Black Caps - Bangladesh tour 2021
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Reckon this outfield is mown to even up the fielding differences in the two sides - big ridges everywhere
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@labcat said in Black Caps vs Bangladesh:
I think this has to be CdG's last tour. He has done well as a Black Cap but looks like his time is over.
Yep, on this tour his batting is poor, his fielding is average, and if he's not bowling, there's no point.
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Patel ripping through the bangbros lineup here. 43-6 in the 9th
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59-7 after 14. Hard to see them coming back from here.
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Nailed em
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@delicatessen said in Black Caps vs Bangladesh:
Nailed em
well done sticking it out to the end.
Winning a game there isn't a bad effort at all - and arguably we should have had a crack at the last one too. Wonder if they had a week on the pitches before the first match how we would have gone
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@nzzp said in Black Caps vs Bangladesh:
@delicatessen said in Black Caps vs Bangladesh:
Nailed em
well done sticking it out to the end.
Winning a game there isn't a bad effort at all - and arguably we should have had a crack at the last one too. Wonder if they had a week on the pitches before the first match how we would have gone
Yeah sorry that was all the analysis I could come up with in the early hours....
Yup I reckon you're right. Don't think we should underestimate the loss of Finn Allen for those first two matches though. Although he got out fairly early, just seeing him playing good, assured cricket shots against the Bangladeshi spinners seemed like it did the rest of our batsmen a world of good. It showed us there was a way to bat sensibly without being too conservative.
All 3 spinners bowled some lovely balls, and deserved everything they got. Have to admit they all got away with almost all of their loose deliveries though. Mushfiqur in particular just couldn't take advantage.
Reckon the last 2 should be much closer, and this makes for a far more interesting series than if our A team had gone over there with some proper prep and smashed em.
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That game worked out much better than the first two. It's a sign of middle age where once I could watch the games all night, now I involuntarily fell asleep with three wickets left to win...
Thought that was a much better balanced team selection last night too, even with some of the lower order batting not needed.
