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

[Silver Silva]

England - Everyone had double figure scores
NZ - Nobody had double figure scores

 

[Moss]

I'd have preferred Mitchell and Phillips to have more overs and Neesham and Ravindra to have less. That would be my one criticism.

Yeah agree with this. Thinking about it more objectively they both bowled trash and if anything he showed too much faith. At least they’re showing the inclination to turn to Phillips these days (mainly when there are LHers at the crease) but they just seem to forget Mitchell can bowl.

 

[centurymaker]

I heard there were 40,000 people in the stadium in the 2nd innings (about 30% of capacity), is it true?

 

[ashley bach]

You'd have to assume it's very likely that England bt Pak and RSA.

Hell no, in fact unless they do something drastically different they could get mullicked in both matches.

 

[ashley bach]

I know I'm the only one banging this drum. But Santner is the best in the world at what he does. 0 boundaries off his 10 overs.

That's actually ****ing unbelievable tbh

 

[NZTailender]

Yeah agree with this. Thinking about it more objectively they both bowled trash and if anything he showed too much faith. At least they’re showing the inclination to turn to Phillips these days (mainly when there are LHers at the crease) but they just seem to forget Mitchell can bowl.

Nah like Ravindra they want to save Mitchell's hooping swing bowling for when it's truly needed and not against weak teams

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I heard there were 40,000 people in the stadium in the 2nd innings (about 30% of capacity), is it true?

47,518

36.55% capacity

 

[Ali TT]

Completely missed this game yesterday and probably a good thing. Amazing win by NZ, congrats to the fans on here.

Demoralising for England but sometimes these games happen. Dunno if they can bounce back and, if honest, didn't really fancy our chances ahead of the tournament.

 

[Aritro]

47,518

36.55% capacity

Really solid crowd actually.

 

[OverratedSanity]

47,518

36.55% capacity

I don't buy it

 

[honestbharani]

I don't buy it

we know you didn't buy a ticket. You were not there.

 

[RMBolton]

Some will doubtless hang around until their mid 30s, but the only ones you could rely on still being in the XI in four years are probably:

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Rachin
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Phillips
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Santner
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Sodhi possibly, but he may be fighting Ashok for a place by then.

The team would certainly be in the midst of a generational transition by then, in all three formats frankly. Sure, there may not be the next Kane/Boult/Southee, but there are solid players around that I'm confident can make the step up, & at least in the white ball formats NZ can still be reasonably strong.

 

[East Bay Ray]

I still cannot figure out why the poms pick Woakes anywhere away from his mums home cooking.
Eng are a typical limited overs team these days....chock full of ordinary bats and ordinary bowlers that get picked on the basis of being all rounders.
Pointless.
All u get is a bunch of ordinary players clogging up half the team.

 

[mackembhoy]

I still cannot figure out why the poms pick Woakes anywhere away from his mums home cooking.
Eng are a typical limited overs team these days....chock full of ordinary bats and ordinary bowlers that get picked on the basis of being all rounders.
Pointless.
All u get is a bunch of ordinary players clogging up half the team.

Because his record away from home is great in white ball cricket?

He averages in the 20s in Asia in both formats?

 

[Neil Young]

And some of those ordinary bats are a wee bit better than ordinary.

 

[GIMH]

Because his record away from home is great in white ball cricket?

He averages in the 20s in Asia in both formats?

He has one bad game and everyone is like WOAKES AWAY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ignoring the fact that it’s only his Test match record where that applies

 

[jcas0167]

because his development was in a different system

An ex-test player wrote about how Conway looked better than his contemparies when he was 19. Likened him to Graeme Pollock with his ball striking.

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[jcas0167]

I heard there were 40,000 people in the stadium in the 2nd innings (about 30% of capacity), is it true?

Just watching a replay of the NZ innings (having just seen the start of the England innings where the stadium seemed empty) I can believe it.

 

[RMBolton]

If he is not a future star of international cricket, something will have gone seriously wrong. I have seen enough of him to predict that he will soon be in the national team.

Well, he made it, even if he had to move to Wellington to make it happen.

 

[honestbharani]

Well, he made it, even if he had to move to Wellington to make it happen.

who were you quoting?