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*Official* New Zealand in India 2010

Ruckus

Ruckus

International Captain
Spark said:
Like we had to give credit to Mathews and Malinga... cannot believe my eyes, how am I seeing this for the second time in less than a fortnight
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Exactly. While there is undoubtedly a component of bad captaincy/bad bowling, a lot of it simply has to do with the mindset of the players. Harb is so pumped up and confident after his century, he would be absolutely loving every moment of this...
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
I missed most of the last session. Was our bowling really that bad after we got them 9 down, or did Harby just get ridiculously lucky?
 
Noble One

Noble One

International Vice-Captain
As much as I dislike Harbhajan, it is a remarkable achievement for a batsman of very limited capability to crack a century, and then follow it up with another big score in the space of two Tests. He must be frustrating to watch as a New Zealand fan, but these sort of performances are very rare in Test cricket.
 
Meridio

Meridio

International Regular
India taking the light? Are they insane? We don't remotely look like taking a wicket, India have nothing to gain at all from going off.
 
Howsie

Howsie

International Captain
The thing is New Zealand actually had a chance to push for victory in this test match, a real good chance. But they blew it, completely. The sad thing is draw or lose this test match will be seen as a positive because New Zealand were "close" at one stage.

Such a sad culture it must be said, no wonder half the country couldn't give a rats about this team.
 
B

Blakey

State Vice-Captain
DeusEx said:
Exactly. While there is undoubtedly a component of bad captaincy/bad bowling, a lot of it simply has to do with the mindset of the players. Harb is so pumped up and confident after his century, he would be absolutely loving every moment of this...
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I have to agree with this. Vettori and Southee have taken 7 of the wickets - all top Indian batsmen. Harb has all the confidence and a **** load of luck that combined with fatigue he has proven a mission to get rid of. I counted about 5 times he got lucky, when any other given day he would have been caught. Could have been a completely different story if he wasn't so damn lucky.

They've taken the light - bet the Kiwis will be happy bout that.
 
Hurricane

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Bahnz said:
I missed most of the last session. Was our bowling really that bad after we got them 9 down, or did Harby just get ridiculously lucky?
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I was fine with Southee's bouncers - others didn't like them.

Arnel didn't have a clue.

Apart from that straight luck for Singh.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Howsie said:
The thing is New Zealand actually had a chance to push for victory in this test match, a real good chance. But they blew it, completely. The sad thing is draw or lose this test match will be seen as a positive because New Zealand were "close" at one stage.

Such a sad culture it must be said, no wonder half the country couldn't give a rats about this team.
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If it were us, we know that there would be a massive uproar if something like this occured.
 
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