1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[DriveClub]

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

Lol fully expect Kiwis to choke in the final now

 

[cnerd123]

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 took 2 risks and lost 2 wickets mate

 

[stephen]

Looks like losing Dhawan was massive. Forgot who actually broke Dhawan's hands

Cummins.

 

[GotSpin]

When's the last time a spinner went for one an over?

 

[slippy888]

Those shots from pant and pandy are not acceptable in this situation

 

[OverratedSanity]

They just did and look what happened.

Yeah because he's bowling well. But they still had to have a go.

Edit: not pant but I'll defend Pandya's shot

 

[trundler]

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.

That's what got the Pant wicket. 3 straight ones and the 4th one wide and going away. Desperate slog and voila.

 

[King Pietersen]

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

There's risks, and then there's slog sweeping across the line to a ball that started on off and was spinning away. Was not the percentage shot.

 

[SkyBlue]

It's massive for the game if NZ go on and win the entire thing.

It is insignificant however if NZ win this and choke in a big final as usual. Every cricket fan deserves a competitive final imo and at this point, I'm skeptic of seeing that on Sunday regardless of them facing England or Australia.

 

[trundler]

Yeah because he's bowling well. But they still had to have a go.

Go at Neesham

 

[mr_mister]

Breaking news: Kohli effigies being burned in the streets of Dehli

 

[Spikey]

great they're gonna change the 2023 format so the semi finals are best out of 3

 

[trundler]

They just did and look what happened.

they took 2 risks and lost 2 wickets mate

I feel unclean

 

[mr_mister]

When's the last time a spinner went for one an over?

The early 50s

 

[Moss]

Happy to taste it, thought Santner wouldn't come off agaubst the middle order. By golly he's played his part to perfection so far.

 

[morgieb]

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

Yeah with Ferguson and Boult still in the stands and only the tail behind you, you couldn't just let them bowl at you. It's not ideal but then neither is being 5/90.

 

[stephen]

great they're gonna change the 2023 format so the semi finals are best out of 3

 

[thierry henry]

How good that Santner was brought in out of nowhere almost exactly 4 years ago, has been allowed to play through basically an entire WC cycle and is now coming up trumps exactly when you’d want him to. Almost feels like good planning.

 

[vcs]

 

[slippy888]

The Chennai super kings guys in here