The equation is simple for New Zealand
No messing about with net run-rates or winning within a certain number of overs, or losing but sneaking in because the margin of defeat was slim
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
No messing about with net run-rates or winning within a certain number of overs, or losing but sneaking in because the margin of defeat was slim. No, all New Zealand need to do to make the semifinals at the Champions Trophy is to beat England tonight, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald.
Winning four straight games to take their second Champions Trophy title, after Kenya 2000, might be beyond them. However this tournament, with its twists and turns, has shown that maybe the anticipated gulfs among the top eight countries - the present West Indies team excepted - aren't as substantial as had been imagined.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo