*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[AndyZaltzHair]

Jimmy freaking Neesham taking the game away

 

[straw man]

Seifert and Allen has to be one of the hack-iest opening pairs in world cricket. Yeah they both have ball-striking ability but god it's ugly sometimes.

Good rescue job by Neesham... and he's out.

 

[thierry henry]

Neesham has such a weird hitting arc and uncanny power. Also looks like he’s completely making his technique up from scratch every innings.

 

[SteveNZ]

T20 hired gun J Neesham still has no T20I fifties in 12 years of trying....given he's purely a batsman nowadays and has always been a batting all-rounder at worst, that's remarkable

 

[King Kane]

Right on cue he hits a full toss to a fielder.

That was more like his Hobart Hurricanes form.

 

[King Kane]

Seifert and Allen has to be one of the hack-iest opening pairs in world cricket. Yeah they both have ball-striking ability but god it's ugly sometimes.

Good rescue job by Neesham... and he's out.

We need Conway opening with one of them at least but I'm guessing he is taking a much needed break right now,.

 

[Aidan11]

WTF?

 

[Moss]

T20 hired gun J Neesham still has no T20I fifties in 12 years of trying....given he's purely a batsman nowadays and has always been a batting all-rounder at worst, that's remarkable

Innings like this show there’s an international level player in there, but he’s often his own worst enemy. That’s the frustrating part.

 

[King Kane]

Bangladesh letting us off the hook with some atrocious fielding and then Milne punishes them with a six.

 

[thierry henry]

Irrespective of what happens in the next 9 balls, I feel like I have way more evidence of Sodhi being able to bat in the last decade than Southee or Milne?

 

[ashley bach]

Golden 19th over from Mustafizur.

 

[thierry henry]

Innings like this show there’s an international level player in there, but he’s often his own worst enemy. That’s the frustrating part.

He hits to cow and bowls inaccurate mediums. I don’t buy the alternative universe theories on Neesham. He’s aight, he’s been aight and he’ll remain aight.

 

[thierry henry]

Irrespective of what happens in the next 9 balls, I feel like I have way more evidence of Sodhi being able to bat in the last decade than Southee or Milne?

Lucky I said irrespective

 

[Mike5181]

You'd take 134 at 50/5.

 

[straw man]

Irrespective of what happens in the next 9 balls, I feel like I have way more evidence of Sodhi being able to bat in the last decade than Southee or Milne?

Fine example of the rare jinx + anti-jinx combo.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Thats way too much to chase here

 

[King Kane]

Milne finishing a pretty poor innings in style with a six, I don't think that total of 134 will be enough but it gives us a chance if we can bowl well.

Irrespective of what happens in the next 9 balls, I feel like I have way more evidence of Sodhi being able to bat in the last decade than Southee or Milne?

I remember thinking that Southee could be our next great all rounder when he hit that brilliant 77 not out against England in his test debut,

Little did I know that would be his peak as a batsman, it's been all downhill since then for him with the odd brief cameo knock here and there.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I remember thinking that Southee could be our next great all rounder when he hit that brilliant 77 not out against England on his test debut,

What, I've never heard about this innings.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Milne finishing a pretty poor innings in style with a six, I don't think that total of 134 will be enough but it gives us a chance if we can bowl well.

Neesham said they were looking for 145 so its about par. I think NZ got more chance to win this now. We had to end the innings at 110 after the start

 

[ashley bach]

Southee an all-rounder