One team topped the group, the other barely made it, just like it was three decades a 5:01 Uthappa: Split Babar and Rizwan, make Haris open Big picture There are parallels. They may not mean anything, but they're there, if you're the kind of cricket fan who looks for them. And if you're a Pakistan fan, you're always looking for parallels to 1992. Well, here are a couple. New Zealand began their tournament with a big win over Australia. New Zealand topped their group table (yes, there were no groups in 1992, but let's not nitpick), losing only once before the knockouts. New Zealand's No. 4 was, and is, the tournament's leading batter (according to no less an authority than Smart Stats.) And then we come to Pakistan. A Pakistan who were all but out of the tournament, only for forces beyond human comprehension - Qudrat ka Nizam*, you might say - to carry them into the semi-finals. They come there fuelled by pace, left-arm swing, and wristspin, among other thin
