*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2022

[Howsie]

arghh. Can’t tell me that Allen isn’t a better option up too than this crap

 

[Moss]

Another waste of an innings from Guptill. Feels like when he doesn't fire, he just eats up balls for nothing.

Since WC 2019 seems to play within himself by default.

 

[thundaboult]

Haven't seen one sign of aggression or positivity. If you keep doing the tuk tuk, Aus will have you eventually. Gup falls and it was coming. Seen it too often. Now the ultimate tuk tuk master KW comes in to "soak up" the pressure. See off all the bowlers and do a late charge so we can give ourselves the chance get to a deadly competitive 215.

 

[Moss]

arghh. Can’t tell me that Allen isn’t a better option up too than this crap

They're saving him for the games KW will miss.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Hope they play Finn in the next game. If he comes off we can get ahead of the game - makes these guys look like Boycott

 

[Howsie]

They're saving him for the games KW will miss.

They’re saving him for his 30’s

 

[Fuller Pilch]

This is a great opening pair, but if we don't lose wickets we could hopefully cash vs the rest of the attack. Milk Zampa in the middle overs and then 20 overs from Green, Maxwell, and Stoinis. But if we'd opened with Allen he could've hit one of them out the attack and Green or Zampa would be bowling now.

 

[Burgey]

Zampa on very early

 

[thundaboult]

This is a great opening pair, but if we don't lose wickets we could hopefully cash vs the rest of the attack. Milk Zampa in the middle overs and then 20 overs from Green, Maxwell, and Stoinis. But if we'd opened with Allen he could've hit one of them out the attack and Green or Zampa would be bowling now.

lol

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Good. Milk some singles. Don't go out

 

[straw man]

NZ doesn't have (and hasn't for years) good enough ODI finishers to justify a real turtle-like approach at the start of an innings like this. We're not going to score at a huge SR in the last ten overs against good teams. So consistent #intent from the top order and relying on depth if you lose wickets makes sense.

I know they weren't sure how the wicket would play and the bowling is good, but this level of caution/underconfidence is not justified. And also boring. Conway 8(31) and we'd being even worse without 10 extras.

 

[Moss]

Looks a slow pitch, not easy to get away clearly. Conway isn't a great starter but pushing the scoring rate usually not an issue for him.

 

[straw man]

waheeeey

 

[Fuller Pilch]

That's better. 6 an over from here gets to about 270.

 

[thierry henry]

We're making batting look painfully difficult, but is that because we're freezing or because conditions are actually difficult? I've only been watching on my phone on mute while "working" but the pitch seems pretty slow and hard to get your timing on?

 

[Prince EWS]

We're making batting look painfully difficult, but is that because we're freezing or because conditions are actually difficult? I've only been watching on my phone on mute while "working" but the pitch seems pretty slow and hard to get your timing on?

A bit of both I think, plus 'opening bowlers were great'.

Maxwell's first two overs took the piss though.

 

[thierry henry]

All of the dodgy shots appear to have involved the batsman playing too early

 

[Moss]

We're making batting look painfully difficult, but is that because we're freezing or because conditions are actually difficult? I've only been watching on my phone on mute while "working" but the pitch seems pretty slow and hard to get your timing on?

There was movement early on which demanded a certain amount of respect, but equally the openers (Guptill especially) allowed Australia to dictate a bit - pretty much no strike rotation. Definitely slow and probably reflected in Australia's attack and their bowling changes. Though these two are making hard work of it, it's an important partnership you feel.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

29/1 off the first 10
48/0 off the second 10

 

[straw man]

Quietly building - going at exactly 4 per over very reminiscent of a nineties ODI.

Is that competitive on this pitch? Very hard to say, though I keep recalling how in the T20I world cup Australia's batting just kept attacking, even when a wicket fell, and demolished what looked a tricky chase.