1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand

[OverratedSanity]

We need to focus the trolling on Indian fans guys.

The Indian fans most prone to baiting no longer post much so everyone's slowly realizing how futile and boring the attempt to troll them is.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

jfc if Steve Smith should have gotten a life ban for being captain of a team that ball tampered then what should Faf, Sachin, Atherton, England 00s team etc. gotten? Years of torture and a death sentence?

Nothing any of these guys did was any worse than what dozens of guys have been caught for over the past years, and probably hundreds who haven't been caught. Can't believe this still ahs to be explained over a year later ffs

Martin Crowe would have been wiped out in 1991 with the Chris Pringle affair haha.

 

[Greenlite]

We need to focus the trolling on Indian fans guys.

I feel Kane, Tom and the boys need to troll the Indian team to get under their skin, that'd be the surprise ace in our sleeves, they won't see us coming.

Or steal some of TheJediBrah's temperment, the dude is all fired up with foul language and the spirit of the game, we've been way too timid for the last month.

Kane doing a Davey Warner century jump and shock the opposition.

Edit: or the attitude Kane had when he just took the trophy from the Pakistan presenter without shaking hands or saying a word last year, so rude and too cool for school, a bit of Sean Fitzpatrick on poor old Phil Kearns

 

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Kane doing a Davey Warner century jump and shock the opposition.

I'm really struggling to imagine what this would look like.

 

[Greenlite]

Kane doing a Davey Warner century jump and shock the opposition./QUOTE]
I'm really struggling to imagine what this would look like.

Bumrah and Kohli kneel down before Bat God and pray

 

[Grasshopper]

I feel Kane, Tom and the boys need to troll the Indian team to get under their skin, that'd be the surprise ace in our sleeves, they won't see us coming.

No more Mr Nice Guys? I like it. Time to bring the mongrel, fellas. The rain can sod off, we've got this.

Tally Ho!

 

[OverratedSanity]

Be your own meek nice selves ffs. Being douchey doesn't really suit you (unless it involves Kyle Mills and a bespectacled Vettori giving it to a choking saffer). If NZ lift the cup, it'll be by being ultra polite and after winning over the support of the neutrals.

WC final : NZ beat Australia by 8 power of loves

 

[TheJediBrah]

Great in theory but if NZ shed their "good guys" image then when they inevitably lose they won't have that to fall back on

 

[Grasshopper]

This ain't 2015. The time for impeccably courteous moral victories is over.

 

[Athlai]

I heard Kane Williamson once didn’t say “Cheers” to someone that held a door open for him. This team has an edge.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Boult to take five wickets and then do the show the ball to everyone in the crowd thing.

 

[rythy]

Weather doesn't look good. Let's see.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Nah, just get Neesham to get some Tendulkar jokes trending on Twitter

 

[cnerd123]

The last time Kohli and Williamson faced each other in a WC game, this happened:

 

[Mike5181]

Williamson looked so much better without the beard.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Williamson looked so much better without the beard.

What. Absolutely not.

 

[Borges]

That was Prince Kane. Now it is King Kane; and kings win knockout games.

 

[SteveNZ]

Anyway, for NZ the blueprint for victory was laid down at Hamilton (and executed again at Lords) - win the toss, bowl first, make early breakthroughs and exploit India's fragile middle-order while the ball is still new. I don't want to say it's the only way of winning, but with the top 5 batting the way they are it's definitely the most likely. Oh and I swear to god, if Munro is back in the playing XI we'll see a repeat of the living room carnage that followed the Nigel Llong "It could be anything" howler during the 2015 day-night Adelaide test.

I hope he plays. Truly, I do. And I advocated for him to be dropped a long time ago. Nicholls is a sitting duck. They didn't invest enough time in him as an opener, then dropped him from there, then reinstated him at the hardest part of the tournament. Zero confidence. I can see him poking around for 8 off 22 then nicking out to Bumrah. The best we can hope for is a 20 off 10 from Munro.

 

[Shri]

going to a group screening tonight with some tree bros

they told me there will be biryani

 

[Shri]

What. Absolutely not.

yeah he looks like he's 12

close competition with tim ambrose