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Gary Stead: Black Caps Coach on the forecast and the possibility of reaching the Cricket World Cup semifinals

Published: Nov. 8, 2023, 7:39 p.m.

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A win will all but secure New Zealand a semifinal berth.\\xa0

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Thunderstorms are forecast during the course of the match which starts at 9.30pm.\\xa0

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If the game is called off, the Black Caps would need South Africa to beat Afghanistan tomorrow and England to defeat Pakistan on Saturday to reach the semi-finals.\\xa0

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Coach Gary Stead told Mike Hosking that the forecast is getting better day by day, so he\\u2019s pretty sure they\\u2019ll be able to get some sort of match in.\\xa0

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He said that they know they have to beat Sri Lanka, and if they do that there\\u2019s a good chance they\\u2019ll qualify for the semifinals. \\xa0

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