Black Caps v Ireland

[Canes4life]

Black Caps off to a solid start - 58/0 after 7 overs. Guptill 33 off 23, Allen 23 off 21

[Canes4life]

Finn Allen spoons one in the air, out for 33. NZ 78/1 off 9.2 overs.

[Donsteppa]

Will Young struggles to score and then runs himself out with a desperate attempted single to mid off that was never there. Another unconvincing knock this Northern summer, with 3 from 12.

[Donsteppa]

Latham 30 (26), a good start, but doesn't kick on. He'll need to step up against the decent teams at this rate. 146/3 after 23.1 overs.

Can Henry Nicholls turn his wretched form around?

[Donsteppa]

Nicholls bashes his way back into some form with 79 from 54.

[Donsteppa]

360/6 in the end. At one stage it looked like 380 might have even been on the cards, but consistently high scoring the whole way through the innings. Michael Bracewell once again finishes the innings with a not out.

[nzzp]

Just checked Cricinfo

Ireland 3 down, caps dropping sitters and 98 off 12 overs. Could be a brutal loss from here

[nzzp]

Classic black craps.

Santner goes 6 1 1 W to start the next over.

Need to put pressure on the new man and pray

[Bones]

Fuck you Foster

[nzzp]

Last ball, 2 to tie...

[nzzp]

Ireland get a bye and fall 1 short.

Damn.

Sounded sloppy on Cricinfo

Edit: sloppy by the kiwis

[Bones]

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Ireland:

Ireland get a bye and fall 1 short.

Damn.

Sounded sloppy on Cricinfo

Edit: sloppy by the kiwis

Threw a dodgy feed on for the last 5 minutes and got to the stage where I assumed we'd lose. They had 5 off 3 remaining with 2 wickets and our field had just dropped a catch to go for 4. How do we score 360 and almost lose? To Ireland?

[nzzp]

@Bones Foster.

[Donsteppa]

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

[Bovidae]

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

And save Latham's blushes again.

[Crazy Horse]

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

We are not far off minnow status.

[MN5]

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

We are not far off minnow status.

Yeah the Black Caps ‘depth’ is a contradiction in terms when good players aren’t there

[Donsteppa]

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

We are not far off minnow status.

Yeah the Black Caps ‘depth’ is a contradiction in terms when good players aren’t there

Our rest and rotation policy assumes a depth that isn't there. And apparently gives the IPL franchises priority...

[Crucial]

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v Ireland:

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:

So a convincing three - nil series thrashing of Ireland by one wicket, three wickets, and by one run...

We are not far off minnow status.

Yeah the Black Caps ‘depth’ is a contradiction in terms when good players aren’t there

Our rest and rotation policy assumes a depth that isn't there. And apparently gives the IPL franchises priority...

If not priority to IPL it's priority to the players having to rest after IPL

[Bones]

Just look at what Foster has done to the BC's resolve. Yuck.