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[straw man]

Managing to follow this game on the internet and looks fairly even so far, though have concerns about NZ's batting line up without Taylor.

I confess I did not think Hopkins was at all capable of ever scoring runs, so was surprised and moderately impressed that he got a few against Australia's express 20/20 attack. A dozen more innings like those and he might have made up for the last few years of mediocrity at every opportunity. Surely Franklin won't bat at 4 - they're only joking right?

Ouch, sixes. And yay, a catch!

 

[Furball]

Who bowled the over that White got out in?

 

[Zinzan]

Franklin dismissed White, but only bowled 3 deliveries & Styris finished the over

 

[Furball]

Franklin dismissed White, but only bowled 3 deliveries & Styris finished the over

Ah right, that's what cricinfo had it as but made no mention of why that was the case.

 

[Redbacks]

I personally prefer the Australia vs. England best of 7 series.


Much easier to bet on

Still remember J Anderson saying prior to game 7 that the 6-0 scoreline flattered Australia.

 

[Redbacks]

Similar score, hopefully the jibes from the crowd can inspire Mitch!

 

[inbox24]

Another game, same mistakes. Hopefully NZ can triumph again.

 

[Daz]

Franklin dismissed White, but only bowled 3 deliveries & Styris finished the over

Taylor, New Zealand's top batsman ruled out and they replace him with a wicketkeeper/batsman ?????? When will NZ coaches ever learn, thats something
Graham Henry would do with the All Black. You replace a batsman with a batsman especially against Australia. Bring on Williamson !!!

 

[slugger]

hopkins replaced mccullum

styris replaced taylor

i think thats how they worked it out.

 

[Athlai]

Yeah I'd say our lineup would be more likely to be
Baz
Pinga
Guptill
Styris
Franklin/Broom
Broom/Franklin
Hopkins
Vettori
etc.

Than Franklin batting 4 straight up. Think our lineup was always going to be dependant on match situation in this game.

 

[Zinzan]

Reckon a shortened game will work to New Zealand's advantage .... Wouldn't mind if we had to get 235 off 40 overs of something

 

[Athlai]

Reckon a shortened game will work to New Zealand's advantage .... Wouldn't mind if we had to get 235 off 40 overs of something

A N/R would give Guptill the utmost advantage.
186 runs without getting out from 2 innings.

 

[Hurricane]

If the commentators say that Doug Bollinger has become a cult figure again I am going to scream.

 

[Athlai]

Best crowds NZ has had in a while in terms of Kiwi passion. Seen some big crowds with many Indian and English fans in recent years but good to see the locals out in force to give the Aussie's some serious heat.

 

[Hurricane]

Ingram needs to turn the strike over to McCullum.

 

[Athlai]

NZ been looking for partnerships up top?

Uh... since 2008
McCullum and Ryder have scored 1008 runs from 19 innings with 3 50+ scores and 5 100+. Only Gambhir and Sehwag have more and only Sehwag and Tendulkar are within 200 runs of them. Fully fit we have a very solid limited overs top order.

Not the same in Tests though.

 

[Athlai]

Partnership records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

Best average per team actually.

Good start for Baz here.

 

[Zinzan]

Partnership records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

Best average per team actually.

Good start for Baz here.

Impressive stuff

 

[Hurricane]

I realise that Ingram will improve once he gets his eye in and will hit some fours soon. But in these first stages of his inning he looks out classed. Same thing last inning.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Ingram's footwork is interesting. He might have based it on the Test Match table-top cricket game.