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***Official***Match #16- New Zealand vs Afghanistan- October 18th-Chennai (D/N)

centurymaker

centurymaker

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NZ should bat first.

If Afghanistan bats 1st and scores 260+ and without KW to anchor, I am sure a collapse could happen.

Runs on the board!
 
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Days of Grace

Days of Grace

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Well, I’m also sure that anything could happen.

This was probably the game we were targeting to play one or two of the scrubs. Now can we risk it?
 
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loterry1994

International Debutant
Howsie said:
From what I’ve seen so far the only team I could see challenging New Zealand is India. Obviously missing Williamson again for a little while but with him, Conway, Latham and Mitchell we probably have some of the better players on spin in this World Cup.

The bowling is our issue but so far so good especially with the 5th bowler.
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Lot of these teams are very good on paper. If you time your run well and have momentum at the back end of the tournament then anything can happen in the semis
 
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HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
Sunil1z said:
Afghanistan have the best spinners in this tournament. Don’t forget Noor Ahmad who plays for Gujarat Titans . So please cut off the water supply now 🤕
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Nah I’d rate Ind and Nz’s spin attacks higher. Some of the figures of AFG spinners are exaggerated cause of playing Bang/Zim etc too often.
 
Moss

Moss

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Opportunity to bring Southee and Sodhi in for sure, though with no ‘easy’ games NZ will probably just opt for continuity. if the drier Chepauk pitch is used this could be a very interesting game. IIRC, Rachin knows what it’s like to lose a WC game to Afghanistan. (Or indeed, Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and a couple of others know what it’s like to beat NZ in a WC game).
 
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Zinzan

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Trying to get some early intel on the pitch, but couldn't find anything yet except that it's odds-on likely to favour spin as apparently it's a red soil base as opposed to what was a black-soil base used in the NZ vs Bangers match which of course was quite seamer friendly and assisted NZ's pace bowlers.

We'll get the verdict fairly soon.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

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Zinzan said:
Trying to get some early intel on the pitch, but couldn't find anything yet except that it's odds-on likely to favour spin as apparently it's a red soil base as opposed to black-soil base we saw in the NZ vs Bangers match which of course was quite seamer friendly and assisted NZ pace bowlers.

We'll get the verdict fairly soon.
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Chennai pitch is a spinners pitch 80% of the time and a batting pitch 20% of the time.
 
Zinzan

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Chennai pitch is a spinners pitch 80% of the time and a batting pitch 20% of the time.
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Yeah I know it generally favours bowlers, but was quietly hoping from a NZ POV that this one is as much pace friendly as spin friendly like NZ's last match there, but I suspect it will favour spin which will of course will be more challenging for NZ.
 
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Tom Flint

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thundaboult said:
Lockie, rattle em like ya did the bangers. They don't like that kinda pace. Can totally see them dining out on henry and perhaps even trent. Santner I believe will be more than smart enough to adapt, because they will go after him probably the most.

As for their spinners...well....our batters need to be ready. They will be tested. Rashid and Mujeeb sky high on confidence. Don't sleep on farooqi as well, looked good with the new ball and has decent pace, control left arm inswing.
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Not sure about this. Against England it was the spinners who caused them problems. They play pace quite well. We'll see.
 
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