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Monday, June 7, 1999. World Cup Edition No. 22

IN THIS EDITION:

* Match Report * Magic Moment (not) * Full scorecard * Super Six Points Table * Tuesday's fixture

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RAIN'S DAMP BLANKET HITS SUPER SIX

By Trevor Chesterfield

New Zealand were delivered the nastiest yorker of the World Cup yesterday with the untimely intervention of the British summer at Headingley in Leeds, and with the long-range forecast equally unsettled rain may yet cause further havoc in the Super six stage.

Any casual glance at the forecast yesterday showed that low temperatures, rain and the promise of more to come with equal dampening affect, are spreading across the British Isles suggesting games over the next three days are going to get the same treatment as did the Kiwis and Zimbabwe.

The match was abandoned, giving the sides a point apiece and threw up any number of interesting semi-final qualifying permutations.

If the weather forecast is as reliable as Inzamam-ul-Haq's call for a single, the murky gloom and damp conditions which have hovered over England since the warm up matches started a month ago will remain.

A far from pleasant thought for those who anticipated some sunshine, and temperatures in keeping with what is known as summer at some stage of the tournament.

What it all means is that Zimbabwe, now heading the table, are almost certain of a semi-final place thanks to the vagaries of the unsettled summer conditions while New Zealand, Australia and India puddle around in the mud patches left by the bowlers in their run ups and trying to scrape their way into one of the two remaining places.

And you thought it was going to be a doddle?

Wins over Pakistan at Old Trafford today and New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Saturday might allow India through, even if their run rate is a bit shaky.

Australia have to win one of their two remaining Super six games to give them an outside chance.

Winning both will get them through. They play Zimbabwe at Lord's tomorrow and South Africa in Headingley on Sunday; defeat in either game could drown their hopes if their run rate is lagging. A tricky one indeed.

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(NOT A) MAGIC MOMENT

It rained.

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SCORECARD

ODI # 1475 ICC World Cup, 1999, 3rd Super Six Match New Zealand v Zimbabwe Headingley, Leeds 6,7 June 1999 (50-over match)

Result: No result Points: 1 point each

Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) TV Umpire: RE Koertzen (SA) Match Referee: PJP Burge (Aus) Man of the Match: No award

Close of Play: Day 1: Zimbabwe 175, New Zealand 70/3 (Fleming 9*, Twose 0*, 15 ov)

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 NC Johnson b Allott 25 32 5 0 GW Flower run out (Horne) 1 9 0 0 MW Goodwin c Parore b Harris 57 90 6 0 +A Flower c McMillan b Allott 0 2 0 0 *ADR Campbell c Nash b Larsen 40 101 2 0 GJ Whittall c Astle b Allott 21 34 1 0 SV Carlisle c McMillan b Astle 2 11 0 0 HH Streak b Cairns 4 13 0 0 AR Whittall c Astle b Cairns 3 6 0 0 HK Olonga not out 1 1 0 0 AG Huckle c Twose b Cairns 0 1 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 3, nb 3) 21 Total (all out, 49.3 overs) 175

FoW: 1-10 (GW Flower, 2.5 ov), 2-35 (Johnson, 8.5 ov), 3-45 (A Flower, 10.1 ov), 4-136 (Goodwin, 36.3 ov), 5-148 (Campbell, 41.4 ov), 6-154 (Carlisle, 44.5 ov), 7-163 (Streak, 47.2 ov), 8-174 (GJ Whittall, 48.6 ov), 9-174 (Huckle, 49.1 ov), 10-175 (AR Whittall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Allott 10 1 24 3 (1nb) Nash 10 2 48 0 (1nb) Larsen 10 0 27 1 Cairns 6.3 2 24 3 (1nb, 3w) Harris 4 0 12 1 Astle 9 0 25 1

New Zealand innings (target: 176 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 MJ Horne lbw b GJ Whittall 35 35 6 0 NJ Astle c Streak b Olonga 20 28 4 0 CD McMillan lbw b Streak 1 9 0 0 *SP Fleming not out 9 17 1 0 RG Twose not out 0 5 0 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 4) 5 Total (3 wickets, 15 overs) 70

To Bat: CL Cairns, +AC Parore, CZ Harris, GR Larsen, DJ Nash, GI Allott.

FoW: 1-58 (Horne, 8.6 ov), 2-59 (Astle, 9.6 ov), 3-65 (McMillan, 12.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Johnson 3 0 21 0 (1nb) Streak 5 0 25 1 GJ Whittall 3 0 9 1 Olonga 4 1 14 1 (3nb)

Reserve match referee: CW Smith (WI) 4th (reserve) umpire: JC Balderstone Rain stopped play from 11:32am to 2:00pm. An early lunch break was taken during this time. Zimbabwe at this stage were 47/3 off 10.4 overs. MW Goodwin 50 off 83 balls, 5x4 0x6 Rain made a further interruption to play from 3:39pm to 4:45pm. Zimbabwe were 134/3 off 36 overs. Bad light then stopped play at 7:06pm. The umpires called off play at 7:30 and play would continue on the reserve day. No play possible on the reserve day due to rain, match abandoned at 4:30pm

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World Cup 1999 Super Six Points Table:

P W L NR T Pts Net-RR For Aga Zimbabwe 3 2 - 1 - 5 +0.329 485/100 434/96 South Africa 3 2 1 - - 4 -0.196 660/146.2 706/150 Pakistan 3 2 1 - - 4 +0.442 764/150 693/149 New Zealand 3 1 1 1 - 3 -0.404 421/95.2 482/100 Australia 3 1 2 - - 2 +0.291 760/150 694/145.2 India 3 - 3 - - 0 -0.506 707/146 788/147.2

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WORLD CUP - TUESDAY'S FIXTURES:

Super Six Stage: Tuesday, June 8 - India v Pakistan at Old Trafford

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