1st Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

[Athlai]

Where?

My signature.

 

[Athlai]

Arnold is way too much of a homer for me to enjoy him as a commentator.

Why you hating?

 

[Zinzan]

lol Ian Smith's career SR really is quite incredible considering he played between 1980-1992. Probably worth 130 today.

 

[Athlai]

Amazingly few orange shirts in the crowd. People have shown up for the cricket. Amazing time to be alive.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Ideal delivery for Guptill - good length outside off stump. Great analysis

 

[Howsie]

Why you hating?

Just keeping it real.

 

[_Ed_]

Amazingly few orange shirts in the crowd. People have shown up for the cricket. Amazing time to be alive.

Exactly. Fantastic.

 

[GGG]

lol Ian Smith's career SR really is quite incredible considering he played between 1980-1992. Probably worth 130 today.

Pretty sure he had the record for the fastest 50 for a New Zealander until McMillian broke it.

 

[Athlai]

Guptill's rain powers are activated so hard.

 

[_Ed_]

The 'timeline' on graphics adds little.

 

[jcas0167]

lol Ian Smith's career SR really is quite incredible considering he played between 1980-1992. Probably worth 130 today.

Yeah, I forgot how devastating Smith could be. He did get that incredible run a ball 170 odd against India in 1990. He had a terrific eye & a lot of power.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Gonna lol hard if Martin Guptill some how manages to win us the World Cup.

 

[Prince EWS]

Why you hating?

I heard Arnold was looking for his haters. You should let him know you found one.

 

[Pothas]

Actually really excited about this now, more than I have been for the last few World Cups.

Don't like the scoreboard though.

 

[Gnske]

Malinga's stock delivery seems to be the knee high full toss these days

 

[Cabinet96]

My signature.

And there I was looking really hard for a thread. That's great, but my idea would be one of CW memes like the Guptil rain thing. Sadly you can't really do that if the people in the threads know they're part of a drinking game though, so it was a crap idea.

 

[nevermind]

Ahh, how good is this? Got to love this Kiwi side

 

[Moss]

Pretty sure he had the record for the fastest 50 for a New Zealander until McMillian broke it.

His test best of 170-odd against India was apparently a rapid one. Indian fans from that era recall it pretty well.

 

[Howsie]

It must be said, this is some very tame bowling. You could only imagine the problems Southee and Boult be causing in these conditions.

 

[Cabinet96]

Actually really excited about this now, more than I have been for the last few World Cups.

Don't like the scoreboard though.

Indeed. Smaller the better.