***Official***Semi-Final #1- India vs New Zealand - November 15th - Wankhede, Mumbai (D/N)

[Neil Young]

Whose fault is that? Nobody's!

In fact you can blame ICC....for making teams use 2 new balls. It was fine with just 1 ball but they couldn't tolerate India winning the WC in 2011 and changed all the rules in Oct 2011. They had to make the game more pacer friendly to hurt subcontinental sides. Since that change, there's never been more than 1 Asian side the semis.

Who has benefited the most from that? New Zealand ofcourse, making two finals. So suck it up, now that the shoe is on the other foot and the same 2 ball advantage is helping India and not Sena side.

How's Auckland doing?

 

[mackembhoy]

That ****ing no-ball siren.

Like those bells at King's Landing

Reminds me being at insider water park as a kid up in the North East of England.

Same noise would go off before the wave machine kicked into gear.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

4(19), 30(49), 50(63), 100(101), 150(137), 194*(162).

What is this?

 

[straw man]

That's better #intent from Williamson. I don't disagree with his leaving vs Shami plus Bumrah but now needs to attack like he did vs Pakistan.

 

[Neil Young]

What is this?

The truth. Don't deny it.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I think NZ will target Kuldeep Yadav and Jadeja , Williamson is a smart batsman, he's probably calculating an assault very soon

 

[Darwin Award]

Have there been any 350 partnerships in the WC?

Yes... Chris Gayle when he hit his double against Zimbabwe in the World Cup put on over 372 (from memory) with Samuels... which is also the all time record as well.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Why did all the advertising hoardings just say Ross Taylor?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Whose fault is that? Nobody's

In fact you can blame ICC....for making teams use 2 new balls.

It was fine with just 1 ball but they couldn't tolerate India winning the WC in 2011 and changed all the rules in Oct 2011. They had to make the game more pacer friendly which hurt subcontinental sides. Since that change, there's never been more than 1 Asian side the semis.

Who has benefited the most from the changes in ODI cricket more than a decade ago? New Zealand ofcourse, who made two finals in WCs.

So suck it up now, now that the shoe is on the other foot and the same 2 ball advantage is helping India and not a Sena side.

I thought they just wanted to make the game more casual friendly( read batting friendly). 2 new ball killed reverse swing which drastically reduced the effectiveness of pace bowling.

 

[Neil Young]

I thought they just wanted to make the game more casual friendly( read batting friendly). 2 new ball killed reverse swing which drastically reduced the effectiveness of pace bowling.

They need to redress the balance. Surely even the casual observer has not been taken in by this procession of one sided games.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I think a major reason they went to two balls per innings was the ridiculous ball swapping that had to happen around the 35th over of every single innings when the ball lost its colour.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

How tf is that 6?

lol

 

[Athlai]

There is nothing worse in modern cricket than edged sixes

 

[King Kane]

Kane showing Siraj who is boss with that six.

Then a glorious french cut for four.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How tf is that 6?

lol

Just modern odi things.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

The truth. Don't deny it.

Stop being an asshole and tell me what it is

 

[trundler]

There is nothing worse in modern cricket than edged sixes

I've seen flicks go for 6 on the off side. Completely undeserved.

 

[Uppercut]

I thought they just wanted to make the game more casual friendly( read batting friendly). 2 new ball killed reverse swing which drastically reduced the effectiveness of pace bowling.

I’m hearing this a lot lately but I really don’t remember much reverse swing happening in the one-ball ODI era. As I remember it the extra new ball was introduced to make things easier for the bowlers? Have I got that wrong?

 

[straw man]

Williamson really excelling with the edge here, great new addition to his game

 

[Ghost]

Williamson toying with Siraj here