re: Official 2015 Cricket™ World Cup thread (AUSTRALIA wins 5th World Cup!)

I think NZ are in trouble here if they don't pick up a wicket soon. Their 5th bowler has to bowl 6 out of the last 16 overs. AB deVilliers (the best finisher in the game) is looking in ominous form. SA can easily score 12-15 runs per over from here to the end. Anything over 300 will be hard to chase for NZ in a high pressure match like this.

RAIN STOPPAGE!
5.10pm Just a recap of the playing conditions. We begin losing overs only after an hour's play is lost. In case the match is not completed today, we have a reserve day tomorrow with play resuming from where it stops. If we have lost overs today, and then a further interruption pushes us into tomorrow, the match will continue to be a curtailed one. If over two days we don't get a result, New Zealand will go through by the virtue of having finished higher in the group stages

I must repeat that my stating the playing conditions has nothing to do with the weather conditions right now. This shouldn't be a very long interruption. At any rate if the interruption is long enough to not allow South Africa bat any further, the target for New Zealand is likely to be 264 in 38 overs.