*Official* Opening Match- England v New Zealand- October 5th, Ahmedabad

[Athlai]

Guess that makes our top XI...

Conway
Ravindra
KW*
Mitchell
Latham+
Phillips
Chapman
Santner
Sodhi (Pace bowler if seam friendly)
Henry
Boult

Means we have to accept that 10 overs would need to be shared between Ravindra, Mitchell, Phillips (and Chapman?) but allows us to bat right down to 8, with a handy 9, 10 & 11.

"Accept"

Mate those are 10 pretty fine overs in the grand scheme of things

 

[Prince EWS]

"Accept"

Mate those are 10 pretty fine overs in the grand scheme of things

Yeah you had to accept 20 overs of that lot + Neesham last night and that was a far bigger problem.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah you had to accept 20 overs of that lot + Neesham last night and that was a far bigger problem.

Yeah that was looking rough for a moment. Until Latham showed me the error of my ways

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah that was looking rough for a moment. Until Latham showed me the error of my ways

Replacing Neesham with an actual bowler would make it fine IMO, especially since Mitchell didn't even bowl.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't agree with their NZ winning policy, but I like their England losing policy

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Count those boundaries back England ya jammy bastards

Leave jammy out of the Narendra Modi Stadium

 

[Starfighter]

Awhhh shut the **** up about knuckle ball...DJ Bravo was the first*


*first i saw

Dennis Lillee wrote about it in 1978.

 

[ataraxia]

Haha this is about the best result imaginable. Hax Conway. Ravindra scoring a top-order century. England completely destroyed.

 

[Days of Grace]

Comfortable 38-27 win. Great start to the tournament!

 

[Flem274*]

Great win, didn't expect that with the team structure at all. Great display from the team and especially from Henry, Conway and Ravindra.

Have to laugh that we stacked the batting and didn't need it.

England and their MO perhaps a bit more prone to not being ruthless on part timers.

 

[Andyhere]

Losing is one thing, it's part of the game, but losing like this is completely different.

 

[Burgey]

Dennis Lillee wrote about it in 1978.

bUt HoW dId He Go In ThE sUbCoNtInEnT

 

[Burgey]

Losing is one thing, it's part of the game, but losing like this is completely different.

That’s how England often lost before 2019. They’re just reverting to their mean.

 

[Chubb]

Sic semper tyrannis!

 

[NZTailender]

What a heist with the bowling, what an absolute drubbing with the bat. Best scorecard to wake up to (apart from my boy young)

 

[social]

He’s over a year older than de Kock too

I haven’t looked at his earlier career but he’s looked world class in all formats from the moment he took the field for the Kiwis and is a significantly better player than any of his Saffer contemporaries

 

[thierry henry]

No doubt Will Young returned to the sheds and told the team it was ‘doing a bit early’ out there

 

[TheJediBrah]

What a heist with the bowling, what an absolute drubbing with the bat. Best scorecard to wake up to (apart from my boy young)

Will Young: "It's tough conditions out there guys"

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Any *Official* YouTube highlights for these games or an I going to rely on All Open Kabaddi for six weeks?

 

[Socerer 01]

I haven’t looked at his earlier career but he’s looked world class in all formats from the moment he took the field for the Kiwis and is a significantly better player than any of his Saffer contemporaries

because his development was in a different system