Super Eight

[KiWiNiNjA]

LoL at Bondy's celebration at getting #11

Pretty lackluster effort from the Windies. Bond got wickets when they were needed. Oram bowled excellently in the middle and was the key for me. Styris bowled tight and Vettori picked up a lot of wickets at the end.
Pretty good allround effort with the exception of Franklin, who got tonked around by Gayle

 

[pup11]

Its only 10:12 pm in India atm, but now i am strictly giving a tought to go to bed, so i catch up on some sleep so i don't sleep in my lecture again tomorrow.


Can't find any good reason to stay awake really.

 

[Perm]

From a Kiwi perspective I think we can take alot out of this innings, our catching was sharp and so was our ground fielding with a number of saves both on the boundary and inside the inner ring. Pity we couldn't get a run-out though as there were a couple of opportunities that we didn't quite take the full advantage of. First 10 overs were masterly bowling, Bond was brilliantly aggressive and Mason was very tight. Franklin bowled poorly but was also unlucky that Gayle targeted him in such a manner, Vettori was good and picked up a couple at the end. The real stars for me were Jacob Oram and Scott Styris though, both economical and in Oram's case, very threatening.

We should look to back this up with a good batting performance, Hamish Marshall will be batting at #3 so he should take this opportunity to settle back into the side.

 

[meatspx]

The WI's poor run-rate will make it difficult for them to advance with 4 wins out of 7 :P

Not good for the tournament!

 

[meatspx]

Most batsman will target Franklin from now on in the tournament. Everybody knows he's a weak link. If our top order proves itself to be solid then Franklin's days could be numbered as Bracewell will be more comfortable in sacrificing a good lower-order batter with someone who doesn't bowl pies.

 

[pup11]

The locals are not coming to watch their team and support them whatever maybe the reason(s), so won't make a huge difference to the tournament IMO, Windies are playing some very poor cricket atm and don't deserve to reach the semis at all playing like this.

 

[Perm]

The experiment with Fulton opening didn't work, didn't play straight enough and Powell clean bowled him.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

The experiment with Fulton opening didn't work, didn't play straight enough and Powell clean bowled him.

And with Marshall coming in next, I am worried

 

[Pup Clarke]

Absolute jaffer from Powell.Come on the Windies!!!

 

[Perm]

Marshall hasn't been short of runs for Northern Districts in the State Championship, this is a whole different kettle of fish though. Fleming needs to continue with his good form to ease the pressure on Marshall.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Rudi why wasn't that out?.Marshall was absolutely plumb.

 

[Perm]

My initial thoughts aswell, I mean he got a decent stride in but it looked pretty good to me.

 

[nightprowler10]

Rudi why wasn't that out?.Marshall was absolutely plumb.

At first glance it did look like it nicked the bat, but yeah it was plumb.

 

[Perm]

Darren Powell has a very busy run up, looks like it really takes it out of him every time he runs in to bowl.

 

[Perm]

Marshall chips a catch straight to mid-off, we need our experienced campainers to get us through this.

 

[nightprowler10]

Gone. What the hell was that anyway?

 

[Fiery]

Gone. What the hell was that anyway?

A soft, half-assed aerial drive to see if a guy can catch I think

 

[Perm]

It was slower than what he had been bowling, but it was still seam up so I have no idea what the story was.

 

[Fiery]

The locals are not coming to watch their team and support them whatever maybe the reason(s), so won't make a huge difference to the tournament IMO, Windies are playing some very poor cricket atm and don't deserve to reach the semis at all playing like this.

The reason is the tickets to all games are US$90 which is outrageous and way out of reach of the average West Indian.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

This innings has shades of the NZL vs ENG game at the end of the CB series where it seemed like the Black Caps took it too easy and just thought if they bat out the overs they would win.