The FINAL, Australia v New Zealand (THE BATTLE OF THE MITCHELLS) at the Ring of Fire, Dubai-- 11/14 Sunday (N)

[thundaboult]

57 in our first 10 overs.....

 

[slippy888]

i like the reactions on here from new zealand fans, it similliar to india crickets fans and you guys care about your team

 

[thierry henry]

57 in our first 10 overs.....

We scored heaps. Our batting is limited. Our bowling is supposed to be good and they’ve bottled it.

 

[Aritro]

The Australian batting has been impeccable but **** me they've fed them some tripe

 

[thundaboult]

EVERYTHING is headed to the fence, where are these fielders

 

[SteveNZ]

Obviously we've bowled complete crap, but I do think Aus have given us a lesson in pushing the score along from ball one - they've been great, punished the bad balls, taken risks and worked everything else for one or twos. If only we'd started like that.

Yep, very true - they were a lot more proactive than us.

Sodhi, you almost expected something like this from him. His pitch maps have always been awful and his figures flattered. But Santner bowled a pile of absolute garbage where you'd expect him to have been better.

 

[Gob]

Maxi going six a ball here

 

[straw man]

Obviously we've bowled complete crap, but I do think Aus have given us a lesson in pushing the score along from ball one - they've been great, punished the bad balls, taken risks and worked everything else for one or twos. If only we'd started like that.

We actually did start like that, but stopped as soon as Mitchell got out.

 

[Meridio]

We've been hit for so many leg side boundaries today from balls angling down leg stump. So poor

 

[Spark]

Could be over in a hurry, this.

 

[SteveNZ]

I'm turning this off before I have to ensure Justin Langer

 

[Spark]

We actually did start like that, but stopped as soon as Mitchell got out.

Tbh it was really the number of dot balls that killed you. Make most of those into singles and you have so much more impetus in your innings

 

[thierry henry]

Is this the most dominant batting performance against a top 8 team the whole tournament?

 

[SteveNZ]

Really, really poor that Boult hasn't bowled his 4th yet and the game is gone

 

[slippy888]

How many boundaries through the off side have we seen during the aussie innings, i cant remember to many

 

[Aritro]

We've been hit for so many leg side boundaries today from balls angling down leg stump. So poor

He's just sent down almost an entire over of balls angling down leg. The ****'s wrong with him?

 

[Spark]

Is this the most dominant batting performance against a top 8 team the whole tournament?

England vs Aus was ridiculously one-sided

 

[thierry henry]

The Australian batting has been impeccable but **** me they've fed them some tripe

You patted Sodhi on the back earlier in the tournament for bowling the exact same ****

 

[Meridio]

like, every ball from Southee this over has been going down leg. So bad. It's like they're trying to cramp them for room, bowl out of the arc, but it hasn't worked at all and we've kept doing it

 

[Spark]

like, every ball from Southee this over has been going down leg. So bad. It's like they're trying to cramp them for room, bowl out of the arc, but it hasn't worked at all and we've kept doing it

Think they're mentally a bit gone tbh. They know this is done