Match Thread: 1st Semi-Final - New Zealand vs Pakistan

Tournament hosted in Australia

Since it's 1992 version of wct20 So see you all in India for next world cup 🤟🏻

Tournaments after Tournaments are won by bowlers and yet cricket fans keep drooling over batsmen alone

Pak Krickat experts when they don't need to criticize or rant anyone

The Ind vs Pak final has the potential to start a war between two nuclear neighbors!

That's why it won't happen 😏

So this is how the world ends? I'll take it.

Apparently freedom of speech is okay but freedom of speech when it comes to a player's religion isn't?

If any pakistan expert or ex cricketer tells you they knew pak will reach finals.

He shouldn't even be expected to speak English. It's 2022. Surely ICC can afford to hire translators. And him thanking an entity HE believes in shouldn't rile you all up. You are the problem. Not him or his beliefs.

Exactly lmao literally every other sport does this. So weird

Crazy to think Shaheen is not bowling to his best yet . Might just go one notch higher and absolutely wreck the final for the opponent in the Power Play .

Saving it up for the final

Ambani better bring that praying Auntie in knockout. We need all the luck.

As usual low key Ferguson contributing to the opposition nicely

I genuinely didn’t see a single New Zealander mad over this loss in these comments yet they are negative as FUCK. I wonder who the negativity is stemming from…

Pakistan saved their openers for this ?

Wtf was that lol, kadak

Ironically England needs to defeat both India-Pakistan to win the cup

Sunak would prevent that with a simple procedure vote.

why are people malding over him mentioning his God . It's his belief , you don't believe in God good but don't expect everyone to follow your suite same goes for reigious people as well

average reddit mindset. makes me ashamed of being an athiest

When Pak in pressure they lose, Once they come back from pressure, every other team comes under pressure and lose..

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Pakistan just consistently owns NZ in ICC knockouts.

SA 🤝 NZ

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PCB = ICC

Stop crying over what Rizwan believes, it’s pathetic to think he has to defend his faith to anyone else. Weirdos

Can we petition for Mithali Raj to be removed from the studio?

Yes please, we can comment better for free

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Good for them Aus is out

Dread it, run from it… Pakistan arrives at the final all the same after a dreaded start.

Unpredictable Pakistan.

Pakistan came in with that "unstoppable force" type energy into the semis, and we responded like a "movable object".

If there happens to be an India Pakistan final game, there is going to be too much religion, too much nationalism, and little bit of Cricket in the thread.

I can already see the toxicity loading on twitter.

Hope the moderators do something about it. Please don't make a facebook comment section

This subreddit is gonna be unusable with a Pakistan-India final, but I want it to happen now very badly.

Two match threads for each team's supporters. And a third one for the neutrals. You don't get to get too excited in the third one

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L + ratio + don't care + touch some grass

wow you must be feeling pretty euphoric now

I'm an atheist. But, I'd be more than happy if Kohli started chanting Hanuman Chalisa after scoring a ton. Seriously, just stop discussing this stuff period.

Nice pasta

Lay off the crack dawg.

New copy pasta. Not very good though. 4/10.

You love a sad life 🥲

Haris is who we thought Asif Ali would be

If Rizwan said : Hopefully we will win tomorrow

This was not a choke by any metric.

Good game

3 drop catches.

Breaking: There is high probability of toxic rain in Ind vs Pak final on

MCG better be ready with riot gear.

Reddit going to explode!

Kanos: Fielding was OK

Pakistan is winning this no matter who gets in the final. Too good of a fairytale to not win this from here

If we lose tomorrow then no way England is beating this Pakistan team.

To the contrary Eng has a very good T20I record against Pak, 17 wins.

Violence vs Violence

haris a young guy what’s ur rating babar babar: he’s a young guy

Thank you Babar

Are we seeing the 1992 script or 2007 script version of this wct20

1992, host are Aus

Thank God Babar is finally listening to me and talking about utilizing the first 6 overs.

I hope one day to see live translators and captured captioning for interviews in pre and post match presentations

It's possible right now on some phones for some languages

Yes. Not everyone can speak English. Why can't they organize translators?

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Aise harate SA noted, Aise harate NZ noted, But it is not going to help tomorrow Who is going to teach us how to defeat Eng 😬

Writing down.

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Dude we are going to look like clowns if we hype SKY up and he fails.

Sky didn't invent those shots, those are being played since you were born which must be 6-7 years ago.

Funny feeling England v Pakistan ‘92 repeat

Could be CT 2017 repeat? India on finals?

You want Babar in politics too 😅

Feel for NZ here ,dominated group stage to just shit bed in semifinals

Reverse happened to pakistan in the last t20 WC

Pak were more skilful on the night, NZ missed a trick not playing Bracewell since he bowled so well to them in the tri-series. Pace was awful for NZ tonight... no real swing didn't help but Ferguson on a smallish ground was not the play. Lacks the control.

dominate group stage and lost in semifinals is a tale as old as time and is exactly what pakistan did in 2021 wt20 wc.

Pakistan played to full potential to win this semi. Now india has to do the same to set up the blockbuster at the mcg.

So Eng going to win tomorrow to play in final as per 1992 script ?

I know as a country you don't support gay rights, but you just fucked 11 men in front of millions

It was not Kane Williamsons day, they are better feilder and all-rounder than Pak. No disrespect to our NZ bros

Spicy take

We won with 5 balls to spare. Not a thrashing by any means. New Zealand doesn't deserve this disrespect.

Would it be fair to say this match was the most onesided match after Super12? New Zealand never looked like they were winning.

SA - Pak and SA - Bangladesh were much more one sided.

After the new Zealand vs aussie match ofc .

Well boys, security issues resolved.

I am all for personal beliefs but mentioning it 10 times in 15 words sentence ?

nobody said nothing when kohli and pandya mentioned religion after winning the first match lol

What'd he say?

As a Kiwi, I wish Pakistan and India well in the final 😅👀. May the best team succeed on the day.

in other words, f*** poms.

England is a formidable side. It won't be easy to win the semi-final against them. Would be quite the spectacle if the Ind vs Pak final does come to pass, though, particularly with it being essentially a repeat game of that unforgettable MCG clash 3 weeks ago.

It will be England both tomorrow and on Sunday.

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Belief of 'phuck Allah and God'

I’m an athiest and I would never just say ‘Fuck Islam’ and expect no resentment thats just rude and disrespectful. You can disagree in a healthy manner without being a cunt.

Player : I want to thank my parents bla bla bla. Player 2 : No why, fuck parents, fuck his parents. Muh freedom of speech.

It'd be a bit weird to have a go at God if you win lol.

His belief is phuck God? Isn't atheism the belief that he has no belief. Meaning he wouldn't be thanking anyone?

I dont remember rizwan attacking someone elses beliefs.

It's more about mutual respect but you do you man

*sweatin*

Seriously what happens if the reserve day is washed out.

Trophy will be shared? Probably

Share the trophy like the border

If you are talking about IndvsEng match India will qualify for Final since they are table topper. And if reserve day of Final is also washed out both teams will share trophy

team share the wc.

ULTRA MEGA SUPER OVER

India crosses the line as we are group leaders and eng isnt

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Those people would mind it if their own players thanked Allah though

Can someone give Babar two eyebrows ffs

Nah bro. That unibrow dictates the form. Without it, he's not good.

😂😂

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See you guys in the test next month, good luck in the final

UTILIZE FIRST 6 OVERS

Kohli is refusing to play tomorrows game!

What happened?

Think Williamson’s quite selfish innings of zero risk brought this upon NZ.

135 all out without Kanos innings

I think theg got put under serious pressure from multiple run out opportunities, after Conway got our. There was zero aggression for the first 15 overs of the innings.

Bruh still same approach by both babar and rizwan It work sometimes and sometimes it does not :/

The target was 150 not 200, why would you want unnecessary risk

It was different today though...

No facts here sir. You will be soon escorted out by overreacting fans.

share some celebration clips here

Got a feeling it's gonna be Pakistan vs England

Yeah that's how the script has been since 2013. Pakistan at the moment seems like an unstoppable force.

flair does not check out

Likely. Unless India bats first and set a 180+ target

Fuck I hope so

That is one of two possible options yes

same

Need a bilkul jee Urdu interview from Babar.

Dekhiye ji from Rizu as well

Imagine being a cricketer and getting judged on how well you speak English smh

I don’t know why players agree to do it in English. Literally every other sport will give you an interview in the language you are comfortable in. Its so weird. English isn’t the end all be all and it shouldn’t be.

What happened? Was the bowling bad or batting good or both?

Both AND fielding. Babar and Rizzy century, Shaheen back in form. Beautiful scenes.

Now the Indian fans will be stressed out for tomorrow’s match, it’s good to go first

IKR right!

We aren't stressed out since we know we are going to lose

Oh my God! Such a relief.

Thread's gonna go toxic

What did Rizwan say exactly? I didn't watch his post-match interview

He did hard work and was rewarded by God with a win.

He simply said that the guys were harding and performances like these were on the cards.

Summary - Thanked Allah 4 times

we were hardin'

Team had belief Trusted on Allah

So many babies called Babar to be born on this blessed night

to all ill informed icc don't get a single penny less or more if it's ind vs pak or other teams. they sold the broadcasting rights way before the wc started.

NOOOOO

Popularity is infectious. The more popular the final is the more future viewership ICC can expect.

Rights sell for more next time

Ravi shastri is so wholesome in his post match presentations ❤️

Getting 5 pegs early is the key.

Just disappointed how NZ bowling shit the bed in a knockout.

Their fielding and batting shat the bed more imo

I want to see India v/s Pak in the finals just so that Eng don't play Pak for the 100th time this year.

Why does kano sound more Aussie than kiwi?

Aksash Chopra and Irfan both looked like they weren't happy inside.

stressed about the potential India - Pak final I guess

Lol

It's outrageous that Rizwan gets hate for basically saying "thanks to God that we have been able to play so well and win." If our own people think this is preaching, I don't know what path y'all be walking on.

Literally, they can attack his performance but don’t attack the man’s faith. If anything, it is an example to follow.

Imagine making fun of someone's ability to speak a non native language

Aw man Kane looks heartbroken

At least it's semis this time. Could not have had another finals heart break.

Some people here probably think saying "thank god" is a religious sermon

It just translated poorly man that's all.

Did Conway apply butter to his gloves today? Man had no clue what was going on.

All the "Pakistan booked their spot at the airport" memes can fuck themselves