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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.
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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.
@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?
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Delicious.
Smacked by 400 runs to lose 0-2 at home.
Suffer in your jocks.
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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.
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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.
@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
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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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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.
@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.
What ???????????
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The NZ U19 squad.
Five players with domestic caps have been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2026 ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia. Otago opening batter Tom Jones will captain the 15-strong squad who depart for Africa on January 2.
https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/rising-domestic-stars-set-for-u19-world-cup/
What piqued my interest is Flynn Morey. He was in the NZ Schools rugby team this year, so another who will have to make a decision on which sport to focus on in the future.
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More on Indian teenager sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi:
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He would be a handy club cricketer or twilight cricketer..
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Doug Bracewell retiring from all cricket.
In Boult, Wags, and Southee we ended up with a very decent international pace attack in the later 2010's, Bracewell always has that slight 'what could have been' thought in the back of my mind. Hobart turning out to the be peak in some ways.
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Doug Bracewell retiring from all cricket.
In Boult, Wags, and Southee we ended up with a very decent international pace attack in the later 2010's, Bracewell always has that slight 'what could have been' thought in the back of my mind. Hobart turning out to the be peak in some ways.
@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Doug Bracewell retiring from all cricket.
In Boult, Wags, and Southee we ended up with a very decent international pace attack in the later 2010's, Bracewell always has that slight 'what could have been' thought in the back of my mind. Hobart turning out to the be peak in some ways.
Not in some ways, in EVERY way. One incredible performance at test level which he can dine out on and quite rightly.....I hope he regales everyone who ever accosts him at a pub about that one.
That was a very strong Oz team he knocked over.
Looking at that batting order I can't ever remember McCullum opening in tests, Ryder at three or KW at five.......
Hopefully he enjoys retirement.
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Not good news - Damien Martyn in a coma with meningitis.
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probably too late for you guys last night, but in teh BBL the Hobart Hurricanes had an all time choke job. Situation was, they win, tehy pretty much lock up top spot for finals, they are playing the Heat who can't win outside of Brisbane, and they are chasing, which is a massive massive advantage this year.
And it was going swimmingly, at over 17.5 they were 150 for 4 chasing 161 for the win. Their win chance at tat point was probably 99.999999%
the remaining 13 balls went
wicket
wide
single
wicket
dot
wicket
single
two
dot
single
dot
dot
wicket
singleand somehow the Heat win by 3 runs
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Cricket is such a funny game
Teams can score 650/1 in a test or be rolled for 26
They can be completely in control in a chase like the one above only to totally bottle it. You watch games live and you can visibly see the panic set in and it falls apart
