain as they were down to 58/4 with Phillips taking a brilliant catch to dismiss the Southpaw.
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