***Official***Match #32 - New Zealand vs South Africa - November 1st - Pune (D/N)

[Fuller Pilch]

Y nz not bat 1st?

Could've chased 400 v Aus, plus dew

 

[King Kane]

Nice one Boult, great catch from Mitchell. we needed that wicket.

 

[Burgey]

Christ why are they even looking at this. Fair play Bavuma, he walked straight off

 

[Moss]

Good catch Mitchell, please keep up that standard

 

[Burgey]

Could've chased 400 v Aus, plus dew

Yeah but SA would surely prefer batting first given their record? Been a tight enough start tbf

 

[straw man]

Y nz not bat 1st?

cld b sced

 

[thierry henry]

Holy **** good normal cricket leading to good normal wicket

 

[Neil Young]

cld b sced

Dfntly scd.

 

[straw man]

Only able to half watch while doing other things right now, hadn't realise Boult had been so parsimonious. Agree that Henry has been too inconsistent, unforgiving pitch or not.

 

[thierry henry]

Definitely don’t underestimate the relative unlikelihood of Mitchell holding that catch

 

[TheJediBrah]

Great effort but reckon he made that a little bit harder than it had to be. Had time to take an extra step and not have to dive so far.

Easy to say from here though and it's hard to judge the pace of those square of the wicket ones. Would have been a screamer

 

[Neil Young]

The release valve is on. Prove me wrong, Tim.

 

[thierry henry]

As athletic as that was from Phillips it also feels like that was very catchable for him

 

[straw man]

Ponting giving a little speech in favour of Southee and all his experience, which I, having read numerous CW debates about how experience can be overrated, immediately thinks 'hmmm is extensive experience getting pumped all round the ground in white-ball cricket really that useful?'

 

[King Kane]

Great effort but reckon he made that a little bit harder than it had to be. Had time to take an extra step and not have to dive so far.

Easy to say from here though and it's hard to judge the pace of those square of the wicket ones. Would have been a screamer

Normally you would say that was a tough chance but you expect Phillips to take those.

 

[thierry henry]

Ponting giving a little speech in favour of Southee and all his experience, which I, having read numerous CW debates about how experience can be overrated, immediately thinks 'hmmm is extensive experience getting pumped all round the ground in white-ball cricket really that useful?'

Would love a commentator to be brave enough to simply make the observation that his career record is bad. Not even a Southee thing really, just for commentators to exhibit basic knowledge and simpIe, neutral analysis. I mean, they put the career stats up on the screen to invite comment, it doesn’t require even CW-level analysis to say ‘it’s quite a poor record, this is clearly his worst format and that’s why he hasn’t been first choice for years’. Too much to ask of course.

 

[straw man]

Once again as Henry's knee takes a huge chunk out of the turf, it's a miracle no player has received a serious injury yet.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Sad that TMS is so unlistenable these days. Norcross and Vaughan on comms together is so dire. Enough with the banal trivialities

 

[TheJediBrah]

Would love a commentator to be brave enough to simply make the observation that his career record is bad. Not even a Southee thing really, just for commentators to exhibit basic knowledge and simpIe, neutral analysis. I mean, they put the career stats up on the screen to invite comment, it doesn’t require even CW-level analysis to say ‘it’s quite a poor record, this is clearly his worst format and that’s why he hasn’t been first choice for years’. Too much to ask of course.

If anyone would do that you'd think it would be Ponting. He's excessively brutally honest if anything a lot of the time.

 

[BeeGee]

Can't feel comfortable bowling first against this SA team, that dew factor better be worth it!

I think bowling first was a big mistake. Gives SA the advantage.