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India vs New Zealand LIVE Score, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Latest Updates: Hello and welcome to Firstpost’s coverage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 where India play New Zealand in Nottingham today. Stay tuned for latest scores and updates. Trent Bridge, Nottingham Weather Update, India vs New Zealand: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 organisers have had a stiff time with controversies over scheduling, bails that don’t go off , coverage inside the home country , gloves going unchecked and above everything, little cricket to cover all that up. With the washed out game between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on 11 June in Bristol , there have been three matches rained out – an unwanted record in the history of the 50-over event . India take on New Zealand on Thursday in their third match of the Cricket World Cup and weather prediction doesn’t look kind. As per Accuweather, Trent Bridge (West Bridgford in Nottingham) is expected to see variable clouds and showers with the thermometer reading high of 13 degrees Celsius and low of 9 degrees Celsius. The match is not expected to start off as per schedule (10.30 am local or 3 pm IST) with the prediction of showers up until 1 pm local (5.30 pm IST). The rain is expected to die down around this time but only briefly before reappearing an hour later. On the whole, it is expected to be a wet affair with precipitation chances hovering from 49 percent to 64 percent. With matches getting washed out leading to frustration for fans and teams, ICC has defended having no reserve days . “We put men on the moon so why can’t we have a reserve day?” Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes said in frustration. “I know that it would have been difficult, but we have got quite a lot of time in between games, and if we have got to travel a day later, then so be it.” ICC chief executive David Richardson said, “Factoring in a reserve day for every match would significantly increase the length of the tournament and, practically, would be extremely complex to deliver.” “It would impact pitch preparation, team recovery and travel days, accommodation and venue availability, tournament staffing, volunteer and match officials’ availability, broadcast logistics and very importantly the spectators, who in some instances have travelled hours to be at the game.” “Up to 1200 people are on site to deliver a match and everything associated with it including getting it broadcast and a proportion of them are moving around the country so reserve days in the group stage would require a significant uplift in the number of staff.” “There is also no guarantee that the reserve day would be free from rain either.” South-east England received just 2mm of rain in June 2018 but 100mm fell in this week, said the international cricket board further in its defence. Here’s all you need to know about when and where to watch India vs New Zealand match: When will India vs New Zealand match take place? The India vs New Zealand match will take place on 13 June, 2019. Where will the match be played? The India vs New Zealand fixture will be played in Trent Bridge, Nottingham. What time does the match begin? The India vs New Zealand fixture will begin at 3 pm IST, with the toss scheduled at 2.30 pm IST. Which TV channels will broadcast India vs New Zealand match? The match will be telecast on the Star Sports network in both standard as well as HD format, with live streaming on Hotstar. You can also catch the live score and updates on Firstpost.com. India vs New Zealand Full Squads: India Team Players: Rohit Sharma , Shikhar Dhawan (injured), Virat Kohli (c), Vijay Shankar , MS Dhoni (w), Kedar Jadhav , Hardik Pandya , Ravindra Jadeja , Mohammed Shami , Jasprit Bumrah , Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Lokesh Rahul , Dinesh Karthik , Kuldeep Yadav , Yuzvendra Chahal New Zealand Team Players: Colin Munro , Martin Guptill , Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell (w), Ross Taylor , Henry Nicholls , James Neesham , Mitchell Santner , Lockie Ferguson , Trent Boult , Tim Southee , Matt Henry , Colin de Grandhomme , Tom Latham , Ish Sodhi For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, click here With inputs from Agencies.
Highlights, India vs New Zealand, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Full Match Coverage at Nottingham: Match called off, teams share points
Hello and welcome to Firstpost’s coverage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 where India play New Zealand in nOttingham today. Stay tuned for latest scores and updates.
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That’s that. No play possible today and yet another World Cup 2019 match has been abandoned thanks to rain. It will reignite the scheduling debate. Should ICC have kept a day reserve for these games? ICC CEO Dave Richardson had said that keeping in mind the length of the tournament and the human resource involved, it was not practically possible. The argument is not wrong but the washout games have irritated the teams and fans alike. Wonder what is the way out here?
Anyway, we will be back tomorrow for the England vs West Indies contest, set to start at 3 pm (IST). See you then. And wait, two days later, it is India vs Pakistan. Need we say more? So, keep coming back to Firstpost for all the latest score and updates, along with over-by-over updates during the World Cup. Bye-bye.
Alright, folks, the game has been called off. 
Both teams will share one point each.
Umpire Paul Reiffel: The weather’s beating us. We’ve had to call it. Hopefully the weather’s better at Manchester.
Umpire Marais Erasmus: Still very very wet. I’m not sure what the forecast is, but hope for better conditions at Manchester.
Well…
Pitch Inspection now at 7.30 pm (IST) 
Only a matter of time before the two teams share points
T20 contest on the cards?
Not a very happy looking Black Caps dressing room
With all the muddy patches at Trent Bridge at the moment, the ground staff might need some
It’s worth thinking about the ramifications of this match on the points table. A win for New Zealand would see them pull clear of everyone else, up to 8 points from 4 matches in a perfect start. A win for India would mean a three-match perfect streak, level on 6 points with NZ and Australia, but with one more game in hand than both.
If it’s a washout, New Zealand would pull ahead of Australia by one point. But it’s not really an important point because NZ already have such a high net run rate. They’re almost guaranteed to finish above anyone else on equal points. Whereas for a team with a bad run rate, a washout point could be as good as a win. A washout would leave India on 5 points, in third place behind Australia and NZ, but ahead of England.
Watching grounds staff at Trent Bridge is like watching rehearsals for an Olympics Opening Ceremony. Rehearsals in the very early stages. A couple of tarps have come back to cover the bowlers’ run-up area, even though it’s not raining. Maybe they know more than we know. In the meantime, various people are running around dragging thick ropes behind them, but not apparently in any sort of order. No, wait, now they’re pulling the ropes into straight lines.
I have no idea what they’re doing. It would be equally useful if a groundsman sat here for an hour giving commentary on how well I’m writing.
New update from the officials. Next inspection now at 5 pm (IST).
Keep your fingers crossed, people!
These are the skies at Trent Bridge. All the fans are staying under cover and buying food. But we’ll have a pitch inspection at 11:30 UK time.
Latest update is that next pitch inspection will take place at 4 pm IST.
The rains are indeed very annoying
This is not looking good at all.