This game shaping up like the last game where we gave them 220+ but will that be enough this time? I say 180 maybe enough to pull off the win. How we get there that is the question!
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How much do we need to win this game?
How much do we need to win this game?
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 5:35 PM
@methodic
Chase gave it away. A meek surrender. Will take a herculean performance to get to 200 lead. Realistically 150.
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 6:12 PM
@voiceofreason
How much do we need to win this game?
From what the commentators said, if we win the match, we go above England in fhe WTC
If we lose the match, Pakistan goes above us in the WTC
So I guess it depends on how much value the WTC has to West Indies.
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 6:28 PM
debut: Apr 27, '03
63,142 runs
@imusic
Read it again. Put a comma after need. Mark you, that makes it double important,we set a score we can defend.
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 8:09 PM
@imusic
I believe we should be looking to improve on our standing from the last WTC cycle so yes we should be hoping to get 150 to seal the deal. Anything more than that is a welcome bonus.
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 8:13 PM
@voiceofreason
150 should be enough to win given the fragility of the Pakistani middle and lower order.
Bbut we’re also a bowler, some will say 2 bowlers short with Chase unable / unwilling to turn his arm over.
Tue, Aug 4, '26 at 9:35 PM
@voiceofreason
How much do we need to win this game?
I think 225 to 250.
Anything less is not going to be enough. There are only so many times when the Pakistan lower middle order will fail. Eventually one of these guys are going to fire.
As to how we get to 225, I have faith in the last four wickets with Greaves still there. If King can give us what he did in the first innings I will be content.
The picture looks pretty bleak though.