***Official New Zealand in India Nov-Dec 2021 Thread***

[Immenso]

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[OverratedSanity]

Bad review.

 

[Immenso]

Or not?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yep, garbage wickets like this, might as well have a lick. Spinning square and rolling along the ground on day 3. You can't survive time.

If you're calling this pitch a rank turner you've probably never seen one your entire life honestly. Pitch is slow, scoring is hard. Surviving isn't.

 

[Hurricane2]

What’s the lowest score off 100 balls faced ?

 

[Zinzan]

If you're calling this pitch a rank turner you've probably never seen one your entire life honestly. Pitch is slow, scoring is hard. Surviving isn't.

Not a rank turner, but not a pitch you block for 5 off 50 balls when one with your name on it is coming anytime. Don't understand this approach from Blundell

 

[OverratedSanity]

What’s the lowest score off 100 balls faced ?

Probably Wagner vs England?

 

[Gnske]

Blundell is doing smart things and naturally all the #intenthogs are offended.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What’s the lowest score off 100 balls faced ?

Dunno, but Geoff Allott once got a 77-ball duck.

 

[Hurricane2]

Probably Wagner vs England?

Correction what is the lowest score off 100 balks in a first inning ?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not a rank turner, but not a pitch you block for 5 off 50 balls when one with your name on it is coming anytime. Don't understand this approach from Blundell

There's no pace on it though. Very tough to force things and get boundaries from the crease. Yeah blundell could be more aggressive but it's not a case where defending is futile. If he gets 30 from 110 balls that's still kinda useful.

 

[Zinzan]

Al least Jamo will look to score. Suspect a couple of big shots coming.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Blundell. Anything Watling can do...

 

[Hurricane2]

Blundell is doing smart things and naturally all the #intenthogs are offended.

Dave cleaver should have been selected ahead of him 2 years ago

 

[hendrix]

If you're calling this pitch a rank turner you've probably never seen one your entire life honestly. Pitch is slow, scoring is hard. Surviving isn't.

yup. Gotta work for wickets and work for your runs.

There's no pace on it though. Very tough to force things and get boundaries from the crease. Yeah blundell could be more aggressive but it's not a case where defending is futile. If he gets 30 from 110 balls that's still kinda useful.

Should be targeting the weaker bowlers, just as Iyer did.

Ishant has largely bowled rubbish and has been unpunished for it. Axar and Ashwin have bowled well. Jadeja has been mostly kinda poor, also gone unpunished.

 

[Gnske]

Dave cleaver should have been selected ahead of him 2 years ago

Does he have intent though? Blundell is just here on incumbency from being Watling's backup right now. Plus a couple of hundreds help his case.

 

[Xix2565]

What’s the lowest score off 100 balls faced ?

Dunno, but Geoff Allott once got a 77-ball duck.

Probably Wagner vs England?

3* off 100 by JT Murray for England vs Australia in Sydney 1963.

EDIT: The query.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;orderbyad=reverse;qualmin1=100;qualval1=balls_faced;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

 

[hendrix]

Al least Jamo will look to score. Suspect a couple of big shots coming.

It's down to picking the bowlers to target. Can't really allow Ishant to bowl dross and just get away with it. There was the opportunity for Latham and Young to target him early on and they didn't.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

We've actually batted for more overs than India but are 100 runs behind. Needed an innings like Lyer.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Well Blundell shows a lot of intent in his MCG 100. Maybe just likes the ball coming on.