***Official*** Trans-Tasman Twenty20 Tri-Series

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Nice throw Seifert!

 

[NZTailender]

That's a glorious death over from Southee.

 

[straw man]

Was a good over from Southee. Nice when he gets those yorkers to tail in slightly.

 

[thierry henry]

I reckon Santner’s fielding and batting infuriates the punters so much that it’s really taking the attention away from his seriously canny bowling.

 

[Flem274*]

that was quite a fun game. it was all downhill for england after munro's first over though.

 

[Zinzan]

Seifert's batting continues to remind me of a young McCullum. Super quick hands. Agree his keeping was a bit shabby.

 

[Bahnz]

Haha, love this interview. You can really see in Kane's eyes how badly he wants to say, "Still think I can't bat in T20's Doully? You ****."

 

[robbypark]

NZ win as expected. Game wouldn't have been that close if the Kiwis knew how to catch a ball. Hope you guys took my tip and bet money on NZ - it was easy money.

 

[SteveNZ]

I reckon Santner’s fielding and batting infuriates the punters so much that it’s really taking the attention away from his seriously canny bowling.

Not for me. He's a seriously good, brave, intelligent limited overs bowler.

But his fielding is beyond rubbish. As someone said, it's hard to recall a worse NZ fielder since the amateur days. This guy practices fielding every day nigh-on, yet still cannot catch. As for his batting, nothing incredibly unusual there - just someone who can score domestic runs but isn't up to it internationally. Not a trail blazer in that respect.

Seifert had iron gloves too but having not seen him keep a lot I'll put it down to first time nerves.

Enjoyable game. Good to see Mikael Gorbachov's forehead play better than it looked (the pitch as described by ACC).

 

[Zinzan]

Awkward MOTM interview for Doully, although his criticism was warranted considering KW averaged 13 @ 96 in his previous 8 innings.

 

[BeeGee]

Fielding needs work.

 

[SteveNZ]

And the next time someone argues the place of a yorker, play them the last 4 overs of both innings'. I'll argue till blue in the face anyone who says the yorker is anything but the go-to delivery at the death.

 

[Flem274*]

i don't think seifert has ever been mentioned as a good keeper, but keep in mind young Baz was very scruffy with the gloves as well.

steve rixon worked with both parore and young baz. pity he's got another job.

 

[Zinzan]

i don't think seifert has ever been mentioned as a good keeper, but keep in mind young Baz was very scruffy with the gloves as well.

Apart from the famous Dravid drop in the '03 WC, I though he was a polished keeper from the get-go.

 

[thierry henry]

Maybe Santner is just a good athlete and smart cricketer with sub-par hand eye? Would explain why he can’t catch and can’t hit anything bowled over 135.

 

[Zinzan]

Maybe Santner is just a good athlete and smart cricketer with sub-par hand eye? Would explain why he can’t catch and can’t hit anything bowled over 135.

Nah it's mental for mine. He usually drops easy ones when he has too much time to think about it and snares the blinders.

 

[Athlai]

Pretty much as good as it gets from my perspective. Santa, Guppy, Kane and Southee all firing in a T20.

 

[Athlai]

Nah it's mental for mine. He usually drops easy ones when he has too much time to think about it and snares the blinders.

Yeah I’m sure I’ve seen Santa grab some blinders.

 

[thierry henry]

He’s a great athlete and gets himself in position to take great catches, of course some stick. It is possible for someone to just have bad hands though

 

[Second Spitter]

It took too long - we need at least 3/ week. Look at baseball - they play 5 days in a row regularly. Surely a Tuesday/ Friday/Sunday schedule isn't too hard for t20 cricket. And I got messed up the the final Aus game being on a Saturday. I missed it because CA have trained me to believe that all white ball cricket gets played on Friday and Sunday. .

The analogy with baseball does not work.

-- Starting Pitchers pitch once every 5 days.
-- Relievers rarely work 3 nights in a row and usually do not amass pitch counts greater than 20 pitches/match.
-- Position players rarely run over 500 metres per match.

Even catchers, who probably are subject to the most physical day-to-day exertion, do not normally play more than three consecutive days outside the playoffs.