***Official*** New Zealand in Bangladesh & Sri Lanka 2013

[hendrix]

**** ball, great catch

 

[ohnoitsyou]

I don't know whether to laugh at him getting out to Devcich or cry that Devcich is booking his spot in the side.

Devcich is a "utility allrounder" btw. He's not meant to be a batsman.

Just wait till the Sri Lanka series, with the ATG opening partnership of Devcich and Nicol


Taylor

 

[Flem274*]

Has Anderson just crocked himself?

 

[hendrix]

Ronchi sounds like he may as well be captaining.

 

[hendrix]

they should bring back Milne now that he can have some protection for those tinarse slogs

 

[hendrix]

it was only a matter of time before NcCullum got smashed.

 

[hendrix]

seriously this is **** captaincy, you can't just leave the spinners on forever and think the batsman won't eventually figure out that they're actually Devcich and NcCullum.

 

[vandem]

they should bring back Milne now that he can have some protection for those tinarse slogs

Agree, too long with the spinners, are being milked for singles and now in danger of some big hitting. Time for pace, there are three seamers so one bowls now and two in powerplay.

Edit - oops, while I was correcting my spelling, the inevitable happened ...

 

[hendrix]

Agree, too long with the spinners, are being milked for singles and now in danger of some big hitting. Time for pace, there are three seamers so one bowls now and two in powerplay.

Edit - oops, while I was correcting my spelling, the inevitable happened ...

Yeah, the commentators were acting like 5 RPO is good bowling, forgetting that there's still another powerplay to come and 10 overs of slogs at the end. It's like they haven't watched an ODI before.

 

[Days of Grace]

Bangladeshi batsmen don't do centuries, do they?

How many 90s do they score?

 

[Flem274*]

urgh, poor Corey J.

 

[Days of Grace]

Haha, Mills is going to bowl himself at the death, isn't he?

 

[Flem274*]

If we lose this Mills will ignore his own figures and seriously try to kil someone.

I do hope his short filth wasn't him getting a rush of blood and trying to impose himself on the game in a fashion that doesn't really work for him.

 

[hendrix]

Well, fair to say we've been absolutely, comprehensively thrashed in this series. Moreover, the planning and tactics - whether they're building for the world cup or not - have been poor beyond belief.

Neesham and Anderson have performed well above expectation with the ball, and Southee has been exceptional, but we've had not a single decent slow bowler in conditions where they're vital. Someone like Hira might have been an acceptable addition to the side, but one gets the feeling that he's part of a now numerous group of players who've been blacklisted.

Taylor and Southee are the only senior players to have performed. Neesham, Anderson and Munro's performances should really be considered a bonus. Devcich's performance today should be considered an extreme bonus.

 

[Flem274*]

haha oh god here we are, and he's never going to back down either, so we're definitely going to get 5 Mills death overs.

bowl a beamer Millsy

 

[Flem274*]

Well, fair to say we've been absolutely, comprehensively thrashed in this series. Moreover, the planning and tactics - whether they're building for the world cup or not - have been poor beyond belief.

Neesham and Anderson have performed well above expectation with the ball, and Southee has been exceptional, but we've had not a single decent slow bowler in conditions where they're vital. Someone like Hira might have been an acceptable addition to the side, but one gets the feeling that he's part of a now numerous group of players who've been blacklisted.

Taylor and Southee are the only senior players to have performed. Neesham, Anderson and Munro's performances should really be considered a bonus. Devcich's performance today should be considered an extreme bonus.

The cynic in me suspects we would have lost this series regardless of our team sheet. Bangladesh are confident playing against us and New Zealand are notorious for falling over when they feel something really really matters, like a world cup semi or not losing a series to Bangladesh again...

 

[hendrix]

The cynic in me suspects we would have lost this series regardless of our team sheet. Bangladesh are confident playing against us and New Zealand are notorious for falling over when they feel something really really matters, like a world cup semi or not losing a series to Bangladesh again...

yeah, that's probably true.

a number of Bangladeshi players have performed this series. Full credit to them.

 

[Mike5181]

Mattress > Hira anyway.

It's really only been our top three that's been really bad selection-wise, and it was always going to be bad without Guptill/Williamson.

 

[Langeveldt]

Argh this kiwi commentator needs muting.. TIME FOR THE RED LIGHT

what happened to cricket commentary?

GO THE TIGERS, PUNCHING AND JABBING

 

[Flem274*]

Holy **** that's a shot.