37th Match - New Zealand v Australia

[wrongun]

This is a very tepid performance by the Kiwis considering this game was huge! Win and youre in!

 

[thundaboult]

Do we actually deserve semis? Took us quite some effort and luck to scrape past lowly, mid-table teams. Lost to a mid-table team just recently, and being bossed around by a top class side. On the evidence of last 3 years, this isn't a surprise at all.

 

[vcs]

Australia have been good, but NZ have played their part in letting this turn into a complete blowout by showing a real lack of #intent with the bat.

 

[slippy888]

Neesham should have a go at least here, have no idea what they think they can chase down in last 10 at this rate 100 is way beyond.

 

[thundaboult]

There is simply no intent with the New Zealand batters except CDG and Neesh. None of them actually try to dominate when they have the chance. This is not test cricket lads.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Australia have been good, but NZ have played their part in letting this turn into a complete blowout by showing a real lack of #intent with the bat.

Plus plenty of missed chances in the field.

 

[thundaboult]

lol

 

[Gob]

Yeah this is pretty bad

 

[Flem274*]

dropping in to give my thoughts before going to bed.

nz lost the game during the usman/carey partnership. disappointingly typical to do the hard work and let the under pressure players like khawaja scoot through to a match winning contribution. in particular the spinners let nz down. sodhi is a trash bowler so it's not his fault but santa shouldn't be getting outbowled by kane. the 5th bowlers were excellent so we had strike bowling overs in hand to go for the kill. we know australia are ****roaches who don't die, you don't stop stabbing until they're dead. nz stopped stabbing.

batting wise nz began intelligently but then played like a team who are overcompensating for the 2015 final. i don't blame lord colin that much, everyone knows he's the worlds dumbest batsman and he was elevated above neesh with one job.

i do blame kane and ross who did the hard work then gave it away for free. the mental block in action again.

finchs use of the 5th bowler has been excellent. he's forward stacked his weak overs and rotated the 5th bowler to prevent nz getting in against one. he has used his attack perfectly and lyon's overs have really turned the screws and outplayed his kiwi opposites.

 

[wrongun]

dropping in to give my thoughts before going to bed.

nz lost the game during the usman/carey partnership. disappointingly typical to do the hard work and let the under pressure players like khawaja scoot through to a match winning contribution. in particular the spinners let nz down. sodhi is a trash bowler so it's not his fault but santa shouldn't be getting outbowled by kane. the 5th bowlers were excellent so we had strike bowling overs in hand to go for the kill. we know australia are ****roaches who don't die, you don't stop stabbing until they're dead. nz stopped stabbing.

batting wise nz began intelligently but then played like a team who are overcompensating for the 2015 final. i don't blame lord colin that much, everyone knows he's the worlds dumbest batsman and he was elevated above neesh with one job.

i do blame kane and ross who did the hard work then gave it away for free. the mental block in action again.

finchs use of the 5th bowler has been excellent. he's forward stacked his weak overs and rotated the 5th bowler to prevent nz getting in against one. he has used his attack perfectly and lyon's overs have really turned the screws and outplayed his kiwi opposites.

This is a common occurrence and I really have never been able to understand this. Kiwis always display steel and grit except for when its Aus. Why?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

TERRIBLE performance. Time to start checking the net run rate - worrying signs
.

India needs to keep winning

 

[jcas0167]

Yes, sounds like NZ let Australia off the hook not bringing Boult on when they were 5 down. Should they have stuck with Henry too?

 

[Moss]

It's clearly not been easy batting on this pitch, after Taylor went the runs have just dried up. Every NZ batsman has been slow out of the blocks though as Flem says Finch's use of the bowlers has been excellent especially the 5th.

 

[thundaboult]

For a team that refreshed odi cricket 4 years ago with an aggressive brand of play....we've reverted to a rather opposite style. To me, Kane never really was a good option to take over from Mccullum. If the attacking style is what they wanted to continue, Kane is not the guy.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

This is a common occurrence and I really have never been able to understand this. Kiwis always display steel and grit except for when its Aus. Why?

Mentally fried, and I've never really understood why. Just something in our cricketing psyche that tells us we're not good enough to compete with Australia.

Yes, sounds like NZ let Australia off the hook not bringing Boult on when they were 5 down. Should they have stuck with Henry too?

Sodhi added nothing, I think it was definitely a mistake.

 

[weldone]

What a pathetic NZ batting innings!

 

[slippy888]

Ronchi was a better keeper batsman than Latham

 

[Flem274*]

actually i should probably stay up to keep my sleeping pattern intact. maccas run. not a good night for phlem ltd, canes lost to the satanspawn thanks to the paid off ref, afghanistan robbed themselves and now ross the boss and big daddy kane can't carry this lot forever. fortunately we have the sooks next so we should win in a canter.

go the ****in jags. hope some hugwahrees fans giving the inevitable angus gardner assisted crusaders title some of that weird whistling hiss they do.

 

[Moss]

This is a very tepid performance by the Kiwis considering this game was huge! Win and youre in!

I think the idea was to start cautiously, take the game deep and let the hitters do their thing. The top 4 basically dug themselves into a hole and KW and Taylor tossed it away when set. Was bound to happen though, they've been carrying the batting for a while.

 

[thundaboult]

Despite all this, our odi squad next game

gup
munro
kane
ross
latham
watling
neesh
southee
henry
mark richardson
ronchi

to display an aggressive brand of cricket lol