1st Semi Final - New Zealand v South Africa (24th March)

[jonbrooks]

Then again with a name like AB you would expect him to dominate at Eden Park!

 

[Dan]

Playing Boult so, so, so late to try to avoid losing a wicket to him. They're intent on seeing him off, I reckon.

 

[jonbrooks]

Tahir going to be fun to watch today no matter what happens.

I haven't seen enough of Tahir to form an opinion. What little I watched of him against SL, he seemed to have good accuracy and control. Having said that I feel the SL players played poorly in general so I don't know what to make of it.

 

[viriya]

Do you save 2 Boult overs for the death? Could make a 15-20 run difference.

 

[Hurricane]

I wasn't nervous before but I am now.

 

[viriya]

I haven't seen enough of Tahir to form an opinion. What little I watched of him against SL, he seemed to have good accuracy and control. Having said that I feel the SL players played poorly in general so I don't know what to make of it.

Mahela has been a Tahir bunny.. weird since he's supposed to be one of the best spin-playing batsmen in the world.

 

[jonbrooks]

Wow, Tahir has 70 wickets at a shade under 20 in ODIs. That's pretty bloody good.

 

[viriya]

What's the maximum NZ can chase? 320?

 

[Dan]

Direct hit, must be home.

 

[Dan]

Do you save 2 Boult overs for the death? Could make a 15-20 run difference.

Yes IMO.

 

[jonbrooks]

Mahela has been a Tahir bunny.. weird since he's supposed to be one of the best spin-playing batsmen in the world.

Mahela was ordinary all round in his last 10 ODIs. Quite sad to see as he was a very good batsman.

 

[Hurricane]

Gosh AB looks classical.

 

[jonbrooks]

What's the maximum NZ can chase? 320?

NZ's chasing record on Eden Park is quite poor. IIRC 270 odd is about the most that has been chased down here.

 

[viriya]

Mahela was ordinary all round in his last 10 ODIs. Quite sad to see as he was a very good batsman.

Mahela has been **** in ODIs his whole career.. he batted at the wrong position too.. it's not saying a lot that he struggled.

 

[smash84]

ab trying to hit the ball too hard

 

[viriya]

NZ's chasing record on Eden Park is quite poor. IIRC 270 odd is about the most that has been chased down here.

300 is on the cards here..

 

[hendrix]

What's the maximum NZ can chase? 320?

390.

 

[straw man]

What's the maximum NZ can chase? 320?

Would probably struggle with anything over 380.

 

[Prince EWS]

With the small straight boundaries, 550 is definitely on the cards if a team gets going.

 

[halba]

nz will want to keep it under 260-270.