Australia v NZ - CH Series I
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@Virgil not if it's fast enough.. if it's high 130s and he gets smacked then yup, but if anyone hits 150 clicks then i don't care if they get smacked first time out, there's still something there to get excited about. at least until the inevitable injuries hit.
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@NTA said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Fuck. 15 years? Doesn't seem like that long.
Even when I'm 80 I'll still remember that series like it was yesterday...
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Will always have a fond spot in my heart for the caps team of the late 90's early 2000's
Sure we were shit 75% of the time, but a lot of my favouritist players played then, Astle, Bond, Flem, Cairns (before we knew he was an alleged fixer), Nash, Macca, Lou V, Oram, Pig, Rigor and Dan the man -
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@No-Quarter said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
@NTA said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Fuck. 15 years? Doesn't seem like that long.
Even when I'm 80 I'll still remember that series like it was yesterday...
One of the few times i can recall a nz quick physically intimidating Australian batsmen. Glorious
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@Bovidae seems ridiculous. They have both shown they can bat pretty bloody well, more so than the supposed specialists they have now. Why do they insist on pigeon holing them like that?
If they can bat better than the next bloke, who gives a rats arse if they don't bowl anymore, pick them as bloody batters.
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@Gunner said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Our middle order options worry me. A lot.
Its time for Neesham and Anderson to give up bowling I think and concentrate on becoming top notch specialist batsmen.
I don't remotely buy Anderson as a specialist batsman, his technique is 90% slog. When it comes off its wonderful, but he hasn't got the range of shots or the core technique to bat consistently. I'd happily have him at 5 in the ODI side with Watling at 6 & Santner at 7. But he needs to be good for 5 overs or so. especially if 8 is Neesham, or even if CDG is at 7 & Santner at 8.
The side Chris named -
(Latham, Guptill, Williamson, Nicholls, Munro, de Grandhomme, Watling, Santner, Southee, Henry, Boult)
looks right, but also looks like 80 runs off the 10 overs our 5th bowler provides. I'd be batting Watling ahead of CDG too... and jeez that middle order is shithouse -
Aus to bat. They've left Faulkner and Maxwell out. Mitch marsh in!
We're starting Ferguson.
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@mariner4life said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Aus to bat. They've left Faulkner and Maxwell out. Mitch marsh in!
Fuck.
I'll continue watching Netflix then.
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Um, guys, didn't this AMAZING Australian side lose their last series 0-5?
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@mariner4life said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Um, guys, didn't this AMAZING Australian side lose their last series 0-5?
Completely different bowling attack though. Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins all in. Plus the Aussies are still world number 1.
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Like the look of the new uniform. Nice and black.
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Scott Henry STRIKES!! ..err Matt..
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Smith nearly plays on first ball. Henry hitting the right areas from the get go.
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Interesting seeing the replay of the Starc-Baz ball in the final. The popular narrative is he got out slogging but he tried to defend it and got nowhere near. Starc was nearly inplayable.
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@No-Quarter said in Australia v NZ - CH Series I:
Interesting seeing the replay of the Starc-Baz ball in the final. The popular narrative is he got out slogging but he tried to defend it and got nowhere near. Starc was nearly inplayable.
Smith said it was the moment we lost the final but that wasn't true either. We were well in the game until Taylor got out.
