@Bones said in T20 World Cup:
@W32 said in T20 World Cup:
@sparky said in T20 World Cup:
And Australia are knocked out of the tournament.
https://twitter.com/skycricket/status/2023735183673807265?s=46
This along with Scotland thrashing England has made a good start to the week
Ok Virgil
@Donsteppa said in T20 World Cup:
@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:
@Donsteppa said in T20 World Cup:
The journalist at the Herald has a few players or the NZCPA in his ear it would seem:
no surprise, i mean what would they be getting paid to play Super Smash, $500 a game?
We must be the last major cricket nation without its own 'proper' T20 franchise comp
needs to happen, attract overseas players and maybe find a way to tie it in with the Big Bash (winner of each comp plays each other etc)
needs some serious financial backers of courseThe financial backing bit is the interesting one to me. Unless they can get some serious money out of TV rights (and to do that, how much of it becomes developing NZ talent v another leg in the global IPL), I'm not sure that there's huge dollars left to extract from the NZ market.
That said, and back to topic, the game somehow is sustaining very regular T20 World Cups, so somehow it all must be paying for itself...
they mentioned on sports nation that cricket mad Indians will pretty watch any T20 league as long as its broadcast at a time that suits them. Think they used one of the lesser known leagues, Bangladesh, UAE? as an example of rapid growth in viewer numbers and value because of the huge Indian market.
They are that invested in cricket they will happily watch it, no matter where its set. Of course having star players they recognize will be important
@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup:
The Australians are paying the price for flat out ignoring form.
Of the best bats in the BBL which basically finished the day before they flew out, only Mitch Marsh played (and oh look he got runs). Finn Allen is obviously not a kiwi. Warner retired. For some dumb fucking reason they aren't playing Steve Smith. Sam Harper isn't there.
Cam Green is a complete myth. Tim David barely played. Inglis kicked his heels carrying drinks for the test team. Maxwell couldn't buy a run this summer. Stoinis did okay, especially given where they batted him, Connolly has failed at every single opportunity.
I am more surprised at their attack TBH, Ellis is a wizard, Zampa is usually very reliable. Bartlett is a proven performer in this format. Just a horrible tournament and perhaps a symptom that the Aussies don't care.
they were on top this game as well, 97 runs after 8 overs no wickets down
only to blow it and lose all 10 at 7 runs an over
easily left another 3-40 runs
they picked Smith as the replacement for the injured Hazelwood but didnt pick him..
comes across as pure arrogance, they seemed to believe they could cruise through the pool games with who they have and save Smith for the bigger games
@Donsteppa said in T20 World Cup:
The journalist at the Herald has a few players or the NZCPA in his ear it would seem:
no surprise, i mean what would they be getting paid to play Super Smash, $500 a game?
We must be the last major cricket nation without its own 'proper' T20 franchise comp
needs to happen, attract overseas players and maybe find a way to tie it in with the Big Bash (winner of each comp plays each other etc)
needs some serious financial backers of course
Aussies only chance is a huge win against Oman to boost their NRR and hope Zimbabwe suffer 2 large losses to reduce theirs.
@Dodge said in T20 World Cup:
i realise this is a sport forum, and we're all slightly weird, but genuine question, is anyone else you know aware that this tournament is taking place? I didn't know it had started until the day we lost to the Windies, didn't realise we'd already played a game, don't know when our next one is, haven't heard a single mention of it on tv, radio, even online. I've never cared about T20 but this feels even more ignored than usual.
I'm aware there was some noise about Pakistan and Bangladesh before the tournament as i listen to the Sky Cricket podcast but i don't really know what's happened. I have no idea how the tournament works (even though i had a look at the tables etc when i realised we were playing the Windies) and even if were winning, i would genuinely have no interest in finding out.
Genuinely curious if this is just a me thing, a UK phenomenon or whether this is true in other cricketing nations.
Doesn’t help with the over saturation of T20 cricket especially the world cups. It’s not even been 2 years since the previous one. It’s about money it’s not about glory or being a special event looked forward to
@KiwiPie said in T20 World Cup:
@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:
England have lost to the Windies, things going bad to worse for Baz and Harry Brook
Will still qualify - unless they lose to Scotland of course.
Pretty sure they are on the same side of the Super 8 draw as us.
Doesnt look to be alot to fear from them at the moment
England have lost to the Windies, things going bad to worse for Baz and Harry Brook
@mariner4life said in Winter Olympics:
watched the cross country sprint which looks a hard as fuck day unless your name is Klaebo. Or you are a Swedish woman.
Then the mens Biathlon 20km which is cool and in a beautiful spot. How was old mate getting bronze, and then in his words committing social suicide in the post race interview by admitting he told his missus a week ago he cheated on her, and they broke up? bro
Of course a Norwegian won that as well
That was pretty shit, it comes across to me as hey i fucked up but look how amazing i am at winning this medal so please go easy on me.
Have to feel sorry for his partner
@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:
@Virgil That's unfortunate.
I wonder whether it had any role in him not playing the first couple of matches?
Not sure McConchie is as compelling a choice. Can't really recall his bowling - but, I don't watch much domestic cricket.
Can only assume they had hoped it would come right in time for the business end of the WC
Feels like they shouldnt have picked him in the first place
@taniwharugby said in Forum is on a new server:
I tried to copy/paste an image but it didnt work, so I saved it and tried to upload it, but still didnt work (didnt come up saying file was too large)
no rush to fix this bug please, it just means @mn5 cant spam the Meme thread.
@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:
UAE appeared to only have two international class batsmen.
That over by Phillips made it slightly harder than a cakewalk. Guessing Santner will have learned a valuable lesson from that.
I'm really thinking we should be playing Bracewell ahead of Neesham - or possibly Ravindra. I don't think these part time spinners are going to cut it against the big guns.
Bracewell is out of the T20 WC
@Virgil said in Winter Olympics:
she was 5 inches too tight in her..
must be throbbing
You know back in the day on the Fern if you posted something like this you’d be asking for trouble
I guess we are all grown up now
Anyway nice to see NZ on the medal table and the Aussies not
She posted online earlier today stating it was her error and not the ACL injury that caused the crashed
She wrote she was 5 inches too tight in her line, clipping the gate.
that left leg of hers must just be a throbbing mess of pain and will be for some time
First medal for NZ as Zoe Sadowski-Synnott gets the Silver in the Big Air
Fluffing her first run didnt help but she did great to nail the final 2.
Have watched the crash several times now its obvious it was caused by clipping a flag which spun her body side ways. Its debatable if the blown ACL was a factor or not, its likely was to some degree.
But i think alot of people are reading the headlines and assuming her knee gave out which caused the crash. I know that was my first thought as well
@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:
Sodhi had a better game than previous.
It shows that the margins will be fine, even against the so-called minnows.
The way T20 has expanded into smaller nations the past couple of years means you def can’t take them for granted
As you say very fine margins in T20, so easy for just 1 or 2 players to have a blinder and the other team the opposite and anyone can win
Can see there being the odd upset at this WC
@canefan said in Winter Olympics:
@Virgil said in Winter Olympics:
@Smudge said in Winter Olympics:
Can't wait for the two-man luge. Something deeply erotic about it.
Something?
I assume topsy does most of the work...
Just like at home with the Mrs aye boys, am I right?… guys?
@Smudge said in Winter Olympics:
Can't wait for the two-man luge. Something deeply erotic about it.
Something?
@MN5 said in Walking around:
@delicatessen said in Walking around:
@Virgil this fella looks like he does a good high protein low carb ice cream, but wouldn't mind an unbiased opinion if someone else has tried his stuff and/or the ninja creami setup: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3Cv_-li9yagpZ7OkeCbCcw
@MN5 are you drinking the new Corona made in China? Weak, flat, cats piss compared to the Mexican stuff we used to get until a year or two back.
without trying to hijack this thread too much I just got a cheeky doz of what I think is the standard stuff from the bottler. A bit more guilt free than Craft beer.
I should point out I only drink Corona when the temperature is well into the 20s and with the ubiquitous lime and/or lemon.
You’re in Wellington yeah?
So what’s that, like 3 times a year.?
I thought you drank more often then that