CWC Semi Final - Black Caps v India
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@Mokey said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
We need to get these two out. Especially Dhoni. He could easily take it away from us. 6.5 an over is easy.
They just need to avoid death by singles and twos with Dhoni pushing the gaps. That's the only way I can see them doing it (which might be a good argument for Kane to bowl a couple here)
No way scoring 6.5 an over the traditional way expecting a boundary every 6-8 balls is going to be possible on this deck. Everyone who has tried to push the pace has looked average.
@rotated said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Mokey said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
We need to get these two out. Especially Dhoni. He could easily take it away from us. 6.5 an over is easy.
They just need to avoid death by singles and twos with Dhoni pushing the gaps. That's the only way I can see them doing it (which might be a good argument for Kane to bowl a couple here)
No way scoring 6.5 an over the traditional way expecting a boundary every 6-8 balls is going to be possible on this deck. Everyone who has tried to push the pace has looked average.
Dhoni's tactics later in his career has been to take it deep and then try and hit them home at 10s and 12s to finish. He's too old to push ones and twos like he used to.
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blimmen Santner, 5 overs, 5 for 1. c'mon BC's
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@canefan or CDG
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I think India's plan is to get to 40 overs needing 8-9 an over and back set batsmen to make the push. Good plan actually. RR is fine as long as they don't lose more wickets for the next 12 overs.
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
I think India's plan is to get to 40 overs needing 8-9 an over and back set batsmen to make the push. Good plan actually. RR is fine as long as they don't lose more wickets for the next 12 overs.
Of course it's good Williamson and Taylor gave them the blueprint - although the interlude didn't help the final surge I suspect many including the Indian batsman thought NZ were making the pitch look worse that it was.
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Well India need 148 from 20, which was the possible D/L total if the rain had come.
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I can't stress enough how fucking good this spell from Santner has been!
Edit - I need to tag @MN5 in this post.
