Prince EWS
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And next time New Zealand lose we'll compare the teams by Georgie Pie Super Smash value.
Local players in being more valuable than overseas players of equal ability due to the rules shocker.
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1st Match - India v New Zealand (15th March)
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Local players in being more valuable than overseas players of equal ability due to the rules shocker.
cnerd123
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Makes sense that NZ won then tbh
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Haha.
Kiwaahs have been caught up on the IPL for so many years. The amount of wahhs that were made when one of Rossco and Jesse Ryder weren't being picked by Royal Challengers back in 08/09 was ridiculous.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
I do think it was a wonderful tribute to the departing McCullum for India to produce a pitch which - though intended to favour the hosts - only ended up handing a massive advantage to the team that won the toss. They've earned the right with this one. Big time.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Georgie Pie Super Smash player contracts aren't public knowledge except for the imports right? And I suspect most imports for GPSS are on a higher contract than the locals.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
To be honest, that's more true for test cricket, not so much for T20 in general. Today was obviously a different scenario.
Actually it could have blown up in their face during the SA tests too if the South African batsmen knew how to bat.
In fact, New Zealand should be relegated even more now because they have shown the propensity to jeopardise the tournament for the rest of us
Well the first few dismissals from New Zealand were just shoddy batting. No two ways about it. Guptill got a wrong decision but it was still a bad shot after you've just smashed Ashwin for a six. Same with Munro. They seemed to be in a hurry rather than playing a few deliveries to understand and respect the conditions.
Dude you do realize that if the other pitches behave like this, you have at least 2 other guaranteed victories and then you have a tight game against Bangladesh.
Come on *****. Where's the impassioned defense of the horrible, unplayable, pathetic Nagpur pitch?
indiaholic
International Captain
What are decent pitches? The ones in Australia where we did pretty well? I like this tbh. Enjoy seeing games with a lot of wickets way more than too many runs.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
I think it's a bit unfair if people just blame the home team for the pitch as if pitch preparation is an exact science and India just sat their planning everything the pitch ended up doing. They wanted to prepare a turning pitch, which is not necessarily a bad thing. What was missing though was a certain degree of 'respect' for the conditions and opposition..something Kohli and Dhoni had mentioned after the Pakistan game in the Asia Cup. I get the feeling that India looked at the playing XI and just made the mistake of taking the NZ bowling attack lightly. Santner is not really rated, not even by our esteemed CW members here, Sodhi doesn't play regularly, and I don't think many outside of PEWS and I who watched PSL are aware of what a good T20 bowler Elliot is.
I dont't see India making these same mistakes again.
I dont't see India making these same mistakes again.
smash84
The Tiger King
Quite agree with this
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
I think you need to spend more time in the NZ threads.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Well I did say 'esteemed CW members'
just kidding. You're right I haven't seen the conversations in the NZ threads but outside of it, haven't seen much rating for Santner. ***** and Howe_Zat are the two most esteemed members on CW and they don't rate him at all
just kidding. You're right I haven't seen the conversations in the NZ threads but outside of it, haven't seen much rating for Santner. ***** and Howe_Zat are the two most esteemed members on CW and they don't rate him at all
Athlai
Not Terrible
Howe I get, but *****?Well I did say 'esteemed CW members'
just kidding. You're right I haven't seen the conversations in the NZ threads but outside of it, haven't seen much rating for Santner. ***** and Howe_Zat are the two most esteemed members on CW and they don't rate him at all
Esteemed isn't the word we use. More.... Enthusiastic.
cnerd123
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Also I do rate Santa. Think he's a better bowler than batsman. Pretty sure I've said this in the NZ domestix thread.
And yea people need to stop waahing about pitches. I've said enough about that. It's the usual suspects complaining and you learn to disregard certain people's opinions on certain topics after a while.
And yea people need to stop waahing about pitches. I've said enough about that. It's the usual suspects complaining and you learn to disregard certain people's opinions on certain topics after a while.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Much like we disregard a "like" from you as actually meaning anything about the quality of our posts.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Vintage Smudge. Funny but still absolutely cutting.Much like we disregard a "like" from you as actually meaning anything about the quality of our posts.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
For people pulling up posts after the first half: no one in his right mind could think NZ would win after their batting had finished except the NZ players themselves (and credit to them). New Zealand didn't exactly bat well. India were far worse with their batting and New Zealand bowled well. I thought how the spinners mixed the slower and faster deliveries was excellent.