41st Match - England v New Zealand

[Shri]

they lost the ball in the covers

 

[Spintolose]

Don't really think this match is about winning for New Zealand it just to make sure there net run rate stays healthy

The Brother's Cup.

 

[straw man]

Hope someone gave one side of the ball a good scrape on the concrete after they picked it up

/MarkRichardson

 

[Moss]

Don't really think this match is about winning for New Zealand it just to make sure there net run rate stays healthy

But that's just the point - you don't want to concede 350-400 here and get rolled over.

 

[Zinzan]

It must be said these look like the perfect conditions for England to bully bowlers. No swing, no movement, and comes off the blade beautifully.

England play these sort of conditions better than any teams in the world when batting first, with only India anywhere close.

Australia & India come into play more when conditions are a bit more even between bat & ball.

 

[Spintolose]

wtf is this

claps for boundaries

this is not a test match ffs

maybe its a good thing that asian sides have a lot of support in the uk

But at least the bars will do a roaring trade.

 

[jcas0167]

they lost the ball in the covers

Was a good ruse to get a new ball until Latham found it.

 

[weldone]

TBH apart from Southee other bowling figures haven't been terrible in the first powerplay.

 

[trundler]

67 after 10 isn't that bad

 

[straw man]

Tbf to us it's only Southee that's gone at overs 6s so far. But we also had to use more Boult overs than desired.

 

[Shri]

should have probably picked munro for this pitch

 

[Bahnz]

67 after 10 isn't that bad

That's with Boult bowling 50% of the overs though. Fraid he can't do that for the entire innings.

 

[Meridio]

Henry's been tighter than Southee at least. Is bowling straighter to a leg side field, pretty negative stuff but we need to dry it up for a while.

 

[Bahnz]

should have probably picked munro for this pitch

Nah, Munro would've been useless against Archer's pace.

 

[straw man]

should have probably picked munro for this pitch

Only if you're dropping Southee and batting Munro at 8.

 

[Howsie]

Fair, but at least he's hitting a decent length and averaging over 130 kmh. Seriously reckon CdG is close to being a better ODI option than Southee now.

Yes well the continued selection of both Southee and Munro isn’t nothing short of incompetence.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Was a good ruse to get a new ball until Latham found it.

What NZ match was it ages ago where they lost the ball, the umpire got a new one and rubbed it on the concrete to scratch it up like the previous one had been, and it started swinging round corners after that and we rolled the opposition?

Needed that to happen haha.

 

[Bahnz]

Let's say England do score 350+, how do New Zealand go about the chase? Set their sights on keeping the margin of defeat to under 100, or go for the win? Both routes have risks.

 

[vcs]

This win toss, bat first template is kind of getting old. Need a successful chase or two to mix things up. Not today, though.

 

[Athlai]

Wait Southee and Henry on a belter?!?!?!? Whaaaat the ****