Black Caps tour of India - 2026

[Bones]

Nicholls be arsedeep was not the phrase I thought I would wake up to

[Gunner]

Horror start.
5/2, only 7 balls into it.

[Bovidae]

I might have to switch back and watch the NZ U19s play India USA.

[Donsteppa]

The ship is generally being steadied by Mitchell and Young, but it has had at least one hairy moment between the wickets too.

[booboo]

71/3 at 15 overs is probably evens.

[Gunner]

Mitchell with another 50, the guy can bat.

[Biorealism]

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

He's like a Kiwi David Hussey

Well in some ways but he's a fine test player too, poor old Hussey Jr never even got a shot despite an amazing FC record ( 14K runs @ 52 )

As with most analogies, it isn't perfect

I think you meant Mike Hussey?

[canefan]

@Biorealism said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:

@KiwiPie said in Black Caps tour of India:

Mitchell has really impressed in that tricky number 5 role where you have to play the situation in ODIs. He's prepared to dig in when the top order has failed and either build a decent total when batting first or see it through to the end if batting second. He's built a great international career for someone starting it aged 28.

He's like a Kiwi David Hussey

Well in some ways but he's a fine test player too, poor old Hussey Jr never even got a shot despite an amazing FC record ( 14K runs @ 52 )

As with most analogies, it isn't perfect

I think you meant Mike Hussey?

Yep him too

[1kiwi]

Mitchell notches up another century.

[Gunner]

@Gunner said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:

Mitchell with another 50 100, the guy can bat.

[Godder]

Passable effort, probably has a future...

[Bones]

Phillips hits a massive 6 off an aggressive block.

[canefan]

This is quite a recovery effort. Some teams will be asking themselves why they didn't give Mitch Jr an IPL contract?

[bayimports]

No one has scored more runs against Kuldeep than Mitchell that's also a pretty huge effort, hopefully we dont stuff up the last ten overs

[ARHS]

This is one of best NZ odi partnerships ever seen. Amazing from Mitchell and Phillips

[Gunner]

Incredible performance from Phillips, great 100

[bayimports]

think that's his first 100 too if Im not mistaken? great time to do it

[WoodysRFC]

@bayimports said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:

think that's his first 100 too if Im not mistaken? great time to do it

Second isn't it?

[LABCAT]

Yeah, hes got one already, maybe against Pakistan?

[canefan]

Smithy reckons it's a perfect batting pitch. So 300+ may not be enough. But it's pretty good going after the start we had