Black Caps tour of India - 2024

[canefan]

Chapman drops Punt in the deep. Fuck bloody

[Chris B.]

Chapman drops Gill - a bad miss, because India are racing this morning.

Second drop of the innings - which is a change from the earlier games where our fielding was really good - and arguably one of the biggest differences from the efforts of the past couple of years.

[Steven Harris]

@Chris-B it’s a shocker given the quality of catching we have seen from the Black Caps during the series

[canefan]

@Steven-Harris said in Black Caps tour of India:

@Chris-B it’s a shocker given the quality of catching we have seen from the Black Caps during the series

India don't seem to be in the mood to give up more chances. You have to take the chances you are given

[canefan]

Henry drops Gill in the deep now. Both times off Phillips. FFS we are playing to lose right now

[canefan]

Sodhi might have trapped Pant LBW, review pending. This is huge

[canefan]

Gooone

[canefan]

The dropped catch hasn't cost us too much in the end fortunately

[Chris B.]

@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:

The dropped catch hasn't cost us too much in the end fortunately

On paper - but, we've dropped three, so we're going to have to construct 13 dismissals - and all three drops are top 6 batsmen.

It's substandard and a big part of the reason our results have been sliding across all formats.

[MN5]

Only watching via cricinfo…..how come O’Rourke has only bowled two overs ?

[Chris B.]

@MN5 It's a spinners track - there's plenty of assistance.

And if it's anything like yesterday it's hot as hell (looks like a bit more breeze), so the seamers are only going to have two or three over spells I'd guess - if it's worth using them at all.

Mitch Jr looked completely shattered when he was batting.

[Cyclops]

Comprehensive win in that session for India. A lot of hard work needed now to get back into this game. So disappointing to see the catches go down. In low scoring games they matter so much more.

[No Quarter]

We are just keeping ourselves in the game, but we can't let their lead get too high. If it gets above 100 it becomes difficult to set them a competitive total.

[Donsteppa]

Feels like we've been cooked in the heat more than they have in this Test.

[No Quarter]

The spinners are offering up 1 - 2 bad balls per over, relieving the pressure on India. Not quite accurate enough, must be pretty tough in the heat though

[No Quarter]

Huge wicket!! Ajaz with 4 now

[Chris]

This will be difficult we might get rolled here for 150 Game could be over on day 3.

[canefan]

We need to finish them now

[Chris]

Bowling too short and different lines easy runs,

[No Quarter]

Poor over from Sodhi