1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[The Hutt Rec]

Taylor looked like he wanted to cry right before that skied shot.

 

[Moss]

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

Not really, apart from offering a little more turn than usual. Taylor's having a shocker, unable to get off strike.

 

[Jezroy]

They need 8 an over to get 240. Probably still not enough...

 

[Pup Clarke]

I just don't think Taylor has it mentally when the stakes are this high

 

[CM Punk]

They need 8 an over to get 240. Probably still not enough...

I don't think we'll get 210 at this point.

 

[cnerd123]

Ross hasn't found his range yet, but it's not too late for him to turn it around. 8-9 an over in these final 13 takes NZ to 244-257. Not bad.

 

[Meridio]

Looks nothing much wrong with the pitch - it's spinning, but we've made it look so hard. Zero #intent from Guptill, Nicholls and Taylor, and KW also struggled to score quickly. Our batting strategy seems to have been to see off their good bowlers...but that means Bumrah, Kumar with the new ball, Chahal and Jadeja. Which means we're trying to score 150 off the 5th bowler.

 

[Jezroy]

That was very strange

 

[Moss]

This is very England pre-2015 esque, NZ's batting efforts in the last 3-4 games. How the roles have reversed.

 

[Meridio]

Okay those last few balls have actually been interesting - one spat off a length, then the slower bouncer just lollipopped.

 

[Jezroy]

This is very England pre-2015 esque, NZ's batting efforts in the last 3-4 games. How the roles have reversed.

Hesson saw this coming.

#seeya

 

[Moss]

Okay those last few balls have actually been interesting - one spat off a length, then the slower bouncer just lollipopped.

Yup Neesham could be in business if he lands them correctly today.

 

[Spintolose]

Weird. This is the quietest I've ever heard the Indian crowd.

 

[Athlai]

I would like to see some dingers.

 

[Jezroy]

Weird. This is the quietest I've ever heard the Indian crowd.

They’ve gone to sleep.

 

[Meridio]

Uh-oh, rain on the way according to TMS. We really don't want that, our best hope is a Neesham/CDG hackathon.

 

[Flem274*]

wagner would have a lot of fun with this pitch

 

[harsh.ag]

Bowling some Bhuvi overs to preserve some spin for CdG, right?

 

[Moss]

Uh-oh, rain on the way according to TMS. We really don't want that, our best hope is a Neesham/CDG hackathon.

At the risk of piling on, another reason why bowling first might have been the way to go.

 

[rythy]

So many half chances. NZ have been lucky.