T20 World Cup 2021
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Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
Yeah it’s a strange combination of “we’re amazing at tests so should be great at T20s” and “oh it’s the Black Caps, they’ll fuck it up and collapse like they always do”
Team has done fine so far. Former champs the Windies are gone just for comparison.
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@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
Yeah it’s a strange combination of “we’re amazing at tests so should be great at T20s” and “oh it’s the Black Caps, they’ll fuck it up and collapse like they always do”
Team has done fine so far. Former champs the Windies are gone just for comparison.
@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
Yeah it’s a strange combination of “we’re amazing at tests so should be great at T20s” and “oh it’s the Black Caps, they’ll fuck it up and collapse like they always do”
Team has done fine so far. Former champs the Windies are gone just for comparison.
I'm still struggling to wrap my head around us ranking first not just in ODIs but in bloody tests as well. Madness.
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Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
4th ... weak.
We'd have killed for that not so long ago.
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@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
Yeah it’s a strange combination of “we’re amazing at tests so should be great at T20s” and “oh it’s the Black Caps, they’ll fuck it up and collapse like they always do”
Team has done fine so far. Former champs the Windies are gone just for comparison.
I'm still struggling to wrap my head around us ranking first not just in ODIs but in bloody tests as well. Madness.
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Pretty tough crowd on this thread. We thrashed India, beat Scotland, thashed Namibia and now we are in a position where if we beat Afghanistan we make the semis and are two tin arse performances away from another trophy. That's a great result given T20 is our weakest format (we are 1st in the rankings for tests and ODIs, but 4th for T20s). I honestly didn't think we'd get through the pool with Pakistan who are very strong in T20s and India who are one Kohli or Rohit performance away from smacking you by 100 runs.
Just hope we win the toss and roll Afghanistan cheaply.
Yeah it’s a strange combination of “we’re amazing at tests so should be great at T20s” and “oh it’s the Black Caps, they’ll fuck it up and collapse like they always do”
Team has done fine so far. Former champs the Windies are gone just for comparison.
I'm still struggling to wrap my head around us ranking first not just in ODIs but in bloody tests as well. Madness.
Cricket is in NZs DNA, it’s just we’ve finally become really good at it.
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It's a weird tournament.
If we win the toss vs the Afghans, we'll likely end up having had a good tournament. If we lose the toss - we're in the gun for a possible choke.
We've had a bit of a struggle to shake the Scots and Namibians off after losing those tosses.
If we make the semis and win the toss vs England, we're a decent chance to make the final. There's barely a game - SL vs WI is the only one, I think - where a competitive team has won batting first.
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It's a weird tournament.
If we win the toss vs the Afghans, we'll likely end up having had a good tournament. If we lose the toss - we're in the gun for a possible choke.
We've had a bit of a struggle to shake the Scots and Namibians off after losing those tosses.
If we make the semis and win the toss vs England, we're a decent chance to make the final. There's barely a game - SL vs WI is the only one, I think - where a competitive team has won batting first.
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It’s weird that I’m nervous around this game. If we played them any time in the past 5 years I would know we would thrash them.
@hooroo said in T20 World Cup 2021:
It’s weird that I’m nervous around this game. If we played them any time in the past 5 years I would know we would thrash them.
I think there’s that long standing nervousness about the Black Caps facing up against a bowler like Rashid Khan. Old habits die hard
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@bovidae said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Kane loses yet another toss but Afghanistan want to bat first. NZ would have batted too.
It’s a genuine road. I’m hopeful a few of our slower bowlers can make it a little more difficult for the Afghan batters.
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@bovidae said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@booboo said in T20 World Cup 2021:
He's a fat panda...
Both openers must like the buffet.
Probably better than the food back home....
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Going pretty well so far...
