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[No Quarter]

All over. What India didn't seem to learn from the hiding we gave them, is that if they make pitches so spin friendly, then players like Santner and Harmer become near unplayable. Generally they are not big turners of the ball, but their accuracy makes them difficult to get away. On a pitch like this, they become deadly as that accuracy is combined with turning it sideways which means they bowl a LOT of wicket taking deliveries.

[Chris B.]

@No-Quarter Another bizarrely selected team.

What the hell is Jurel in the team for - batting at 4. He's a wicketkeeper with one modest test century.

Then Pant, who should probably be at 7 - followed by Jadeja, Reddy and Sundar, who all should ideally be at 7 as well.

Have they not got any specialist batsmen?

[mariner4life]

Delicious.

Smacked by 400 runs to lose 0-2 at home.

Suffer in your jocks.

[MN5]

2-0 is good but 3-0 is better. Black Caps did so well.

Considering Cricket is their number one sport, well, more of an obsession its worth pointing out India suck at sport in general.

[Bovidae]

That was a great catch to get the final wicket. It helps that Jansen is so fuckin' tall.

[OomPB]

Record loss for India at home. They discovered Marco Jansen at Potch, now their chief destroyer.

[mariner4life]

late career Virat Kohli ramming home that he is the undisputed best ODI batsman of all time.

ODI hundred number 53, averaging 58 after 307 matches is fucking insane. To put that in perspective, there are only 3 guys that have batted over 200 times in ODI cricket to average 50+, Dhoni at 50, ABdV at 53. And he has 4-5,000 more runs than them, and a lower percentage of not-outs.

Actually, throw in a T20I average of 48, and you can probably call him the best white ball cricketer ever.

[Virgil]

@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:

late career Virat Kohli ramming home that he is the undisputed best ODI batsman of all time.

ODI hundred number 53, averaging 58 after 307 matches is fucking insane. To put that in perspective, there are only 3 guys that have batted over 200 times in ODI cricket to average 50+, Dhoni at 50, ABdV at 53. And he has 4-5,000 more runs than them, and a lower percentage of not-outs.

Actually, throw in a T20I average of 48, and you can probably call him the best white ball cricketer ever.

on top of that it was the 11th time he has scored back to back ODI 100's
guy is def the GOAT of ODI batting
53 x 100s from 295 innings is beyond amazing, i dont think theres anyone comparable in Test cricket with that record.

[MN5]

Viv Richards doesn't compete with Kohlis ridiculous numbers on paper ( well actually a SR of 90 vs 93 is close to be fair ) but I would have loved to have seen how he'd have gone in todays era. Extremely close I'll wager.

[1kiwi]

Few Kiwis picked up at the IPL auction overnight.
Jacob Duffy (Royal Challengers Bangalore) went for $380,000 and Zac Foulkes (Chennai Super Kings) for $143,000)
Rachin Ravindra and Finn Allen are heading to Kolkata Knight Riders, Matt Henry to Chennai Super Kings and Kyle Jamieson to Dehil Capitals. Tim Seifert got picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for $280,000 & Adam Milne to Rajasthan Royals for $460,000 which was above his base price.

Kiwis who went unsold were Conway, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Robinson, Muhammed Abbas, Nathan Smith & Ben Sears.

[MN5]

@1kiwi said in Other Cricket:

Few Kiwis picked up at the IPL auction overnight.
Jacob Duffy (Royal Challengers Bangalore) went for $380,000 and Zac Foulkes (Chennai Super Kings) for $143,000)
Rachin Ravindra and Finn Allen are heading to Kolkata Knight Riders, Matt Henry to Chennai Super Kings and Kyle Jamieson to Dehil Capitals. Tim Seifert got picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for $280,000 & Adam Milne to Rajasthan Royals for $460,000 which was above his base price.

Kiwis who went unsold were Conway, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Robinson, Muhammed Abbas, Nathan Smith & Ben Sears.

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