*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[Meridio]

Bugger. Don't think we have enough.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

You absolutely cannot be just fiddling around scrounging singles on a deck like this. Usually I'm all for knuckling it down and gritting your way through it, but not here. Not only is it the only way you'll ever really score, it's also the only chance you have of knocking bowlers out of their rhythm.

Yea I’m not criticizing them on this pitch. I think in general though, the quality of batting around the world is going down as strike rates have started to go up a bit.

 

[Meridio]

You jinxed him

It was king Kane dammit

 

[_Ed_]

Actually finding myself missing Southee's batting.

 

[King Kane]

Young undone by the goddamn carrom ball again,

 

[thierry henry]

This isn't just a bazball or t20 thing. Pant and head were doing this before mccullum took over on some horrid pitches, and head was a bad t20 cricketer until 2024. The whole "bat aggressively because you’re gonna get one with your name on it" approach for hard batting conditions has been around for ages in FC cricket, no?

I’m not saying there’s no logic to that theory, I’m wondering why I rarely used to hear it and now I seem to hear it (and see it via crazy batting) every other innings. It must be either that batters are bottling it or that for whatever reason curators around the world have decided to prepare unplayable pitches.

 

[Spark]

Poor Pant lmao. Jadeja keeps giving him death stares but there's nothing whatsoever he can do about these

 

[_Ed_]

Actually finding myself missing Southee's batting.

Henry steps in to fill the void.

 

[Nintendo]

Henry BOSH.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I’m not saying there’s no logic to that theory, I’m wondering why I never used to hear it and now I seem to hear it (and see it via crazy batting) every other innings. It must be either that batters are bottling it or that for whatever reason curators around the world have decided to prepare unplayable pitches.

Sure you're not watching a videotape of the same game over and over?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Lol Blundell's going to have to keep on this.

 

[thierry henry]

Sure you're not watching a videotape of the same game over and over?

I don’t know what this means

 

[Nintendo]

Henry BOSH.

Ajaz BOSH.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Think that's the game. Don't see NZ defending 140.

Have WAYYYYYYY too much faith on this Indian line-up

 

[King Kane]

Watch out for the carrom ball Ajaz,

He just smoked the carrom ball for six,

 

[honestbharani]

The whole T20 bash if you cant survive approach also has one other factor going for it. Mumbai is a small ground and the ball does fly here because of the higher altitude a bit like Jo'burg.

 

[Spark]

The whole T20 bash if you cant survive approach also has one other factor going for it. Mumbai is a small ground and the ball does fly here because of the higher altitude a bit like Jo'burg.

Isn't... Mumbai on the coast?

 

[BazBall21]

Have WAYYYYYYY too much faith on this Indian line-up

Think a 150 lead is 70-30 India. Not no chance for NZ.

 

[Meridio]

Lower order bosh runs on these sorts of pitches in these sorts of situations are just *chef's kiss*

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

The whole T20 bash if you cant survive approach also has one other factor going for it. Mumbai is a small ground and the ball does fly here because of the higher altitude a bit like Jo'burg.

Uh how high do you think Johannesburg is