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Pakistan won against Afghanistan by three wickets to keep their hopes alive for making it to the World Cup semi-finals. In a thrilling win, Pakistan's Imad Wasim helped his side win by scoring 49 runs. Imad's much needed contribution led to Pakistan's win. Imad spoke after the match and said he loves his team. "We're good enough to beat any side on a given day," Imad added.
Pakistan won by 49 runs against South Africa on Sunday at Lord's, England and revived their chances to qualify for the World Cup semifinals. Pakistan's head coach Mickey Arthur spoke after the match and said the team "can beat anybody." We can beat anybody. Whether that's New Zealand, Afghanistan, Bangladesh - our remaining games - or England we showed. We put our three disciplines together we're as good as any team in this competition," Arthur said. The Proteas, on the other hand, got knocked out of the World Cup race after the loss.
South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis spoke after the match with Pakistan. Du Plessis said "it's a little embarrassing" and the team is trying but "it's just not good enough". South Africa's World Cup campaign ended on Sunday at Lord's after Pakistan beat the Proteas by 49 runs. "It's important that the coach, myself, the senior players are the guys that need to front up to this challenge. That's when your players need you the most. So and right now I need to be there for the other players as well." said the South African captain.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson spoke after his side beat South Africa by four wickets in the World Cup clash. Williamson praised South Africa and said they are a 'fantastic side'. "We've had a number of great games against South Africa. They're a fantastic side and obviously a very difficult side to beat", said Williamson in a media interaction post the match. New Zealand remained unbeaten in the ongoing World Cup 2019.
South African cricketer Quinton de Kock says the clash with New Zealand is like "quarter-final". The World Cup match between South Africa and New Zealand is scheduled for Wednesday. South Africa will have to win this match and the remaining matches to stay in the World Cup. The Proteas will have to win matches against Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia. De Kock says the team is pretty chill as of now.
Ahead of the most-awaited match at the Cricket World Cup between India and Pakistan, the latter held net sessions in Manchester. Inclement weather forced the Pakistani side to practice indoors. Persistent rain has proved to be a problem at the tournament with multiple matches being washed out, including Pakistan versus Sri Lanka and India versus New Zealand, recently. Pakistan will be facing India after being defeated by Australia in their last game. India has already won against Australia and South Africa.
South Africa reacted after losing to Bangladesh in their second match in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. South African captain Faf du Plessis said he is gutted by the performance of his team in the last two matches. South Africa lost by 21 runs to Bangladesh after Mashrafe Mortaza's side posed a target of 331.
Team India is gearing up for their first match against South Africa on June 5. India's performance has been mixed during the warm-up matches. On the other hand, South Africa faced a crushing defeat from England in the opening match as the host won by 104 runs. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 started on 30 May.