Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

Crazy Horse

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booboo

@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Devon player of the series. What an introduction to the test cricketing world

Was he? Good. Google told me it was Burns.

No Quarter

@booboo said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Devon player of the series. What an introduction to the test cricketing world

Was he? Good. Google told me it was Burns.

Each team selected their own player of the series

Siam

A few minor changes for the final.

India and New Zealand will be crowned joint winners of the inaugural World Test Championship in case the final ends in a draw or a tie, the ICC confirmed on Friday. And while there is a reserve day, it will come into play only if time lost during the five regular days - June 18 to 22 - is not made up on those days. The ICC has also announced that the match will be played using Grade 1 Dukes balls.

New changes to be implemented
The final will be played with the recent changes to international playing conditions implemented - they are in effect in the ongoing Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka series too.
The third umpire will automatically review all calls of short runs by on-field umpires and communicate the decision to the field umpire before the next ball is bowled.
Before reviewing an lbw decision, the fielding captain or the dismissed batter can check with the on-field umpires whether they thought a genuine attempt was made to play the ball.
For lbw reviews, the height margin of the wicket zone has been lifted to the top of the stumps to ensure the same umpire's call margin around the stumps for both height and width.

Virgil

Back to where we belong...

Virgil

..also England next week when the WTC Final is on...

MN5

@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

..also England next week when the WTC Final is on...

Even if they hammered us this would still be the case. This meme could have been shared months ago

canefan

@no-quarter said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@booboo said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Devon player of the series. What an introduction to the test cricketing world

Was he? Good. Google told me it was Burns.

Each team selected their own player of the series

The opposing coaches selected each other's player of the team of the series. Devon was overall winner

Crucial

Celebrations well deserved but time to get nervous just a little now.

All of our bats have shown some frailty in these tests. Hopefully just down to rust for some.

All in front of us now and time to pick the XI for the final. I have to write this down to get my ducks in a row.

Locked in, No question (9 players).

Latham
Conway
KW
Taylor
Nicholls
Boult
Southee
Wagner
Watling

So 2 spots for

CdG
or Mitchell

Santner
or Patel

Jamieson
or Henry

3 into 2 doesn't go so decisions are

Pitch dependent
4 quicks and an 'all-rounder'?
3 quicks, a spinner and an allrounder?

Or the oddball
4 quicks and a spinner

I think we can ignore the last one.

CDG will have the running over Mitchell
Jamieson over Henry
and sadly Santner over Patel.

I can see the logic of a spinner if they think the game will go 5 days but if that's the case would rather not Santner.
I am thinking that the decision may come right down to the toss. If India bat first go all in with pace. If we are going to bat first please, please pick Patel.

MN5

@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Celebrations well deserved but time to get nervous just a little now.

All of our bats have shown some frailty in these tests. Hopefully just down to rust for some.

All in front of us now and time to pick the XI for the final. I have to write this down to get my ducks in a row.

Locked in, No question (9 players).

Blundell
Conway
KW
Taylor
Nicholls
Boult
Southee
Wagner
Watling

So 2 spots for

CdG
or Mitchell

Santner
or Patel

Jamieson
or Henry

3 into 2 doesn't go so decisions are

Pitch dependent
4 quicks and an 'all-rounder'?
3 quicks, a spinner and an allrounder?

Or the oddball
4 quicks and a spinner

I think we can ignore the last one.

CDG will have the running over Mitchell
Jamieson over Henry
and sadly Santner over Patel.

I can see the logic of a spinner if they think the game will go 5 days but if that's the case would rather not Santner.
I am thinking that the decision may come right down to the toss. If India bat first go all in with pace. If we are going to bat first please, please pick Patel.

Poor Latham, from a captain hitting the winning runs to not even in the frame.

Bovidae

About the pitch for the final:

"Pitch preparation for this Test is a little simpler as we are a neutral venue, we are guided by the ICC, but we all want is a good pitch that offers an even contest between the teams."
"For me personally I just want to get something out that has some pace, bounce and carry in the pitch. It can be a hard thing to do in England as the weather doesn't help us most of the time, but the forecast in the build-up is good with a lot of sun, so we are hopeful that we'll get some pace and a hard pitch without over-rolling it and killing it.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-pitch-ind-vs-nz-southampton-curator-aims-for-pace-bounce-and-carry-1266382

Crucial

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Celebrations well deserved but time to get nervous just a little now.

All of our bats have shown some frailty in these tests. Hopefully just down to rust for some.

All in front of us now and time to pick the XI for the final. I have to write this down to get my ducks in a row.

Locked in, No question (9 players).

Blundell
Conway
KW
Taylor
Nicholls
Boult
Southee
Wagner
Watling

So 2 spots for

CdG
or Mitchell

Santner
or Patel

Jamieson
or Henry

3 into 2 doesn't go so decisions are

Pitch dependent
4 quicks and an 'all-rounder'?
3 quicks, a spinner and an allrounder?

Or the oddball
4 quicks and a spinner

I think we can ignore the last one.

CDG will have the running over Mitchell
Jamieson over Henry
and sadly Santner over Patel.

I can see the logic of a spinner if they think the game will go 5 days but if that's the case would rather not Santner.
I am thinking that the decision may come right down to the toss. If India bat first go all in with pace. If we are going to bat first please, please pick Patel.

Poor Latham, from a captain hitting the winning runs to not even in the frame.

Doh. Bloody alzheimers

Virgil

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

..also England next week when the WTC Final is on...

Even if they hammered us this would still be the case. This meme could have been shared months ago

hey i just share em, i dont take credit for them being accurate or anything

MN5

@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

..also England next week when the WTC Final is on...

Even if they hammered us this would still be the case. This meme could have been shared months ago

hey i just share em, i dont take credit for them being accurate or anything

We’re singing from the same hymn sheet brother, and as a fellow long suffering Black Caps fan I bet you’re as happy as I am at the state of the team !!!!

mariner4life

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

MN5

@mariner4life said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

Yeah I think at one stage Alastair Cook had played about twice as many tests as Ross Taylor despite them debuting around the same time and being about the same age ?

The lack of respect shits me too. How good would a five test series be against this English team ?

Virgil

@mariner4life said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

Yep, lots of comments out there from people questioning why we are in the WTC final and why are we #1.
We just beat England at home while resting half the team and clearly having our eye on a bigger prize next week.

2 ODI World Cup finals and a WTC final all in the space of 6 glorious years.
Yep we have been thumped along the way (in Oz a couple years ago) but so has everyone else at some point.

Chris B.

@mariner4life said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

You should try getting a Ranfurly Shield challenge!!!

Donsteppa

@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mariner4life said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

You should try getting a Ranfurly Shield challenge!!!

I think we get about one a decade!

Chris B.

@donsteppa said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mariner4life said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

you know what is going to fuck me off?

Despite all our "recent" success (it's actually like 6-7 years of sustained high performance) there is still no respect on our name.

We get shit tour schedules, 2 test series, and shoved to the outsides of domestic summers by asshole teams we are actually better than, but are clinging to history, or the fact there are a billion of them, and they have nothing else in their lives.

By the time other countries wise up (if that ever happens) this generation of players will have moved on, we won't be as good, results will fall, and we will get shunted back from any better fixtures we might have been able to access.

While these times are all sorts of awesome, the lack of recognition irks me.

You should try getting a Ranfurly Shield challenge!!!

I think we get about one a decade!

You'll get less if you ever become every shade of awesome!!!

That post of M4L's encapsulates everything that fucks me off about the
Unfairly Shield.

We'll probably get a challenge this year, when half our team is propping up the All Blacks!

The Silver Fern

Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final