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Zinzan

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dontcloseyoureyes

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zinzan12 said:
I'll never forget Dion Nash playing a lap/scoop shot off Pollock back in 1998 when NZ needed 7 off 2 balls to win. I remember it landed on the painted line where the rope was supposed to be, but the rope itself was behind the line by a few inches so was given as 4 & not 6 & SA took a wicket off the last ball...was a cracking game 7th Match: New Zealand v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Few others might recall the shot
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Yeah I remember it, I was only 12 but it's clear as day. Remember being outraged actually, ****ing South Africans!
 
NZTailender

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I remember the game and the hitting of the rope etc but not the actual shot. Thought he top edged a hook, actually.
 
Zinzan

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Lol, am relieved you fellas remember the shot as well, otherwise I'd think I was losing my mind after reading the Wisden almanack's summary of it. They're claiming the shot was a slash down to third-man FFS.....:ph34r:


"This was one of the best limited-overs games seen in Australia. Chasing 301, New Zealand were out of the game at 124 for six in the 31st over. But Cairns, who hit 64 off 54 balls, Parore, with 67 off 48, and Nash almost pulled off the comeback of the summer. Off the second last ball, Nash slashed Pollock towards the third-man fence. The ball hit the boundary rope on the full and was rightly called four, but it was bad luck that it landed where the rope overlapped itself, presenting a wider target. Had the ball carried the centimetre or two further, it would have been six, levelling the scores with one ball to play. As it was, they needed three and Nash was caught in the deep. Kirsten won the match award with his 103 off 116 balls, while Donald was so precise he was given the rare luxury of three slips in the 20th over. "
 
Smudge

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My favourite McCullum shot last night was the ramp shot that he managed to work to the offside, with a flick of the wrists. Unbelievably audacious.
 
Meridio

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dikinee said:
That is an ignorant statement that needs to be set straight for the rest of the non-playing posters who have no idea what actually happens in a game of cricket.

Firstly let me say I think NZ deserved the win just for McCullum`s sake. To play an innings like that and lose just wouldnt be fair. I can appreciate brilliant cricket even when it comes from the opposition.

This is the first time I have seen this super-over put into play and I`ve got to say I don`t like it at all. It is too heavily weighted to the team who bat first in the match. All of their players, batsmen and bowlers are warm and loose from having just spent 20 overs in the field while all but 2 of the other team have been sitting down their bodies are well and truly cooled down. Their bowlers, and especially ones with frequently re-occurring injuries like Tait, as soon as they finish in the field go into their cool down routine. I can just about guarantee that Taity had at least three ice baths while his team was batting. The ice baths are to stop the production of lactic acid which dissolves muscle tissue. There is no way that this system does not disadvantage the team who bat last in the match. I think it should stay as a tie but if they really need to have a winner and a loser then a coin toss would be fairer than that crap, or let the 2 skippers have a foot race for 1 lap of the oval. Anything but that crap.
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:laugh:

Was a shocking over no matter what spin you try and put on it.

And, for your information, there have been five T20 games decided by Eliminator Overs. Three have been won by the team batting 1st in the Eliminator (i.e. batting 2nd in the main innings) and two have been won by the team batting 2nd in the Eliminator (i.e. batting 1st in the main innings, as NZ did last night). So yeah, clearly it oh-so-heavily favours the team batting first in the match..
 
Meridio

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andyc said:
McCullum's innings was so awesome last night. Really highlights what Australia is lacking in its batting line-up, Watto and Warner aside, in terms of ability to adapt and improvise. The scoop shot that he was playing really made it look like Australia just had nowhere to bowl to him. Someone like Haddin, on the other hand, who has a great textbook technique, played out four dot balls in a row because they packed the offside field and bowled a foot outside off stump. Watching Clarke and Haddin bat together, I just got the feeling that the two of them were far too orthodox to be willing to try something a bit different, even just in terms of giving themselves more room or moving around in the crease much (at least to the fast bowlers, Clarke obv. very willing to dance around against the spinners).
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Does Warner really innovate a lot though? Genuine question. I won't profess to having seen a lot of him, but from what I have seen the only shots he plays are the hoik over cow corner and the smash down the ground.

And yes I know, switch hitting etc, but if he does that he's still going to try the same shots.
 
Smudge

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Meridio said:
:laugh:

Was a shocking over no matter what spin you try and put on it.

And, for your information, there have been five T20 games decided by Eliminator Overs. Three have been won by the team batting 1st in the Eliminator (i.e. batting 2nd in the main innings) and two have been won by the team batting 2nd in the Eliminator (i.e. batting 1st in the main innings, as NZ did last night). So yeah, clearly it oh-so-heavily favours the team batting first in the match..
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But, but, but... the ice baths! What about the ice baths!
 
Zinzan

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Voltman said:
My favourite McCullum shot last night was the ramp shot that he managed to work to the offside, with a flick of the wrists. Unbelievably audacious.
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He played that same shot in the 158 IPL innings as well, ridiculous reflexes
 
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