1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[Meridio]

Don't need to bowl yorkers yet Boult. Just bowl on a length.

 

[stephen]

Funny thing is I don't think its the pitch (though its far from a road). It's just been a mix of batting pressure and great bowling. Boult and Henry used the swingning conditions excellently, Ferguson has been hostile and Santner has been very tight. Excellent stuff from NZ

That's what I've enjoyed. NZ are ahead because they've played better cricket for the entire match. It will require India's playing better cricket to win from here. It's good watching for a partisan neutral.

 

[slippy888]

i love that on a deck and against two attacks where you have to work hard for your runs, lord colin scored a bright and breezy 16 off 10 balls with no timing issues

truly a sensational talent hampered only by being the dumbest batsman in cricket

What Wagner

 

[Spintolose]

It's amazing to think that yesterday there were 25 overs (half the innings) of dot balls.

 

[trundler]

To be fair, it was very tough for India since the had the contend with the combined pressure of chasing in a WC semi and a billion fans.

 

[stephen]

Oh, well. Time to kill myself

Please don't.

 

[King Pietersen]

Dhoni needs to chill out. SR above 50.

 

[DriveClub]

Assuming New Zealand get through this... any changes for the final?

You know if it's Australia in the final Kiwis would choke hard

 

[GotSpin]

To be fair, it was very tough for India since the had the contend with the combined pressure of chasing in a WC semi and a billion fans.

lol good excuse

 

[hendrix]

Surely gotta bring back Henry for one spell now. Can't be the death ffs

 

[OverratedSanity]

lol good excuse

You can't even imagine the sheer #pressure

 

[Arachnodouche]

I hope the nonagenarian Indian lady fan isn't watching this.

 

[cnerd123]

Do you think Raydu would've made a difference here ?

honestly, no idea. He was in pretty poor form in the leadup. But if Rayudu isn't the answer, then why did he get 3 years worth of JAMODIs in our middle order, when that time could have been spent grooming a better prospect? The Indian management will sometimes stubbornly stick with out of form players on the basis that they trust them to do the job and produce results eventually. But Rayudu was dropped on the eve of the tournament they were meant to be preparing him for. Whether or not Rayudu would have saved India today doesn't take away from the fact that it was really poor player management.

Similarly Pant has only batted at 4 in ODIs one time until this tournament. That's crazy. Pandya has only really started batting up the order this WC too. He was groomed to be a finisher at 6/7, but today he's sent in to guide a tricky chase ahead of MSD. You do not decide who takes on such crucial roles in your batting order once the tournament has started - the players for these roles should have been identified years ago and given sufficient time to grow into the role.

It's just not the way to go about things, and fittingly it's come back to bite them when it matters.

 

[aussie tragic]

Waiting for Amirfan to say again how Pakistan should be in the final because NZ is so unworthy lol

Well done NZ

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Jadeja trying to keep his CSK position ahead of Santner

 

[Meridio]

yeah got to be Henry next over, can't afford him at the death

 

[trundler]

Could've been tight with a better throw

 

[hendrix]

that was def pad first

 

[slippy888]

If india get knocked out here, I think a clear out is necessary really even with Rohit going and Dhawan I cant seem them returning when they 36 in 4 years

 

[Moss]

Won't relax until these two are gone. Jadeja's had a great match and looks up for this.