1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[trundler]

Neesh has a job to do here. Kick Ross up the arse.

 

[Athlai]

Neesham!

 

[Zinzan]

Agree, shame Taylor was so selfish to make KW take the risk. Really poor.

 

[Howsie]

Oh hey would you look st that. Williamson out between 60-90 having to hit out because Taylor refuses too.

 

[Mike5181]

Yeah, that's a pretty strong assist from Taylor on that wicket.

 

[Flem274*]

oh booo a part of me wanted ross and latham to block out the rest of the overs

 

[straw man]

So frustrating.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Massive wicket that. Taylor got stuck in a rut but shouldn't get all the blame, really. That was very good bowling to slow it down.

 

[Spintolose]

Oh dear! That was classic Root, tuk tuk tuk tuk then out as soon as he tried to hit out after using up half the game.

 

[Jezroy]

Kane giving some advice to CDG about how the pitch is playing...

 

[artvandalay]

Oh hey would you look st that. Williamson out between 60-90 having to hit out because Taylor refuses too.

More like he can't.

 

[CM Punk]

That's a miserable looking scorecard.

 

[vandem]

Oh hey would you look st that. Williamson out between 60-90 having to hit out because Taylor refuses too.

... because Guptill and Nicholls and Taylor refused too. Combined score 55 (118) = 2.8 rpo, in a World Cup semi final where we won the toss and batted.

 

[Uppercut]

No evidence for any of these IIRC.

Just bring a box of sugar pills or something.

There’s evidence that it’s effective, there’s just no evidence that it’s more effective than a placebo. But that’s because there’s no way of testing it against a placebo.

Sugar pills aren’t a very effective placebo. Maybe a placebo injection would work better but at that point you may as well just use real painkillers. And you may as well use a massage on top of that, especially if the athlete likes them. We don’t have much evidence that it doesn’t work either.

 

[straw man]

Kane giving some advice to CDG about how the pitch is playing...

CDG response "hmm ok I think I'll try hit the first ball for six".

 

[weldone]

I'm not watching but is the pitch really the most difficult of the tournament so far?

 

[CM Punk]

Is it too early to say we're ****ed?

200 looks far away...

 

[Athlai]

I'm not watching but is the pitch really the most difficult of the tournament so far?

Nah 270 pitch I reckon

 

[trundler]

This is just disappointing now.

 

[cnerd123]

I'm not watching but is the pitch really the most difficult of the tournament so far?

no

Good spin bowling and some poor batting

Outfield is rapid too, when they've connected the ball has flown.

Only 10 boundaries in 37 overs. NZ haven't been up to it today, Williamson aside.