Black Caps in India
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Christ - we've lost the toss.....AGAIN!
Are we being cheated? That's five in a row. And the Jaapies lost four in a row in their test series vs India - haven't checked their ODIs if they had them.
At least Kane and Tom are putting together a decent partnership after Guppy fails......again.
@Chris-B. looked it up for ya mate: sth africa won the 5 game ODI series 3-2, every game won by the team winning the toss... they played the ODIs before the tests though, so obviously decided at that point it was better to win the toss from now on...
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@Chris-B. looked it up for ya mate: sth africa won the 5 game ODI series 3-2, every game won by the team winning the toss... they played the ODIs before the tests though, so obviously decided at that point it was better to win the toss from now on...
@reprobate said in Black Caps in India:
@Chris-B. looked it up for ya mate: sth africa won the 5 game ODI series 3-2, every game won by the team winning the toss... they played the ODIs before the tests though, so obviously decided at that point it was better to win the toss from now on...
So the Indians have won nine tosses in a row at home? Aren't the odds of that about 1/500?
I'd usually just accept the statistical anomaly, but since India,Oz and England so brazenly stole cricket, I'd think cheating at the toss would be a mere bagatelle!
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2 times Rosco plays that slog sweep - when he can't get any runs & is in bad form & is trying to magic runs, and when he has 70 odd & is flying & accelerating to a ton.
Alas.. this was the former
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In Kane we trust.
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@gollum It was a mercy killing. Probably should have batted Ronchi at five since Coriander Son isn't exactly in form either.
@Chris-B. said in Black Caps in India:
@gollum It was a mercy killing. Probably should have batted Ronchi at five since Coriander Son isn't exactly in form either.
Luke Ronchi is a fluffybunny who needs to fuck right off. He is well past his use-by date. He brings nothing, and everytime we need him to be reliable the do the right thing, he fucks it up. Every fuckin' time.
I went early on Southee last time, but christ, get him in there.
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@Chris-B. said in Black Caps in India:
@gollum It was a mercy killing. Probably should have batted Ronchi at five since Coriander Son isn't exactly in form either.
Luke Ronchi is a fluffybunny who needs to fuck right off. He is well past his use-by date. He brings nothing, and everytime we need him to be reliable the do the right thing, he fucks it up. Every fuckin' time.
I went early on Southee last time, but christ, get him in there.
Can Devcich go bananas? does he open in T20 for some one.
This is a bloody capitulation. We should've made 300 ffs. -
Can Devcich go bananas? does he open in T20 for some one.
This is a bloody capitulation. We should've made 300 ffs. -
@westcoastie I'm gonna say no.
@Bones this is fuckin' ridiculous. Boy have we been found out on this tour. Bring back BMac
Time to clean out some chaff and find us the following:
a solid, skillful opening batsman (we don't need rip/shit and bust, we need to bat solid)
a Williamson clone.
a wicket keeper.
actual wicket taking bowlers - wheres Milne and McClenaghan?its going to be some lean years...
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@Bones this is fuckin' ridiculous. Boy have we been found out on this tour. Bring back BMac
Time to clean out some chaff and find us the following:
a solid, skillful opening batsman (we don't need rip/shit and bust, we need to bat solid)
a Williamson clone.
a wicket keeper.
actual wicket taking bowlers - wheres Milne and McClenaghan?its going to be some lean years...
@westcoastie said in Black Caps in India:
@Bones this is fuckin' ridiculous. Boy have we been found out on this tour. Bring back BMac
Yeah cause his 30 off 15 balls would have made all the difference...
And to get it we would have dropped Latham. If Baz is there Lathams not.
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Wow. If it weren't for Kane, and his back up Latham, that would be a very, very sad scoreboard. What the fuck is up with Guptill and Taylor? And our middle order sucks. Santner used to be good for 30 odd runs, but he isn't adding much lately either. After some decent form in the tests, Ronchi has gone back to shit. And if Anderson isn't bowling, he shouldn't be in as a batsman.
No pressure Henry and Boult, but help us. You're our only hope.
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Good Lord. Guptill bowling the 41st over in a finely balanced chase:
Wd Wd W Wd 1 1 0 W Wd 0
4 wides and two wickets!
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Great result, and even greater to have Boult back to 100% fitness and bowling quick, I was very worried he would go down as yet another NZ bowler whose career was curtailed by injury. Credit to the medical team for the way they've worked him back to full pace without doing any further damage.
Kane, what can you say, legend. 8th ODI ton and has been out in the 90s six times. No doubt he will overtake everyone in that stat... in saying that Rosco's ODI record is bloody formidable. What the hell has happened to him? I thought the Zimbabwe tour was a great way to get confidence into a confidence player but his form has fallen off a cliff since, to the point he plain looks out of his depth now - that over leading up to his dismissal was tough to watch.
Defending 242 is a hell of an effort, especially after a tough tour so far. Now, if we could just win the bloody toss in the next couple of games we can put this series to bed...
