Is this a post about 2017 Stoinis or 2007 Shane Watson?b) think he's horrifically suited to batting at number 7 in general, he's a top order bat who struggles to rotate the strike.
And was MoM last time Aust played in Hamilton:... Be interesting if they bring Sodhi in for the 3rd game since he ran through Aust last time he played them in the T20 WC.
Way better. We were never in that game and Styris, as good an innings as it was, got a few slog sweeps away to make it a less painful loss. Stoinis should've won the game for his side if not for Hazelwood (who in his defence was only trying to get down the other end).Up with Styris' 141 in the 2003 WC against SL in terms of great innings on the losing side. Possibly even better.
omg NZ fans booing smart tactics. what a bunch of fools
GUIDE TO NZ CROWDS FOR AUSTRALIAN PLAYERSBooing smart cricket
Bravo Eden Park
Beer prices weren't helped by the 10% surcharge either >.>Went to Eden Park today for the first time since an Auckland Ranfurly Shield defence against Canterbury in 1988. The beer is sadly not at 1988 prices - although I wasn't drinking when I was 9. $9.40 for a ****** plastic cup of Tui Golden Lager. Good thing I was too hungover to manage more than a couple. Some of my friends opted for the #OneInTheQueue policy, skolling back one of their two beers while they waited to pay and shifting between checkout lines, and only paid for one. Screw you, Eden Park.
There was always this nagging thought in the back of our minds that Stoinis and Faulkner could work the target closeish, but even we couldn't have predicted the onslaught from Cummins then Stoinis.
Still, my record at Eden Park is better than _Ed_'s.
Thats casual fans for you. I had my brother in law watching the end if the game with me and he was going off........reckoned Haze had one job to do and ****ed it up. Didnt get that his job there and then was to get down the other end cos Stoinis was gonna be coming no matter what.Slightly baffled at the hate (jokey memey sort of hate) being poured out for Haze on social media
Will never beat Carlos 'Remember The Name' Brathwaite's sheer incompetence since that overThe worst thing about this is everyone is going to expect Stoinis to be awesome from now on, when he's really not that great (by international standards)