1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[Stapel]

NZ nearly doubled their amount of runs in the 8th over.....

 

[Flem274*]

guptill really needed to send bhuvi into orbit where he belongs

 

[Malcolm]

As great as Williamson is, wish he played a Sachin-esque straight drive more often. He is really the only guy currently who can do it.

Played one now.

 

[trundler]

All class

 

[cnerd123]

Fast outfield here.

 

[vandem]

Fast outfield, pitch with some bounce, 320 par score?

 

[harsh.ag]

Hope hardik's trashy bouncers succeed in forcing one of these two into a bad pressure release pull shot.

It will be a ****ing travesty if Pandya gets Williamson

 

[Mike5181]

They must have spent the last few weeks watching Manchester by the Sea on repeat in their spare time or something.

Couple of good shots there, though. More promising.

 

[_Ed_]

So what's a par score here? Reckon 250 makes it competitive, 275 wins it for NZ.

We need a minimum of 290, IMO.

 

[Prince EWS]

As great as Williamson is, wish he played a Sachin-esque straight drive more often. He is really the only guy currently who can do it.

Random one, but Hamilton Masakadza.

 

[Neil Young]

Fast outfield, pitch with some bounce, 320 par score?

I'd be happy with 320. Would give us a great shout.

 

[Flem274*]

320 in a semi is a great score

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'd be happy with 320. Would give us a great shout.

Not saying it can't happen but NZ need 8rpo from here on to get 320

 

[Mike5181]

Can they throw Rameez Raja on commentary as well, just to end it all.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It's all dependant on rohit and kohli though. If they fire, India can conceivably chase down even 340 but get even one of them cheaply and anything over 250 becomes very very competitive.

 

[Neil Young]

Not saying it can't happen but NZ need 8rpo from here on to get 320

Ha. I didn't really think around it. So, let's not beat around the bush here. It ain't gonna happen!

 

[harsh.ag]

Random one, but Hamilton Masakadza.

Haha too random. Don't remember him at all

 

[Spintolose]

Did New Zealand start to believe too much in the 'bat first and win propaganda'?

Looks a great toss to lose. Manchester is pretty much like Lord of the Rings. There's no such thing as summer there.

 

[vandem]

I'd be happy with 320. Would give us a great shout.

I meant 320 would give us a 50/50 chance of a win. But think we'll meander to 3-120 then get bowled out for 230 trying to accelerate.

 

[Moss]

Lots of dots from Nicholls . Have no issues with him showing caution against the likes of Bumrah and Bhuvi, but needs to find ways of ticking it over against the likes of Pandya at least.