Black Caps v South Africa
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Well done Rossco! Nice hundred. Well done Jimmy, as well.
That looks like a reasonable score on this pitch - it didn't look easy to hit big on that pitch. No sixes.
Hopefully it's a bit more than par and gives us lots of time to pick up the key Jaapies. But - they're the number one team in the world so we might need some luck and a couple of early wickets.
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Good shit Rossco! Gets his hundy and we set a decent target. The SA fielder could have held that catch without hitting the rope but can't fault him playing it safe, good thinking in the moment.
17 tons for Ross - hoping he's got enough gas left in the tank to hit 20!
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289 but only only 4 wickets down.
Instead of laying shit on the black caps, I'll say that it looked like (from cricinfo) that the SA bowling was excellent at restricting runs.
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v South Africa:
289 but only only 4 wickets down.
Instead of laying shit on the black caps, I'll say that it looked like (from cricinfo) that the SA bowling was excellent at restricting runs.
Yeah SA bowled well, lots of variation and plenty of yorkers. Plus they seemed to get the rub of the green when the odd pie got chucked!
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289 but only only 4 wickets down.
Instead of laying shit on the black caps, I'll say that it looked like (from cricinfo) that the SA bowling was excellent at restricting runs.
@MajorRage said in Black Caps v South Africa:
289 but only only 4 wickets down.
Instead of laying shit on the black caps, I'll say that it looked like (from cricinfo) that the SA bowling was excellent at restricting runs.
They missed out on a lot of poor balls in the last 5 overs. I think we probably scored about par.
They missed out on -
Rossco gets a hundred, and increases his scoring rate to get there. Cop that Warner you charlatan...
To those who get to watch, enough? Or the 20 short it feels?
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Neesham's done pretty well with the bat since his return from injury.
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Early wickets will be important as Miller is playing so SA bats much deeper than in game 1.
I'm sure the pitch will quicken up as well under the sun. Sodhi and Santner will be the keys during those middle overs as Tahir was expensive by his standards. Hopefully CdG and Neesham can bowl tightly as well.
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On the plus side, we've got the 5th bowler out the way early today - 20 overs bowled and Neesh/Kane/CdGh have bowled 10 for 46.
We're going to need the specialist spinners to take control - otherwise CdGh is going to have to bowl more.
So far, Ish is not looking unplayable and is getting knocked around pretty easily. 14 off his first two overs.
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Massive wicket. I thought the Saffas were in cruise mode with 2 down and the scoreboard clicking over nicely at above 4.5 an over. But two quick wickets and a couple of fresh batsmen has us back in it. Two dangerous batsmen in here though!
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Love the dartboard design with the mowing.
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Probably is when the opposition have ABdV at the wicket. You've got to get him out or you're going to lose. But this isn't a complete road.
Paying the price a bit for Broom's cheap dismissal - held off our charge for a few more overs and then we didn't get any massive overs to get us over 310.
