Group 1 (Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland)

[Heboric]

Didnt expect this. This is becoming quite the pounding

 

[straw man]

Ferguson

Whether or not Australia have the right lineup, a lot of the 'bad batting' Australia are doing is just the pressure of chasing a massive score.

Firstly a lot of credit just has to go to Allen and Conway, though Australia might wonder if they can do better than Cummins' bowling imo.

 

[TheJediBrah]

a lot of the 'bad batting' Australia are doing is just the pressure of chasing a massive score.

It's not

 

[Moss]

No we definitely were. We are not good.

Been an excellent all round game so far but with the current NZ lineup a LOT depends on Allen coming off in the powerplay.

Anyway more on that later.

 

[Spark]

Ferguson

Whether or not Australia have the right lineup, a lot of the 'bad batting' Australia are doing is just the pressure of chasing a massive score.

Firstly a lot of credit just has to go to Allen and Conway, though Australia might wonder if they can do better than Cummins' bowling imo.

Yeah it is worth pointing out that they wouldn't be batting this way if they were chasing 160, which is closer to a par score on this pitch, rather than 200. This game was lost well back.

It's not

Some of it is for sure, they're going at <7rpo

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah look as atrociously put together this Aus team is, they are still a lot stronger on paper than the NZ side is

Combined side
Warner
Allen
Conway (wk)
Phillips
Maxwell
Neesham
David
Santner
Starc
Boult
Hazelwood

6-5 NZ

 

[Starfighter]

When I say "on paper" I don't mean their career stats, and I mean how good they should be right now. Finch and Starc are terrible on paper by my definition.

Disagree that Warner is past it though at this level

That's two very important players. Warner is not done, but he's clearly on the decline. Marsh is out of position, Stoinis is generally useless (though he bowled pretty well tonight) and David is very untested. Haze and Zampa are the only two bowlers I have faith in atm.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Pat Cummins 43 off 18 balls incoming

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't have a problem with the guys getting caught on the boundary, that's not what I'd call the bad batting

Stoinis and David struggling to even get defensive shots from spinners right on the other hand

 

[Son Of Coco]

Australia are embarrassingly bad.

Good to see Cricket Web's very own Jimmy Neesham having a night out in the field though.

 

[Athlai]

I was pretty confident Santa would do well here. But glad to see the other bowlers are too

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah it is worth pointing out that they wouldn't be batting this way if they were chasing 160, which is closer to a par score on this pitch, rather than 200. This game was lost well back.



Some of it is for sure, they're going at <7rpo

What in Aus performance's recently has been better though? I think we'd seriously struggle to reach 160. Probably at least 15 too many.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Combined side
Warner
Allen
Conway (wk)
Phillips
Maxwell
Neesham
David
Santner
Starc
Boult
Hazelwood

6-5 NZ

Marsh would be one of the first picked for this side

 

[straw man]

This is gonna be a tough loss to beat Australia in the group stage only to lose to them in the final

ftfy

 

[Burgey]

Well done Maxi. Best he’s done in a few months. Obviously turned the corner /s

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Marsh would be one of the first picked for this side

7-4 then

 

[Starfighter]

This is like watching a BBL match, with Australia playing the role of the Renegades.

 

[Moss]

I don't have a problem with the guys getting caught on the boundary, that's not what I'd call the bad batting

Stoinis and David struggling to even get defensive shots from spinners right on the other hand

They've struggled everytime NZ have taken pace off the ball for sure.

 

[Xix2565]

Can Australia make 100?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Maxwell is a ****ing spoon. I'm done advocating for him.

Wife wanted to go to the movies tonight but I said no to watch this