***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14

[OverratedSanity]

Now you know how it feels to have someone like Kakmal.

Guess so. Still don't know what it feels like to have a Wasim/Waqar/Akhtar though

 

[YorksLanka]

I very much doubt they did. Every Indian, including the players, is well aware of how much India sucks balls with the ball.

even so, at 30/3 you would think in most matches that the bowlers are in the box seat...

 

[OverratedSanity]

I very much doubt they did. Every Indian, including the players, is well aware of how much India sucks balls with the ball.

Tbh, I didn't expect this from McCullum. A quick 50 maybe, not a potentially match winning 140+. Genuinely thought we'd bowl them out for 250-odd when Taylor went

 

[Daemon]

This happened because I made fun of McCullum in the CPL. Sorry guys.

 

[hendrix]

Tbh, I didn't expect this from McCullum. A quick 50 maybe, not a potentially match winning 140+. Genuinely thought we'd bowl them out for 250-odd when Taylor went

yup.

I thought McCullum would throw it away:

1. As soon as the spinner came on
2. As soon as he reached his 50
3. As soon as he reached his hundred.

Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised each time he didn't.

A double would be lovely. 450+ would be nice.

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah. It's so rare to see McCullum play such a magnificent, match-turning innings after the loss of so many early wickets. It was a huge surprise - and an absolutely brilliant one.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Played cricket all day. Caught snippets of the score every now and then. Well done Baz captains knock.

You too, eh? A bit silly/sensible that they re-arranged club cricket to be on Waitangi Day when the 7s are on the weekend, but enjoyed watching the last half-session with the lads in the clubrooms.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

A double would be lovely. 450+ would be nice.

Steady on Hendrix. McCullum may be many things but a more worthy record holder than Brian Lara he is not.

 

[BC_fan_abored]

Williamson's century is the first by a New Zealand No. 3 in more than nine years. The last No.3 to hit a hundred at home was Hamish Marshall, who scored 160 against Sri Lanka at McLean Park in 2005. Click here for a list of hundreds by New Zealand's No.3 batsmen in home Tests.

Found this stat pretty surprising. Its a shame Hamish Marshall gave it away/was ICL barred, given his pretty decent record.

Hamish Marshall | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Athlai]

Found this stat pretty surprising. Its a shame Hamish Marshall gave it away/was ICL barred, given his pretty decent record.

Hamish Marshall | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Found this stat pretty surprising. Its a shame Hamish Marshall gave it away/was ICL barred, given his pretty decent record.

Hamish Marshall | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Hrmm. And then you look at his innings-by-innings breakdown, see that he did well early on and then performed abysmally.

 

[artvandalay]

Kane Williamson has really grown on me these past 2 months. Hadn't seen that much of him before but he does look like someone with a lot of promise. Fine player.

 

[Spark]

Wasn't he the one Vijay dropped Williamson off? Our slip catching is just ****ing pathetic, and that ridiculous miss by Dhawan too. The bowlers probably aren't good enough but in thus scenario they need all the support they can get. Genuinely feel for them a bit tbh.

Hardly a surprise given that half the team seems to have had a go at first and second slip in the last year or so.

 

[smash84]

Post-lunch slack costs India | Cricket News | New Zealand v India | ESPN Cricinfo

Asked whether India's intensity had dipped after lunch, Ishant's reply was emphatic - though unconvincing. "I don't think so. You can see that we did not let their run-rate get high at any point," he said. "It was always under control. Even as the wicket got flat and the ball got old, we kept bowling in the right areas. What is in our hand is that when the wicket goes flat, you have to be patient and see how to create pressure."

Ishant did not think India were too liberal with the bouncer. "I think we bowled in pretty good areas. They played good shots. We bowled enough bouncers and they kept on playing the pull over the top of the keeper and the slip cordon. You can't control all this."

Oh Ishant

 

[lockton2skipper]

Great unexpected performance from McCullum and an expected one from Williamson. as for india shami looks good but ishant and zaheer look past it, bhuvneshwar kumar and umesh yadav better options.

 

[Daemon]

Post-lunch slack costs India | Cricket News | New Zealand v India | ESPN Cricinfo



Oh Ishant

People say he's got age on his side and stuff but honestly if you're that ignorant, stubborn and unwilling to admit your mistakes you'll never improve.

 

[Kippax]

 

[Jono]

I said that India know they are **** at bowling but it is quite possible that Ishant, despite his record and despite everything else, believes he's a good bowler.

 

[YorksLanka]

thanks for the highlights Kippax, just watched them..Williamson played some lovely shots...I did laugh at the amazed look on Jadeja's face after that catch it was..did i really hold onto that ball?

 

[RxGM]

Random question for some one who knows the rules better than I? Wtf was india allowed a second drinks break in what was programmed to be a 2:15 session. Debated this at the ground and concluded that you only got a break if it was programmed for 2:30, it is India fault for the slow over rate. Secondly I also thought with the change in the ICC rules the game was only allowed to extend 30min before and 30min after the scheduled close of play but play did not finish till 6:40.

That's all irrelevant in the big picture as McCullum and Kane were awesome