37th Match - New Zealand v Australia

[BeeGee]

NZ's fielding is weird. A mix of great and terrible.

 

[91Jmay]

Khwaja vs leg spin. Anything can happen here.

 

[Burgey]

Spikey, are you backing MVP in here?

 

[trundler]

That Smith wicket was entirely Guptill's, really

 

[mr_mister]

smith nowhere near the same player as in the past. Maybe he will get dropped after this world cup. Smith did not earn his selection with any performances.

Ferguson is up there with Shane bond as NZ pace goat.

He's basically had the same tournament as Kohli. A few fifties without a really impressive ton yet like KW and Root got. Wait til we've had the ashes before deciding if he's deteriorated or not

 

[vcs]

Glorious catch. Stoinis is going to confound his h8rs here with a big one today IMO.

 

[Burgey]

NZ letting Stoinis get easy singles is a mistake. Much better off keeping the field up to him because he can’t rotate strike like a proper player

 

[vcs]

NZ letting Stoinis get easy singles is a mistake. Much better off keeping the field up to him because he can’t rotate strike like a proper player

Quality diss

 

[id_866]

I think australia will win this game

 

[Prince EWS]

NZ letting Stoinis get easy singles is a mistake. Much better off keeping the field up to him because he can’t rotate strike like a proper player

Haha I just came into this thread to make this exact post.

 

[artvandalay]

This situation is perfect for the usual stodgy stoinis innings from Australia pov but he's started rather fluently.

 

[Prince EWS]

Maybe they were thinking if they gave him easy singles he wouldn't be able to take them anyway.

 

[Burgey]

Quality diss

He genuinely can’t though. So letting him get away with a few cheap ones can only be a bad thing as it’ll get his confidence up, as seems to have already happened to some extent

 

[Burgey]

Maybe they were thinking if they gave him easy singles he wouldn't be able to take them anyway.

Amazing how easy batting is when you can bunt it away and get to the other end

 

[mr_mister]

Stoinis has such an ugly technique ha. Looks limited too

 

[Prince EWS]

Amazing how easy batting is when you can bunt it away and get to the other end

Yep, but maybe they rated him so lowly that they didn't believe he could actually do that without playing big shots even with the field back.

 

[Spikey]

Stoinis is teasing us just get out ya ****

 

[Spikey]

MVP to lead Australia to 300+

 

[Burgey]

MVP to lead Australia to 300+

If they make 300 on this deck they’ll win by about 70. Not easy.

 

[Burgey]

Can’t recall as many simple fumbling midfields from an NZ side ever. Weird for them, and among them all that crazy catch