Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s

[Chris]

@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

Why can't our bowlers bowl Yorkers instead of wide length balls?

Not much margin for error on Eden Park, where my 8 year old could even hit a straight 6

Yeah looks like the bowling plan even off pace deliveries are easier to hit straight than square.
Bowling in to the pitch pace on pace off harder hit to square brings the catchers in to play.

[KiwiMurph]

Just like in the test series Jamal bats too low

[KiwiMurph]

Sears needs to learn the art of the slower ball

[Gunner]

Sears with the key wicket of Babar.

If we don’t win from here… with 5 specialist bowlers in the team

[Chris]

Game over

[Gunner]

Congrats Timmy, 150 T20I wickets.

And shit he’s bowled well today

[Gunner]

Oh what a catch from Chapman to end the game.

A well deserved 4for for Southee.

Comfortable in the end, but 2 or 3 overs ago it certainly wasn’t.

[Bones]

@Chris said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@Chris said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

That keeper is a big unit.

He can hit a very big ball Eden Park will not be big enough if he gets going.

Never really got going

Nah too many pies today.

Did I notice that he was unsurprisingly last or absent from the hand shake at the end too? Probably needed a bit of sustenance after all that energy expended.

[KiwiMurph]

Nicely done without Santner. Southee was excellent with the ball. Good stuff in the field.

[Bones]

@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

Oh what a catch from Chapman to end the game

Crazy luck, looked like it was on his fingertips and hitting the ground dropped it into his palm, when you usually see it go the other way.

[MN5]

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[Gunner]

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

This is a much bigger crowd than an ODI at Eden Park will pull these days

I remember the glory days of ODI cricket back in the late 90’s - early 00’s

In was in my late teens/early 20s, we’d pack the shitty little mazda familia full of lads and booze and off we went from Whangarei, to a sold out Eden Park one dayer, to watch Roger Twose belt the living shit out of some sorry bowling attack.

I even dragged the old man along once, when some unknown ginga by the name of Martin Guptill happened to open the batting and score a ton on debut.

Can’t remember if we won that game, but the fullas and I certainly won the day, as the old boy shouted 90% of the piss.

[Chris]

@Bones said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@Chris said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@Chris said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

That keeper is a big unit.

He can hit a very big ball Eden Park will not be big enough if he gets going.

Never really got going

Nah too many pies today.

Did I notice that he was unsurprisingly last or absent from the hand shake at the end too? Probably needed a bit of sustenance after all that energy expended.

Free pies at the end of the game probably

[Duluth]

2nd match, Pakistan choose to bowl first

Santner in and Henry out

Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

[MN5]

Better balanced team. Black Caps will canter home by over a hundred runs.

[Bones]

Did anyone even appeal for a catch there? Why are the umpires bothered if the players aren't? That was bizarre.

[Damo]

@Bones said in Black Caps v Pakistan T20’s:

Did anyone even appeal for a catch there? Why are the umpires bothered if the players aren't? That was bizarre.

Very bizarre. No appeal that I could see.

[nzzp]

things I love:
Aaron Smith's pass
The sound of the ball of Kane's bat

[MN5]

Shit fielding from Babar Azam and another four.

Massive score coming up

[canefan]

Kane walks off, retired hurt