***Official*** Second Semi-Final: New Zealand vs. Pakistan

[Howsie]

You have to wonder how Franklin took wickets over in England with this type of bowling, last time I checked he was averaging in the mid 20's in FC cricket this year.

 

[Uppercut]

You have to wonder how Franklin took wickets over in England with this type of bowling, last time I checked he was averaging in the mid 20's in FC cricket this year.

Looks quite good to me. Plenty of bounce and carry, hits good areas. Not as fast as he has been but that's probably in recognition of his role. When the ball swings he could be very effective.

 

[Raghav]

Looks quite good to me. Plenty of bounce and carry, hits good areas. Not as fast as he has been but that's probably in recognition of his role. When the ball swings he could be very effective.

Yeah. He is very good if the pitch offers something to him.

He just completed a miser over...

 

[Howsie]

Looks quite good to me. Plenty of bounce and carry, hits good areas. Not as fast as he has been but that's probably in recognition of his role. When the ball swings he could be very effective.

He was bowling 135+ against India so maybe you're right.

 

[Prince EWS]

Looks quite good to me. Plenty of bounce and carry, hits good areas. Not as fast as he has been but that's probably in recognition of his role. When the ball swings he could be very effective.

Yeah, while he's dropped heaps in pace, I think this has been a really good spell from Franklin. He's been (rightly) criticised before of being a really exaggerated version of Anderson in one day cricket - effective albeit expensive wicket taker when it swings, but absolute cannon fodder when it doesn't. There's no point having him bowl 138km/hr or so (which he's shown he can, even if not as consistently as pre-injury) if he's going to serve up half-vollies that don't move at that pace. He's been superbly accurate in this spell and, really, this is a role these days in one day cricket given he's batting 7 and bowling second change.

 

[Raghav]

Four down now. Pakistan in a lot of trouble. (Gosh I hope NZ's batters don't muck this up when it's their turn

 

[Zinzan]

This batting track doesn't look perfect to me tbh. Although it may not be Elliot's type of pitch.

In hindsight you're right

 

[Howsie]

I'd give Redmond an over or two and see how he goes.

 

[Raghav]

I hate David Llyod. New Zealand's "workman like bowling line-up" That annoys me so much when people say that.

David Lloyd takes his word back on his Twitter;; He replies to me on this

@BumbleCricket New Zealand's "workman like bowling line-up" That annoys me so much when people say that.

@BlackcapsFan yeah! Bad line...I take it back

 

[Howsie]

David Lloyd takes his word back on his Twitter;; He replies to me on this

@BumbleCricket New Zealand's "workman like bowling line-up" That annoys me so much when people say that.

@BlackcapsFan yeah! Bad line...I take it back

Good stuff.

 

[Zinzan]

I'd give Redmond an over or two and see how he goes.

Would be crazy IMO. There's absolutely no reason to take a risk & experiment like that in a semi when things are going along swimmingly

 

[GGG]

Yep that workman like erks me as well, Chappel saying SA should be pissed because man for man they are far superior to us got on my nerves as well, I did a statistical comparison of player v player and the teams looked about even to me, statistically speaking.

 

[Howsie]

Yep that workman like erks me as well, Chappel saying SA should be pissed because man for man they are far superior to us got on my nerves as well, I did a statistical comparison of player v player and the teams looked about even to me, statistically speaking.

His cricinfo interview? He sounded like such a moron on that tbh, I hope he realises that New Zealand has a better one day attack then SA.

 

[Howsie]

Have to say I've been relatively impressed with Umar Akmal and I can see why people have such high praise for him. For a 19 year old he seems to have a pretty decent head of his shoulders, I was expecting him to crack early on tbh when Vettori was bowling to him.

 

[GGG]

His cricinfo interview? He sounded like such a moron on that tbh, I hope he realises that New Zealand has a better one day attack then SA.

yeah his cricinfo talk thingy.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Could've sworn Akmal only made 50 there...

 

[Beleg]

that was such an obvious inside edge.
blah.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

that was such an obvious inside edge.
blah.

Obviously edged it, but a hideous shot and looked out in real time (ie the edge hardly made the ball deviate that far).

 

[Naumaan]

Toufel u son of a b**** bit**

 

[Beleg]

Obviously edged it, but a hideous shot and looked out in real time (ie the edge hardly made the ball deviate that far).

the unorthodox nature of the shot made it look far more hideous than it actually was (struck near the middle of the bat) and because he was trying to play across the line, coupled with the stroke attempted and the nature of vettori's bowling, he was adjudged out.