***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14

[OverratedSanity]

Lol Neesham

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

they were like 149/5 after 30. 300 was never on. This is a great score from where they were.

They were 200/5 after 42. I'd say 300 is improbable but not impossible from there.

 

[Burgey]

Lol, such a baseball shot

 

[_Ed_]

Credit where it's due - Mills at the death was pretty good, especially by his usual standards. The rest, though... *sigh*

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

278 - about 38 more than they really should've got considering their position after 40.

Nah, 62 off the last 10 is crap with two set batsman at Hamilton.

100 off the last 10 is pretty standard.

 

[Zinzan]

Jimmy should learn a lot from that over.

 

[ajdude]

hey ICC cricket 360 has a new intro

 

[OverratedSanity]

They were 200/5 after 42. I'd say 300 is improbable .

Which is what made it a pessimistic prediction. I'm happy with the recovery, couldn't have asked for too much more with 5 down at 140

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Which is what made it a pessimistic prediction. I'm happy with the recovery, couldn't have asked for too much more with 5 down at 140

Southee bowled out.

284 wasn't very pessimistic. Mills actually bowled decently at the end for a change.

 

[Zinzan]

Given it's a slower wicket, I don't think NZ can afford a slow start like India did even if they do keep wickets in hand. Get after the new ball should be the trick.

 

[_Ed_]

Dhoni has just been superb all series. Phenomenal player.

 

[Blocky]

Nah, 62 off the last 10 is crap with two set batsman at Hamilton.

100 off the last 10 is pretty standard.

Meh, when it's Jadeja and not much behind him, you should be looking to take at least a wicket or two in those final ten. I feel like they should've ended up at 245-250 - not 278. Even so, I put NZ in the box seat so long as the batting order isn't held up by "he who can apparently not be named"

 

[OverratedSanity]

Let me just say I'm delighted no matter what happens in this game. We've now dropped all of Ishant Sharma, Yuvraj, and Raina. Landmark moment in our cricketing history

 

[Burgey]

Who'es the earnest young Indian fellow on my "television" who just pointed at the camera before cutting away to an ad break? Seems a pretty decent presenter.

 

[Burgey]

Dhoni has just been superb all series. Phenomenal player.

It's impossible to overstate how important a player like Dhoni is in a LO side. He's just an absolute banker. You know he's going to score runs in most every innings he plays, and the opposition knows it too. He's just a ridiculous LO player. It's so incredibly rare to see him stuff up the pace of an innings, whether batting first or chasing (especially chasing). You might think at the time that he's pacing it wrong, but then when you atually assess conditions/ state of the innings/ wickets in hand/ overs left, he really just gets it right time after time. His match awareness when he's batting is as good as I've ever seen. Great player.

 

[Jono]

Let me just say I'm delighted no matter what happens in this game. We've now dropped all of Ishant Sharma, Yuvraj, and Raina. Landmark moment in our cricketing history

Remind me - has Raina been that bad in ODIs lately?

I think his role in our World Cup win is often forgotten. Was vital in the quarter vs. Aus and especially vital in the semi vs. Pak. I'd take him to the World Cup next year.

 

[jcas0167]

Meh, when it's Jadeja and not much behind him, you should be looking to take at least a wicket or two in those final ten. I feel like they should've ended up at 245-250 - not 278. Even so, I put NZ in the box seat so long as the batting order isn't held up by "he who can apparently not be named"

I think India will win by about 20 runs. Just don't have much faith in us batting under pressure.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Since September 2011, Dhoni's stats are:

53 matches, 1842 runs @ an average of 80.08 ,SR 97.46

Ridiculous

 

[straw man]

Man, 126/0 from the last 16 overs (96 balls). Top batting but our bowling is so frustrating. I could accept 250-260 from that position, but 278 is more than India should have got.

Time for Ryder and McCullum to do something this series.

 

[Daemon]

Remind me - has Raina been that bad in ODIs lately?

I think his role in our World Cup win is often forgotten. Was vital in the quarter vs. Aus and especially vital in the semi vs. Pak. I'd take him to the World Cup next year.

Yeah reckon he has a role to play as a lower order batsmen. He's just battles through the bouncers but eventually he gets exploited repeatedly by opposition fast bowlers and needs some serious work.