wellAlbidarned
International Coach
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4th Quarter Final - New Zealand v West Indies (21st March)
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Ugh. Hubris. Always makes me nervous ahead of such a big game to see so much hubris.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Hubris is one of my top three words along with pedantic, and messiah. If you throw any of those words into a post you automatically win the point being discussed.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Excellent wouldn't trade the NZ crew for the world.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Which is why it was 3-0 and not 5-0. Bloke's hopeless with a Duke.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
Southee and Boult are riding on a crest of a wave, just like their team is really. BUT, where tests have been concerned i think our NZ friends go a little OTT. Boult and Southee were of course in the Caribbean not long ago and the truth is Roach outperformed both. Tim has proven himself but one still gets the feeling that away from home Boult can go missing. I'm really looking forward to seeing NZ play in England later this year...they win that series with those two playing a significant role then imo that would be a huge step forward and the hype would be justified.
Anyway my friends..still feeling smug and confident? or is the pressure starting to build knowing you're the "massive favourites"?
Anyway my friends..still feeling smug and confident? or is the pressure starting to build knowing you're the "massive favourites"?
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Southee and Boult are riding on a crest of a wave, just like their team is really. BUT, where tests have been concerned i think our NZ friends go a little OTT. Boult and Southee were of course in the Caribbean not long ago and the truth is Roach outperformed both. Tim has proven himself but one still gets the feeling that away from home Boult can go missing. I'm really looking forward to seeing NZ play in England later this year...they win that series with those two playing a significant role then imo that would be a huge step forward and the hype would be justified.
Anyway my friends..still feeling smug and confident? or is the pressure starting to build knowing you're the "massive favourites"?
good to have you here Windie as always...I will be heading to the game tomorrow - and hoping for my team to do well - I trust you will be watching as well, from a distance, rooting for the Windies. We will see what both sets of fans have to say after the match. Certainly I hope with all my heart that if we are fortunate enough to get up tomorrow that we thank all concerned for the game and look forward to the next one.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
Cheers mate. Have a good time at the game and may the best team win. If we get totally trashed though i'm not sure i'll be hanging around too much
. Your lot are in form so logically people will be going for the kiwis but like i said previously i just get the sense this will be a tight affair.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
it probably will be tight you are right. I think Guptil, Ross, and Elliot have question marks over their batting despite Martin's recent ton. And having three guys who might not turn up is a big deal.Cheers mate. Have a good time at the game and may the best team win. If we get totally trashed though i'm not sure i'll be hanging around too much
Good luck to you men as well windie.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Although there is something exciting about a West Indies revival but I don't think they have the team for it. Have been rooting for New Zealand all tournament. Hope they go on to win it.
OverratedSanity
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Roach didn't " outperform" Southee. They were both pretty much equally good.Southee and Boult are riding on a crest of a wave, just like their team is really. BUT, where tests have been concerned i think our NZ friends go a little OTT. Boult and Southee were of course in the Caribbean not long ago and the truth is Roach outperformed both. Tim has proven himself but one still gets the feeling that away from home Boult can go missing. I'm really looking forward to seeing NZ play in England later this year...they win that series with those two playing a significant role then imo that would be a huge step forward and the hype would be justified.
Anyway my friends..still feeling smug and confident? or is the pressure starting to build knowing you're the "massive favourites"?
Moss
International Captain
Boult was certainly slow to start off on both the Windies and Pakistan (UAE) tours, but he was quite deadly in the final tests of both series, very much instrumental in NZ's victories. He's enjoyed success in both Lanka and England earlier. He's not the finished article yet, but certainly no (early) Mitchell Johnson when it comes to consistency. I tend to buy the theory that he's a less effective when Southee isn't around to maintain pressure at the other end, I think the stats would bear this out. He's been nothing short of a revelation in this world cup.Southee and Boult are riding on a crest of a wave, just like their team is really. BUT, where tests have been concerned i think our NZ friends go a little OTT. Boult and Southee were of course in the Caribbean not long ago and the truth is Roach outperformed both. Tim has proven himself but one still gets the feeling that away from home Boult can go missing. I'm really looking forward to seeing NZ play in England later this year...they win that series with those two playing a significant role then imo that would be a huge step forward and the hype would be justified.
Anyway my friends..still feeling smug and confident? or is the pressure starting to build knowing you're the "massive favourites"?
As a NZ fan I'm certainly feeling the tension, but the team has generally carried themselves well in all sorts of situations (that ODI series in the UAE comes to mind) so pretty optimistic all the same. It only gets harder from here anyway.
WindieWeathers
International Regular
Nah...after the first test Kemar was a class above the others imo.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
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I have a 4 litre bottle of paint thinners for the same purpose. I have also prepared an effigy of Grant Elliott to burn if necessary. Not that I dislike Grant, but his emaciated looking body is a lower effort effigy.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Unfortunately cricket wasn't cancelled for this one as it was for the Australia match. Will have to take a radio onto the field.