World Cup Daily: New Zealand all but qualify for semis

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Henry Moeran is alongside Alex Hartley and former New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin as New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets and all but confirm their place in the semi finals of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. Hear the thoughts of player-of-the-match Trent Boult after his 3 wickets helped New Zealand limit Sri Lanka to 171 all out. Plus, both captains, Kusal Mendis and Kane Williamson. Also, hear some of what Glenn Maxwell had to say to Kate Cross & Alex Hartley in an exclusive interview with the No Balls podcast after *that* double-century for Australia against Afghanistan with the all-rounder suffering from cramp.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.7	You're listening to the TMS Podcasts from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:10.5	Hello I'm Henry Moran.
0:11.9	Welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast where New Zealand
0:14.8	have bounced back to put one foot in the semi-finals.
0:18.3	Right then four to win, Phillips on strike. Madys Shankar
0:21.0	bowls, it's a short ball, Phillips, Pauls. It goes for four and New Zealand
0:25.2	are on their way to the World Cup semi-finals. They have beaten Sri Lanka by
0:30.6	five wickets in Bengaluru with the minimum of fuss. They have overhauled a
0:36.0	target of 172 inside the 24th over. To come we'll be hearing from Alex Hartley and former New Zealand all round
0:44.7	at James Franklin, as well as both captains and player-of-the-match Trent Bolt.
0:49.1	You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:54.0	So we all but know our semi-finalists for the
0:57.8	2023 ICC Men's World Cup, the same lineup of
1:01.6	semi-finalists that we saw eight years ago in Australia and
1:05.0	New Zealand. It's a slightly different variation on this occasion. We're going to see India
1:10.1	against New Zealand all but certainly and then Australia against South Africa.
1:15.8	So that is how it is going to shape up at the top of the pile.
1:18.8	And I say we almost know because it is going to take a statistical anomaly something very unusual to happen.
1:26.4	Were Pakistan or Afghanistan to overhaul New Zealand after New Zealand's thumping victory here in
1:31.8	Bengaluru winning by five wickets and
1:34.0	chasing down a target of 172 inside of 24 overs. Let me just lay out exactly
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