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Important point of information: play will resume at 10.30am BST. There is, I’m told, a 20% chance of rain for an hour or so at lunchtime, but that aside we’re all good.
We’re back! There’s unfinished business to be done in Manchester after yesterday’s rain, which mercifully continued just long enough to prevent a potentially ludicrous 20-over Indian run chase being awkwardly squeezed into the evening.
That would certainly have improved New Zealand’s chances of prevailing; this outcome does the opposite. They have to click immediately and seamlessly into top gear this morning as they attempt to turn 211-5 into a defendable total in the space of only 23 balls. In particular Ross Taylor, who had finally started to score fairly freely after a slow start when the rain fell, has to go big from the off.
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Written by Simon Burnton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jul/10/india-v-new-zealand-cricket-world-cup-2019-semi-final-resumes-live under the title “India v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final resumes – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
