New Zealand vs Pakistan, Cricket World Cup 2019 LIVE score
Venue: Edgbaston
Date: Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
Start: 10:30am BST
New Zealand can seal a place in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals with a win against Pakistan today.
The unbeaten Black Caps have 11 points from six games; seventh-place Pakistan have five points with an outside chance of advancing.
The two teams have history at the World Cup. Pakistan are hoping for a repeat of 1992 when they endured a poor start, before going on to win the title after beating New Zealand in the semi-finals with future prime minister, Imran Khan, hitting 44.
Reaching the last four has become commonplace for the Kiwis with other semi-final appearances in 1975, '79, '99 (against Pakistan), 2007, '11 and '15. They finally broke a hoodoo last time around to advance for the first time to the final, but then lost to co-host Australia.
Pakistan's lineup knows any realistic hopes of making the last four would end with a defeat: a key challenge for them will be claiming No. 3 Kane Williamson cheaply.
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| Pos | Team | P | W | L | T/A | Net RR | Pts |
| 1 | New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | +0.906 | 12 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +0.849 | 10 |
| 3 | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +0.809 | 9 |
| 4 | England | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +1.051 | 8 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -0.133 | 7 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1.119 | 6 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1.265 | 5 |
| 8 | West Indies | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +0.190 | 3 |
| 9 | South Africa | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -0.324 | 3 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1.634 | 0 |
