31st Match - New Zealand v Afghanistan (8th March 2015)

[anil1405]

Target 187. Not bad from the Afghans.

 

[Spark]

boooo

 

[Flem274*]

that's a superb catch

 

[Athlai]

Milne looking pretty sore after that. Could be a worry.

Pretty good set of hands as well. We've been so lucky with our young quicks being quality in the field.

 

[Howsie]

he had it in him, but he wasn't, and he was given a free ride into the squad when he was the 5th or 6th most proven odi bowler. that was the issue everyone had with him.

anyway we've done this over and over and don't ever seem to be able to have common ground so let's just agree boult has come of age as an odi bowler in this tournament yeah?

He's got his rewards this World Cup, I'll agree with that. But he hasn't just all of a sudden become a world class swing bowler who bowls at 140+ with great control.

 

[Athlai]

SL>Afghanistan>Australia>Scotland>England for those keeping score at home.

 

[Jimbo the giant]

Milne needs someone to get in his ear. When you're bowling to tailenders you have to aim at the stumps. Even better is bowling full and at the stumps. He must have an iq of 75, but he sure is fast. Might start calling him forrest soon

 

[anil1405]

SL>Afghanistan>Australia>Scotland>England for those keeping score at home.

This NZ bowling performance would be right at the bottom as compared to their other games in the WC.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. The other day Aus bowlers were operating at 145 to 150 and were impossible to play. Today we have Milne hitting the 150kph mark and the Afg player just dead bats it with ease back to the bowler. All 150kph deliveries are not created equal.

Probably has something to do with the pitch.

 

[Flem274*]

Milne needs someone to get in his ear. When you're bowling to tailenders you have to aim at the stumps. Even better is bowling full and at the stumps. He must have an iq of 75, but he sure is fast. Might start calling him forrest soon

everything i've heard of milne gives me the impression he's onto it tbh

 

[Howsie]

Milne needs someone to get in his ear. When you're bowling to tailenders you have to aim at the stumps. Even better is bowling full and at the stumps. He must have an iq of 75, but he sure is fast. Might start calling him forrest soon

Oh hey Jelepeno.

 

[Athlai]

Haha anyone watching the halftime thing?

Crowe on Guppy genuinely made me lol.

 

[Flem274*]

nah i have aus/nz highlights. what's crowe saying?

 

[Athlai]

nah i have aus/nz highlights. what's crowe saying?

Lot of it is tearjerking stuff, memories of 1992, hall of fame.

The Guppy bit came with his recent bat in a club game, Laura said he was looking good out there, he replied he was trying to show Guptill how to do it, hit it along the ground and hit the gaps.

 

[Athlai]

Sky's cricket coverage is so good these days. Good time to be a Kiwi fan.

 

[Flem274*]

even though i knew we won the game that highlights reel still got me nervous. what an amazing match that was.

 

[hendrix]

No idea why you'd watch that when you can watch Isa Guha on cricinfo...

 

[Flem274*]

wtf is this i think i just got red buttoned

 

[Contra]

well well..

 

[Flem274*]

that's a peach