Semi-Final #1- India v Australia- Tuesday, March 4th- Dubai

[King Kane]

A classic Maxwell innings, six and out.

A lot resting on Carey now batting with the tail.

 

[SkyBlue]

... The Maxwell dismissal will now probably stifle Carey's freeflowing hitting & get him to 'carry the tail' until the last 4 overs or so.. if wickets are still aplenty.

Maxwell has put it ALL on Carey now.

Even if they just bat out the overs, they'll comfortably get to 280-290

 

[Burgey]

Dwarshius is the sort of bloke who can randomly #bosh a few

 

[King Kane]

These commentators keep talking about this being a better pitch but I think Australian batsmen are simply better at playing the situation and are naturally more aggressive too

There's a night and day difference between Aus and NZ batters

Great jinx, since then Smith and Maxwell have thrown their wickets away with terrible shots, if Carey gets out soon they could get out for under 250.

 

[slowfinger]

i think a Starc and Cummins would have been useful about now

 

[Qlder]

I mean it's good that Dwarshuis is surviving but 3 off 13 is not what's needed. Aus has only scored 9 runs off 21 balls since Maxwell got out

 

[Burgey]

the more I see Kuldeep Yadav bowl, the less I rate him. I thought he was a shoo in to succeed Ashwin as a mainstay for India but I don’t think he belongs in the same discussion with him.

 

[Burgey]

I mean it'd good that Dwarshuis is saving but 3 off 13 is not what's needed. Aus has only scored 9 rus off21 balls since Maxwell got out

Then he shouldn’t have got out

 

[honestbharani]

There's a night and day difference between Aus and NZ batters

I mean, literally, THAT was the difference between when NZ batted and when Australia are batting now.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah his cross-format resurgence with the bat the past 12 months or so has been much needed. Played some valuable knocks in that time, even if he doesn’t tho on with it as often as we would like

His temperament is amazing. Its like he has the temperament of a Pujara but the shots of a Yuvraj.

 

[slowfinger]

if they can crawl to 250 by 47 then 280 might be on by the 50

 

[ashley bach]

BOSH

 

[honestbharani]

the more I see Kuldeep Yadav bowl, the less I rate him. I thought he was a shoo in to succeed Ashwin as a mainstay for India but I don’t think he belongs in the same discussion with him.

I thought he had improved till his latest injury but what do you see that is going wrong with his bowling now?

 

[slowfinger]

with Kuldeep serving up mince Pies they 250 might come up faster than expected hahaha

 

[Qlder]

Then he shouldn’t have got out

Agreed but I'm talking about Dwarshuis who's too slow with now 4 off 15.

There we go, 6 from Dwarshuis

 

[ashley bach]

226-6 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[SkyBlue]

I mean, literally, THAT was the difference between when NZ batted and when Australia are batting now.

NZ wouldn't score 280 on this pitch. Australia look very likely to do so at this stage.

 

[Burgey]

I thought he had improved till his latest injury but what do you see that is going wrong with his bowling now?

I hadn’t realised he’d been injured tbf to him. He just doesn’t seem to have the work on the ball he used to from my seat on the other side of the world, but maybe his injury has a bit to do with that

 

[slowfinger]

the DJ just repeating Aussie Aussie Aussie to a crowd full of Indians is literal trolling hahahah

 

[Burgey]

I feel like Dwarshuis is going to play one of those random BBL knocks he puts in occasionally and smoke a few at the back end of this innings (wishful thinking ftw)