Cricket: NZ vs England
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Bovidae said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Poor crowd, poor venue.
Should have played at the BasinThe Basin only has a capacity of 6.5K at the moment.
Museum Stand almost back open though.
They got around 10K, which wouldn't have fit at the Basin as of today. I'm sure NZC was hoping for a bigger crowd but I wouldn't pay $60 either.
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
They would have backed themselves to get a bigger crowd. However, $60 for a T20 is sort of taking the piss. That is expensive, even though you can get 20% off.
I think they are pricing themsleves out of the market. I was tempted to head along to Eden Park with my lad, but I don't love T20 cricket, and at $80 bucks he's got to be super keen. He's ambivalent - prefers playing to watching. So not going.
Would spend more on Tests and ODI, but realise I'm a minority. Such is life
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I paid $60 to go to the T20 here on Christchurch, was a full house so the market was obviously willing to pay it. Was a decent game, although we never got out of second gear and England won easily enough. Good to see us win yesterday to keep the series even.
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and Munro cheaply again
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CdG is so dangerous in this format.
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Taylor just isnt a great T20 batsmen.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Taylor just isnt a great T20 batsmen.
I hope he proves me wrong today.I'm his number one fan but agree. He reinvented himself as a world class test and ODI batsmen. His days of smashing it around the ground like he did when he first came on the scene appear to be long behind him.
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The issue is that he has the talent, and the intent, but it just hasnt clicked thus far.
You can see him trying to up the momentum, but it is almost like his cricket instincts fight the T20 smashing. -
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
The issue is that he has the talent, and the intent, but it just hasnt clicked thus far.
You can see him trying to up the momentum, but it is almost like his cricket instincts fight the T20 smashing.Well he is no Shane Watson, that is for sure....
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
The issue is that he has the talent, and the intent, but it just hasnt clicked thus far.
You can see him trying to up the momentum, but it is almost like his cricket instincts fight the T20 smashing.Yeah, that's what I meant - it's like he trained most of his attacking instincts out of himself to become a world class test player, and struggles to get them back when in T20 mode.
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Good win - thought 180 would be enough with England fielding lots of rookies, but it probably shouldn't have been with Morgan and Vince together at 139/3.
One thing that was notable at the start was they put up the various ages of the players - England trying all sorts of newbies, but of our guys:
Rossco 35
Guppy 33
CdG 33
Munro nearly 33
Timmy nearly 31We need to start blooding some new batsmen.
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I'm thinking at 52 and having had 2 cortisone injections for my bad shoulder this morning, I could bowl better than Tickner today
