1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[Spintolose]

Kane was Able.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Well played NZ. Go win the whole damn thing on Sunday now.

 

[Athlai]

Santa wafg

 

[trundler]

That's what I said, Pandya was a ticking time bomb.

There's a reason why Ross and Kane didn't do this.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Great to see this from Santner. He had been a bit disappointing in other games but this is awesome

 

[Contra]

India HAS THE PLAYERS, they just need to be smart about how they approach things and BE FLEXIBLE as KOHLI HIMSELF keeps saying.

India has attacking players batting time and guys who bat time coming in with the RR high. Such a situation will lead to the kind of situations India has routinely found themselves in for a LONG TIME. We need a guy like McCulllum or Jason Roy at the top of we don't have Dhawan. Also the way they have used Jadeja's batting is something I've bad a problem with for a long long time. The man can be used as a pinch hitter at the top of the order! He's not as good lower down the order as a Pandya, should have been allowed to bat slighly up the order.

India really need to sit down and be flexible with their batting line up, if the top order doesn't fire we're pretty much losing every time as the skills of the players don't match the situation of the time they come into bat. It's sad but it is what it is.

 

[Flem274*]

kane and ross looking pretty damn smart right now

 

[straw man]

Great spell from Santner - this is what he's in the side for (and hasn't done in the tournament to date) - dot it up and then take the wicket when the batsman tries to attack.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Santner the crunch man!!! This is so good.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's a properly dumb shot.

Meh, the run rate was kind of getting out of hand. He had to take a few risks.

 

[slippy888]

Jadeja our last hope he has belted some better bowling attacks in test cricket than this new Zealand one

 

[thierry henry]

Really good bowling. Finally tossed one up for Hardik to go at, and it turned (despite that going against the commentary narrative)

 

[trundler]

Santner making me taste it. Pressure matters.

 

[artvandalay]

We needed to take risks against santner. Can't have him going for 5 off 5 overs. Nz have got this. Pp must be a riot right now.

 

[trundler]

Time for #Jadeja'sMatch

 

[The Hutt Rec]

kane and ross looking pretty damn smart right now

I demand an apology from those who dissed my Taylor praise post.

 

[mr_mister]

Drop Kohli from the white ball stuff

Blood Shaw, Iyer, etc

 

[cnerd123]

why india struggle to pick up singles against satner

he's bowling really well tbf. This is the perfect situation for him to just plug away with subtle variations and wait for the batsmen to take the attack to him. Can have a tight field as well and not worry too much about conceding boundaries.

Here's hoping for a cameo 50 from Jadeja to keep this entertaining.

 

[the big bambino]

It's been really bad. I fail to see the point behind the trolling because Indian posters here are some of the more well behaved and nuanced.

Strong potential for a circle jerk here.

 

[trundler]

We needed to take risks against santner. Can't have him going for 5 off 5 overs. Nz have got this. Pp must be a riot right now.

They just did and look what happened.