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After New Zealand’s 5-wicket win over Sri Lanka, the door to the semi-finals is all but closed for Pakistan. However, former fast bowler Wasim Akram has described a unique way for his team to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan’s last match of the league stage is against defending champions England. Akram says that if the Pakistan team locks England’s dressing room, all its players will be out due to ‘time out’ and Pakistan will win the match and reach the semi-finals. However, he said this in jest.
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Pakistan will need to beat defending champions England by at least 287 runs to overtake New Zealand in terms of net run rate, while the team will need to win the match with 284 balls to spare if they are to chase down the target. Both these tasks are impossible for Pakistan.
In such a situation, after the New Zealand and Sri Lanka match, Wasim Akram asked a TV channel anchor to lock the England dressing room before the start of the show. The anchor later aired the incident.
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According to the anchor, Wasim Akram said, ‘Pakistan should bat first and make any score. He then locks out the England dressing room and wins the match within 20 minutes, taking everyone’s time out. This will increase the average and also win matches.
Let us tell you that after registering a win against Sri Lanka, New Zealand’s net run rate has become +0.743, while Pakistan’s net run rate is +0.036. However, Afghanistan are also in the race for the semi-finals, with a net run rate of -0.338. Afghanistan need to beat South Africa by 438 runs if they want to enter the semi-finals.