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1st Semi Final - India v New Zealand
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Athlai
Not Terrible
But he's indias starc
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
Yeah ... wish we'd lost the toss haha. Same as the 2015 final.
flibbertyjibber
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Anyway, off to bed. Nights suck. Good luck both sides, may the best team win.
Contra
Cricketer Of The Year
Karthik has barely batted in this tournament and to pick him in a WC Semi? Honestly this decision is looking really questionable especially leaving out Shammi. Even Jadhav could have been a better pick with his potentially jammy wickets against NZ that he always gets.
Moss
International Captain
Interesting choice. While batting first seems to have worked for the most part in this tournament and NZ have had a tough time chasing of late, thought if overhead conditions are grey they could've played to their strengths and unleashed Boult and Henry on the Indian top order. Anyway, onus on the top order to ease the burden on KW and get some runs for a change.
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
I just feel our whole approach in this World Cup has been off.
Winning the toss and batting under grey skies smells of captaining by numbers.
I'm pretty down on all this. I hope they prove me wrong and are not bowled out for <220.
Winning the toss and batting under grey skies smells of captaining by numbers.
I'm pretty down on all this. I hope they prove me wrong and are not bowled out for <220.
Moss
International Captain
If the conditions are cloudy Bhuvi might just enjoy himself. Jadeja is a good pick however, NZ have had their issues against him in the past and he definitely shores up an unreliable middle order.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
I am very surprised that Latham averages that high as an opener as he was rightly dropped from the position after looking poor there for a while. I prefer him in the middle order and he was fantastic in that series in India, though I didn't realise quite how weak his record had been in the last 18 months. If he's not performing at 5 I'd drop him rather than put him back up to opener.
Did think they might go back to Munro over Nicholls, as Nicholls seems to have caught the same disease as the rest of the batsmen (caught down leg once, got a first baller the other and head too scrambled to review). Not unhappy to see Nicholls retained here though.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
He's more our Henry than our Starc but anyways it's criminal to drop him because Bhuvi sucks.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah I was having a dig at *****
Still hanging around in 2019 and playing World Cup semifinals. Debuted before Dhoni I think.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Well you see, they'd have prefered to bat first last match, so therefore should opt do that today...
Anyway, fire up NZ! World cup semi finals don't come along very often. With us batting first this could be very interesting or all over very quickly!