37th Match - New Zealand v Bangladesh (13th March)

[Flem274*]

Fans like energetic are why its so funny that bangers lose all the time. You keep telling us you're tigers but you play like kittens - cute but ultimately end up on youtube with your head trapped in a shoe

 

[hendrix]

Everyone is a ****ing tiger or a lion.

Thank god for our hipster birds and complete lack of apex predators.

 

[Antihippy]

Our hipster bird is bigger, so **** a kiwi.

Also features a cute marsupial who happens to be able to kick the **** out of anybody.

Best of both worlds really.

 

[bill8164]

Looks like we might have our first change with Mitch replacing Milne.

Mitchell McClenaghan set to replace Adam Milne in Black Caps' first World Cup change | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Athlai]

A can of V for a jar of strawberry jam. Not the biggest loss of value there.

 

[Daemon]

Everyone is a ****ing tiger or a lion.

Thank god for our hipster birds and complete lack of apex predators.

can't beat Singapore's non existent national animal

 

[Zinzan]

Looks like we might have our first change with Mitch replacing Milne.

Mitchell McClenaghan set to replace Adam Milne in Black Caps' first World Cup change | Stuff.co.nz

Drops our fielding down a couple of notches. Mitch wouldn't have got within 20 meters of that diving catch Milne took against the English.

 

[Maximas]

pls win this NZ

 

[cricman]

Trent Boult to clean us up with express pace

We played a Competitive Test at Hamilton in our last tour of NZ. If I was in charge, I wouldn't play Mortaza ... Let him get a full week's rest.

I don't know why Kayes or Sunny are playing. Nasir is the player that needs match practice and he's the best spinner outside of Shakib.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

can't beat Singapore's non existent national animal

No pigeons? D'you shoot the lot on sight?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

No pigeons? D'you shoot the lot on sight?

You're not allowed to fowl the footpath in Singapore.

Eyethangyou.

 

[fishyguy]

looks like without mortaza both Rubel and taskin are in for a hiding. I think NZ will get 350 or more.

 

[jonbrooks]

We MUST lose to Bangladesh. Why? Because if we beat Bang then we'd have won 8 games in a row. To win the WC we'd have to win another 3 bringing that total to 11. When was the last time NZ won 11 games in a row? Surely that would be a record streak for us.

I say get that bad game out of the way now. It will sharpen us for the quarters.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

When was the last time New Zealand won a World Cup? Surely that would be a record for us. I say lose the tournament now. It will sharpen us up for 2019.

 

[GGG]

God no, I don't want to lose against Bangladesh in NZ, you would never hear the end of it from their supporters.

 

[Mike5181]

We've lost our last seven ODIs against Bangladesh. That's right, SEVEN. As much as I enjoyed their game against England, I want us to destroy these guys.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah lets crush them.

 

[BeeGee]

They have it all. The brutal, assaulting figure of Baz up front. The man-for-all-seasons Kane Williamson. The experience of a Ross Taylor and Daniel Vettori. And if that wasn't enough, a nuclear-tipped strike force led by the dominating new-ball pairing of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.

WTF? Where are the "workman like", "punch above their weight" and "better than the sum of its parts"?

I've never seen that kind of praise for NZ on cricinfo. Ever.

 

[Gnske]

WTF? Where are the "workman like", "punch above their weight" and "better than the sum of its parts"s?

I've never seen that kind of praise for NZ on cricinfo.

It's cool to like NZ again since they've had a good 12 months, I for one welcome the knee jerk reactions.

 

[NZTailender]

A can of V for a jar of strawberry jam. Not the biggest loss of value there.

Good analogy. Quality jam is a glass jar that can break easily opposed to an energetic injection that can fizz all over the place if shook up.