{"id":4184,"date":"2023-11-08T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:24:23","slug":"rain-threatens-new-zealand-vs-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/rain-threatens-new-zealand-vs-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain threatens New Zealand vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup match in Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The weather might disrupt the match that New Zealand must win against Sri Lanka as they look to cement a semifinal spot.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who:<\/strong> New Zealand vs Sri Lanka<\/p>\n\n\n\n When:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, November 9, 2023, 2pm (08:30 GMT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where:<\/strong> M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says his team will \u201cfocus on cricket\u201d when they face a potentially make-or-break ICC Cricket World Cup clash with Sri Lanka, shrugging off fears that rain may return to wash away their semifinal chances at Bengaluru\u2019s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williamson\u2019s team lost a rain-hit match<\/a> at the same venue last weekend against Pakistan despite posting a mammoth 401.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The defeat was a fourth successive loss for the Kiwis, who had won their opening four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand, runners-up in the last two editions of the World Cup, are fourth in the table and need a win on Thursday to push their bid to secure a semifinal spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A washout could open the door for either Pakistan or Afghanistan to leapfrog them and grab the last remaining place in the final four<\/a>. Both teams have the same number of points as New Zealand but are behind on net run rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s lots of things that we can\u2019t control, and the weather is one of those,\u201d Williamson told reporters on the eve of the game against 1996 champions Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the end of the day, our focus will be on the cricket that we want to play and trying to put all our focus and energy into that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n