Black Caps in India
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Well, 285 after that start is probably a bit below par, but then after that massive collapse well above par. It gives Boult something to bowl at anyway... runs on the board can build pressure.
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Ugh. The less said about the bowling and fielding effort, the better. Hat's off to Kohli, after given a life by Taylor, he made us pay hardcore.
@Mokey yep. dropped on 2. finishes 154 not out. even though you finally made some runs ross, that's still -110 for the day.
positives neesham and henry, and despite the dig above taylor finally getting some form back is the most important thing for us really.
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There's nobody back in NZ that comes even close to being as good as Taylor, and as @hydro11 says he's the kind of player that starts slow and accelerates his innings later on - he plans to bat the innings every time which is why he has so many tons.
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps in India:
There's nobody back in NZ that comes even close to being as good as Taylor, and as @hydro11 says he's the kind of player that starts slow and accelerates his innings later on - he plans to bat the innings every time which is why he has so many tons.
which is only good if he actually scores big. admittedly even 40 from 40 is fine. just feels like our middle order let us down massively (again)
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All I have to say about that run chase is we got Kohli'd. Bound to happen at least twice in a 5 match series. Rosco needs to be spanked 152 times by Kane for that.
In other news England just managed to hold off Bangladesh. Bangles went into the final day needing 33 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand... lost by 22. Gutted!
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There were some terrible shots in that middle order - worst was Corianderson who slapped a full toss straight to mid-off. When you're in at 5 in an ODI, you have to be more responsible than that, you're more than powerful enough to punish them in the later overs once set.
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It's a miracle - we've won the toss!!!! Though the Cricinfo commentators are suggesting that with the dew factor, Kane's made a mistake in batting first. Additionally, I'm inclined to think we should have put the Indians in because they prefer to chase.
Apparently we're playing three spinners - Devcich, Santner and Sodhi - Cricinfo is a bit confusing in that they've listed Anderson to play, but are seemingly saying he's not. It would be sensible to bat Neesham at five given recent form.
Let's hope we go better against the Indians than the Cubs did.
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Neesham in for Anderson - but, the really big change is Watling in for Ronchi.
46/0 after 6.
Don't even fucking think about mentioning it!
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6.4 Yadav to Guptill, 1 run, dropped. You wouldn't expect him to take that, but he certainly saved some runs. A slower delivery outside off with no change in direction in the air or off the pitch. Guptill wants to go straight but hits it to mid-kn's left off the inside half of the bat. Mishra dives to his left but parries his one-handed attempt towards long-on.
Can the mods change it so that the word Bones comes up as Fluffybunny!
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80/0 after 10. I have no comment to make about this game at this stage.
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Anderson and Ronchi have been dining out on previous exploits (well Anderson has been) for ages. Nice to see BJ get a chance
@canefan said in Black Caps in India:
Anderson and Ronchi have been dining out on previous exploits (well Anderson has been) for ages. Nice to see BJ get a chance
Ronchi has dined out on his 160 on that junior sized cricket ground for what, 3 years now?
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@canefan said in Black Caps in India:
Anderson and Ronchi have been dining out on previous exploits (well Anderson has been) for ages. Nice to see BJ get a chance
Ronchi has dined out on his 160 on that junior sized cricket ground for what, 3 years now?
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Thank god the Black Cap selectors finally read TSF forums and dumped Ronchi. Hope that muppet never makes it back in.
