The FINAL, Australia v New Zealand (THE BATTLE OF THE MITCHELLS) at the Ring of Fire, Dubai-- 11/14 Sunday (N)

[Moss]

Kane looks far from his best, lots of dots and not putting away deliveries he normally would.

 

[Spark]

I mean the good news is that you can catch up quickly in T20s but uh they would want to start catching up fairly soon

 

[Pup Clarke]

Jesus this is turgid stuff

 

[Spark]

Is this pitch really as hard as it seems?

It seems a bit inconsistent? But NZ are very passive

 

[straw man]

With some allowance for the pitch being a little slow, partnership 12 off 25 is still appalling.

 

[Moss]

Gotta target Marsh surely

 

[thundaboult]

no boundaries in 5 overs...

 

[Aritro]

The pitch has been slow but the tall Aussie quicks were excellent as well.

 

[White Ball]

Didn’t know this was a Test Match

 

[Mike5181]

Is it too late to find the Delorean and select Finn Allen

 

[straw man]

Also this is the third of the fifth bowler overs already, Australia sneaking through them very cheaply.

 

[Spark]

Gotta target Marsh surely

Yeah Aus could sneak in their entire 5th bowler allotment here almost unnoticed if they aren't more proactive.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Finally some intent

 

[Spark]

Finally.

EDIT: Pitch can't be that hard to bat on if you can play that shot.

 

[straw man]

A BOUNDARY

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[The Hutt Rec]

Playing like it's a t20 in Bangladesh and a score of 72 will be defendable

 

[Pup Clarke]

Shot. Build from that please Kane

 

[Fuller Pilch]

About time

 

[Aritro]

Didn't the Namibia captain deal with a broken hand for weeks to play in this tournament?

Old mate needed to harden the **** up

(which, no doubt, is what I would have done if confronted with Hazlewood, Cummins et al)

 

[SteveNZ]

Is it too late to find the Delorean and select Finn Allen

Yeah....unfortunately we needed the keeper, but that X factor would have been nice.

When Santner is at 7, you just can't go as hard early as you might want.