Similarities to 2019 are creepy. Pakistan needed to beat Bangladesh by about 300 in their final round robin match to push us out of the semis. Instead we made it and played top seed India.
If we make it, it'll be a remix of the 2015 semis. That time we played South Africa and Australia played India.
@Chris-B I watched that Proteas v India match and I think the conditions plus a combination of inspiration from the birthday boy had more to do with things.
The wicket deteriorated and the ball was hardly coming on to the bat in that second innings.
Fielding was the difference in the end. Aussie got about 20 runs too many.
Yep Mitchell's dropped catch, Sodhi's blunder that's what cost us
Maxwell dropped Ravindra cold.
One of our outfielders completely failed to stop a boundary hit right to them.
Marnus stepped onto the rope taking a catch.
We bowled too many wides - partly due to pressure - and probably pulled up about 20 runs short on our innings.
Read somewhere a year or so back that Devon and Rachin used spend a lot of time practicing together around Wellington cricket, so that may have been a big plus when they got to bat together too.
You’re right but it also includes Tom Blundell. Apparently the three of them get up early and go running together before they all hit the nets. Really helping each refine each other’s weaknesses. Obviously paying off.
I love Conway. Seriously classy player. I just wish we’d got him earlier cos he’s no spring chicken.
Then again, sometimes throwing young fellas into international cricket can fuck with their confidence etc.
Chapman and Mitchell both struggled but Chapman especially had no timing. Was either late or early in his connects. The one he did time came off sweetly but was a lucky one I think as he then lost it again.
Didn’t look like the bowler was causing the problem, he just looked like a struggling club playt
I don't know what they see in Chapman. Never seems to play well with the bat
Joys of one run or one point in sport. Had it been a one wicket loss...! I've occasionally wondered how NZ rugby history would have gone had 2011 finished up 7 - 8 at Eden Park instead.
Or if Merths' late droppie in 1995 had gone over...
