Black Caps v Pakistan
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What's the go from here? Forecast is no rain tomorrow, but some rain on Thursday (Day 5), so do we just gun it and put them in with a 300 lead? Or just bat sensibly to make the lead impossibly massive?
@Godder said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
What's the go from here? Forecast is no rain tomorrow, but some rain on Thursday (Day 5), so do we just gun it and put them in with a 300 lead? Or just bat sensibly to make the lead impossibly massive?
Have a swing until tea I reckon.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Godder said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
500 up, lead is past 200.
I don't buy the "nobody showed us how to convert 50s to 100s", sounds like poppycock to me. Cricketers are very stats-obsessed, no way were they especially satisfied with 70s and 80s.
Sorry mate, but it ain't poppycock. I witnessed it first hand.
I believe they said it, I just don't think it deserves to be a thing. The Black Caps before them all knew the value of centuries and crease occupation, and his conversion rate is one of the reasons Crowe is so revered (17 centuries, 18 50s).
@Godder said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Godder said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
500 up, lead is past 200.
I don't buy the "nobody showed us how to convert 50s to 100s", sounds like poppycock to me. Cricketers are very stats-obsessed, no way were they especially satisfied with 70s and 80s.
Sorry mate, but it ain't poppycock. I witnessed it first hand.
I believe they said it, I just don't think it deserves to be a thing. The Black Caps before them all knew the value of centuries and crease occupation, and his conversion rate is one of the reasons Crowe is so revered (17 centuries, 18 50s).
I remember Crowe's footwork being amazing, and he played in an era of great fast bowling
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Kane brings up his 4th double tonne, what a champ!
And in typical fashion no big fuss, a couple of waves of the bat then uses it to lean on waiting for the game to resume.
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Kane brings up his 4th double tonne, what a champ!
And in typical fashion no big fuss, a couple of waves of the bat then uses it to lean on waiting for the game to resume.
Ice water in the veins...
This must be terribly morale-sapping for the Pakistanis, get what looks like a competitive score on day 1, have the BCs at 71/3, then the BCs put on 150 and 200 and now the game is basically gone.
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I'd love to know watling's average when he comes in with less than 150 vs more than 300. He's the polar opposite of a flat track bully. Only scores runs in the toughest conditions. Combined that with being a super reliable keeper and he's low key one of the most important players in the team.
@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I'd love to know watling's average when he comes in with less than 150 vs more than 300. He's the polar opposite of a flat track bully. Only scores runs in the toughest conditions. Combined that with being a super reliable keeper and he's low key one of the most important players in the team.
I called it early. He only succeeds in a crisis.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Kane Williamson has been going ok lately huh ?
Averaging 200 over a summer is nothing to be sneezed at
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Was that another dropped catch?
Got it on silent (at work), so can't hear what the comms are saying.
Either way, Rizwan has been shite behind the stumps.
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Was that another dropped catch?
Got it on silent (at work), so can't hear what the comms are saying.
Either way, Rizwan has been shite behind the stumps.
Nothing in the cricinfo commentary to suggest a drop.
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Was that another dropped catch?
Got it on silent (at work), so can't hear what the comms are saying.
Either way, Rizwan has been shite behind the stumps.
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Was that another dropped catch?
Got it on silent (at work), so can't hear what the comms are saying.
Either way, Rizwan has been shite behind the stumps.
nope, no edge on it. Moved after it pitched tho
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Fleming is better than McCullum probably due to the fact he's a lot further removed from this team.
McCullum would have played with almost all of this team.
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Fleming is better than McCullum probably due to the fact he's a lot further removed from this team.
McCullum would have played with almost all of this team.
Wasn't he batting coach not so long ago?
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Iāve decided Kane should be selfish and go for the triple. Still aaaages left in this game to get 10 wickets.
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@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Fleming is better than McCullum probably due to the fact he's a lot further removed from this team.
McCullum would have played with almost all of this team.
Wasn't he batting coach not so long ago?
@booboo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Fleming is better than McCullum probably due to the fact he's a lot further removed from this team.
McCullum would have played with almost all of this team.
Wasn't he batting coach not so long ago?
And he just mentions that he was and worked with Kane etc
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@Hooroo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I quite like the commentary team. I like the analysis they're doing. Good to hear from an NZ perspective because I reckon it's been missing in the past. I would have liked it when I was young and taking my cricket seriously.
Same here. I like Craig too as a comms guy. Just feel he is having a out of sorts day today.
Iām not a huge fan of Gladiatorās work in the commentary. I reckon he criticises too much. I donāt mind critical analysis and things being called out when appropriate, but he tends to heap on.
Fleming and Baz are very good.
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Hooroo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I quite like the commentary team. I like the analysis they're doing. Good to hear from an NZ perspective because I reckon it's been missing in the past. I would have liked it when I was young and taking my cricket seriously.
Same here. I like Craig too as a comms guy. Just feel he is having a out of sorts day today.
Iām not a huge fan of Gladiatorās work in the commentary. I reckon he criticises too much. I donāt mind critical analysis and things being called out when appropriate, but he tends to heap on.
Fleming and Baz are very good.
With you on all of that.
The banter from Fleming and Baz is bloody good. The list of most double centuries was funny when Baz said I've only got 3 (he has 4 on the list I think).
