*Official* Match 8 - Australia v New Zealand

[Athlai]

Whats our record batting first against Australia?

 

[vcs]

what do you reckon they need to give themselves a decent shot at defending?

280.

 

[Hurricane]

ND 2nd XI could bat better than this.

Most of the wickets were off gun barrell straight deliveries. These same batsman used to be good. I don't know what has come over them. I don't want to catostrophize the situation but this is a poor showing.

I missed a wicket somewhere - McCullum is in.

 

[Prince EWS]

I have yet to make a prediction for that game in my pool. Give me a good shout.

What sort of prediction do you want?

Stiriling to hit 20 (15) and then throw his wicket away.
Johnston is bowl a stupidly tight spell up front and then get hammered at the death.
Razzaq to get two blokes out lbw.
Bangladesh to win.

 

[benchmark00]

What do you reckon they need to give themselves a decent shot at defending?

Anything 200+ and they have a sniff I reckon.

Thats not to say Aust won't be favourites though.

 

[Turbinator]

What sort of prediction do you want?

Stiriling to hit 20 (15) and then throw his wicket away.
Johnston is bowl a stupidly tight spell up front and then get hammered at the death.
Razzaq to get two blokes out lbw.
Bangladesh to win.

Well Bangladesh to win, I'm sure of that. But I just need to predict by how many wickets or runs.

 

[Burgey]

Anything 200+ and they have a sniff I reckon.

Thats not to say Aust won't be favourites though.

'Tis a long way away.

 

[Flem274*]

Mills to have a quiet chuckle when Aussie knock this over in six overs.

 

[Spark]

Just not there today, NZ.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well Bangladesh to win, I'm sure of that. But I just need to predict by how many wickets or runs.

Should probably be reasonably comfortable. If it was anywhere other than the subcontinent I'd back a close game (might even back Ireland to win), but 5 wickets/40 runs or so IMO.

 

[Flem274*]

Going to grab dinner. Would put money on this being all over when I get back.

So, two minutes.

 

[Spark]

200ish not out of the question at all given that Vettori can most definitely bat.

 

[Prince EWS]

Anything 200+ and they have a sniff I reckon.

Thats not to say Aust won't be favourites though.

They've scored at a decent rate too; all they need to do is a build a partnership or two and try to bat out the 50. Easier said than done but 200 definitely isn't out of reach. Really think Vettori should've come in ahead of McCullum in this situation though.

 

[Prince EWS]

200ish not out of the question at all given that Vettori can most definitely bat.

Yeah, Vettori's a bit **** in ODI cricket but with so many overs left it's basically like a Test situation anyway.

 

[benchmark00]

They've scored at a decent rate too; all they need to do is a build a partnership or two and try to bat out the 50. Easier said than done but 200 definitely isn't out of reach. Really think Vettori should've come in ahead of McCullum in this situation though.

Agreed.

 

[Jono]

Aust should go for the kill. If they start gifting singles they could regret it.

 

[Athlai]

NcCullum is in pretty good form to be fair. If we can manage to bat 50 we should still get 200+.

 

[slugger]

LOL Taylor. This is one of the longest runs of "bad form" I've seen from a supposedly top batsman. Awful.

if his name was sinclair he wouldve been dropped by now.

 

[Spark]

Aust should go for the kill. If they start gifting singles they could regret it.

Agreed

 

[Jono]

Lee is such an awesome athlete.