*Official* Match 18 - New Zealand v Zimbabwe

[TT Boy]

Regis Chakabva? Zim have pretty much only got 1 batsman left in Craig Ervine. Should have bowled first.

 

[Prince EWS]

No Williams. Alistair Campbell has been a lousy national selector. No logic in the Zim sides. Coventry has been a disaster. NZ to win this comfortably.

Williams is actually injured FTR. From the players available I would've picked exactly this side today (different batting order mind you) but the original squad selected was dire. No Masakadza in the initial squad, then no Masakadza when Ervine pulled out, then no Maskadza when Mawoyo pulled out - was a joke. Shingi is proving what a dire pick he was too, leapfrogged by Rainsford's squad replacement even though they're like for like.

 

[TT Boy]

Williams is injured.

Meh. They would have dropped him at some point. Williams is always the fall guy.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

"curl in the air for Mills. Comes in from wide of the crease, and straightens in the air and goes through outside off stump."

How difficult is it for them to just call it ****ing outswing?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Classy drive from Taibu.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Bummer. But then again, that's not the kind of decision the UDRS is intended for.

 

[BeeGee]

at Dan

at Southee

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Dan gets lucky. Not a costly drop.

 

[Smudge]

Awful dropped catch by Vettori, but next ball Southee gets Taibu LBW.

 

[Prince EWS]

HawkEye doesn't care how much better you are than the rest of the batsmen Taibu; you're still out.

 

[Flem274*]

Phlegm to come in, rage and quote Bond's autobiography upon reading this post.

Supporters can say what they like tbh. It's people like Richard Hadlee telling Bond not to talk NZ up going into major games and believing all the national stereotypes that grinds my gears.

 

[joels344]

Well bowled Southee.

 

[Flem274*]

Need Taylor out now. Dude worries me.

 

[Mike5181]

Bennett to pull a Kenya and McCullum has an excuse to go out and slog because of the smaller total.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Smashing into the middle of leg goes to "on-field call"? Bit over-cautious IMO.

 

[Mike5181]

Zimbabwe should have tried to get Colin de grandhomme to play for them.

 

[BeeGee]

NZ look so much better when they bowl first. We have some very good ODI bowlers and bowling first plays to that strength... so it drives me nuts when Vettori continually wants to bat first and say's that would suit the team best.

 

[joels344]

This is some slick bowling from New Zealand.

 

[joels344]

Nice grab from Ryder.

 

[Prince EWS]

Disagree with the coms; reckon that's gonna be out.