India vs New Zealand World Cup result: Thrilling semi-final goes down to the wire
The two met at Old Trafford on the reserve day after play was postponed for rain on Tuesday
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Your support makes all the difference.New Zealand are into the World Cup final after a thrilling win over India.
The Kiwis posted 239 following Tuesday's rain delay and looked destined to cruise home when they removed Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli with the new ball. But a brilliant fightback from Ravi Jadeja and MS Dhoni saw India roar back into it before Trent Boult's saw off Jadeja before Dhoni was run out in dramatic fashion at the death.
New Zealand will now face either England or Australia in Sunday's showpiece.
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While we wait for the situation to be clarified at Old Trafford, some news from the Australia camp ahead of their semi-final with England.
They have shuffled their squad around in the last week-or-so with a couple of stricken batsmen struggling, and it sounds like Peter Handscomb will play in Usman Khawaja's stead, with Steve Smith pushed up to three and Handscomb slotting into the middle order. Handscomb has been in very decent touch with the Australia 'A' side, who have been in the UK for the last couple of weeks and are currently engaged in a red-ball fixture against Sussex at lovely Arundel.
Co-opting this information from ESPN Cricinfo, so direct your complaints there if this proves to be incorrect, but their understanding of the situation is thus:
"We understand that if the match fails to start by 1835 local time (for a 20-over game) then it will be deferred to tomorrow. And for that to happen the rain has to ideally stop by 1730."
If that is correct, the pitter patter needs to peter out in the next half hour.
The rain has stopped, and the covers are coming off at Old Trafford!
The umpires walk out for an initial inspection. Apparently there are puddles of water on the outfield, before you get too excited, but hope yet of completing a truncated affair this evening.
The umpires have wandered into the Indian dressing room for a chat. You'd imagine they'd be favouring taking this to tomorrow and getting a 50-over game in with New Zealand perhaps under par. A chase of 148 in 20 overs this evening might be tricky.
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