Warm ups for World Cup

[Niall]

Someone said to me Faf may have peaked in the Zimbabwe tour when they beat Australia. He may have a point, ODI cricket seems to be his weakest format especially when you drill down his rather mediocre numbers.

 

[Athlai]

4 down boyzzzz

 

[longranger]

Very accurate warm-up. South Africa practicing their choke

 

[Greenlite]

Someone is having an orga*m right now

 

[hendrix]

Someone is having an orga*m right now

yeah, two Latham catches...I bet they were screamers.

 

[Zinzan]

Very accurate warm-up. South Africa practicing their choke

Wait, isn't a 'choke' when you get close only to fall over at the end? At 32/4 chasing 330, this is heading towards an annihilation, not a choke.

 

[Howsie]

Nah. If you weren't on boared the Boult train early doors (when the WC squad was announced) you're a hater, plain and simple. How could you seriously doubt the great man a place in this team objectively?

 

[_Ed_]

I'm still going with the 'false sense of security' theory...

Just sticking with the pessimism that has served me so well over the years.

 

[Zinzan]

Nah. If you weren't on boared the Boult train early doors (when the WC squad was announced) you're a hater, plain and simple. How could you seriously doubt the great man a place in this team objectively?

Yeah, it's so obvious now that Henry is just a useless hack & we were all trolled into thinking that 21 wickets @ 15 with an ER less than 5 was good. How could we have been so stupid.

 

[Howsie]

Yeah, it's so obvious now that Henry is just a useless hack & we were all trolled into thinking that 21 wickets @ 15 with an ER less than 5 was good. How could we have been so stupid.

Ah Mills.

 

[_Ed_]

Ah Mills.

240 wickets in 170 matches, average of 27 and econ 4.72.

 

[Howsie]

240 wickets in 170 matches, average of 27 and econ 4.72.

Richard Hadlee has a better ODI record than Boult too, shell we pick him?

 

[Greenlite]

Richard Hadlee has a better ODI record than Boult too, shell we pick him?

Parallel universe or Boult Lovers logic?

What's Sir Hadlee's stats for the last international game in the last 10 years?

 

[Zinzan]

Ah Mills.

For the 5000th time, Mills was always going to be in the squad since he's the incumbent & one of our ATG one-day bowlers. I believe the battle was always going to be between Boult & Henry which is why I keep referring to Henry. It's purely hypothetical to say Henry wouldn't have bowled as well.

FTR - I'm pleased with the way Boult has bowled in the last few weeks, but let's not make out he's been a world-beater at ODI level just yet. Both he and Mills have been equally impressive in the lead-up games to date.

 

[Greenlite]

I'm still going with the 'false sense of security' theory...

Just sticking with the pessimism that has served me so well over the years.

Actually I believe SA is just messing around and hiding their stuff, no Amla and no Steyn.

 

[Athlai]

Not much point in us biting tbh. Howsie will bring this up everytime Boult gets a wicket for the whole tournament.

 

[Bahnz]

Nah, this is a super serious match that all the players are 100% invested in. And what a sorry show from the Saffers. Don't really know how they're even going to be motivated to turn up for the World Cup after this. Might as well just go home.

 

[Zinzan]

Actually I believe SA is just messing around and hiding their stuff, no Amla and no Steyn.

Warm-up game & resting key players or not, they certainly wouldn't want to be destroyed by 100 runs from a confidence perspective.

 

[Athlai]

Vettori!

WHERE THE OLD MAN VETTORI HATERS AT!

 

[Zinzan]

Vettori!

WHERE THE OLD MAN VETTORI HATERS AT!

Won't count, it's was only AB's wicket.