The first semifinal of the ICC World Cup 2019 between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford was interrupted by rain on Tuesday, 9 July. And the internet couldn’t help but recall how the league match between the two teams had been abandoned due to the English showers earlier in the tournament.
New Zealand were 211 for five in 46.1 overs when rain stopped play in the first World Cup semifinal, in Manchester. The group stage game between the two teams, which was to be played at Nottingham on 13 June, had been abandoned without a ball being bowled.
New Zealand, after electing to bat, endured a sluggish start before Ross Taylor took the Kiwis past 200-run mark with an unbeaten 67-run knock.
On a difficult pitch, skipper Kane Williamson scored 67 off 95 balls.
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