Black Caps in India

[JK]

India won toss btw.

A lot of runs expected

[No Quarter]

Boult hitting 140kmph which is good to see.

[No Quarter]

Rohit rides his luck for a while then Boult cleans him up with a beauty! He's bowling very very well right now, bodes well for the summer.

[No Quarter]

Boult 2/5 from 3. Southee 0/26 from 3.

Hmmmn.

[Donsteppa]

@no-quarter said in Black Caps in India:

Boult 2/5 from 3. Southee 0/26 from 3.

Hmmmn.

Business as usual has resumed.

[No Quarter]

There was a time when Southee was hitting the 140s as well and was world class. Now he bowls in the low 130s and is as erratic as anything. Not sure what happened to him.

[No Quarter]

Boult is putting on an absolute masterclass in the heat.

[westcoastie]

why do we persist with Southee? hrumph.

he's the Willy Watson 2.0 - i.e a medium-pace plonker

[No Quarter]

Been a good start apart from Santner dropping Kohli, that will likely come back to haunt us.

[mimic]

Kohli carries India to 280/8 with his 121.

Boult 4/35
Southee 3/73

Why do we persist with Southee? Cos everyone else is shit..

[Kruse]

Ross Taylor out on his feet... just shambling between the wickets. Looking old.
But... also looking like he's gonna win us this game...

[Crash]

With Halloween coming up Taylor looks like a zombie-in-waiting

[mimic]

30 runs needed from 30 balls..
7 wickets in hand

[mimic]

Latham in the nervous 90s..
Will be interesting to see how he copes with the pressure..

[Kruse]

8 runs to go,
Latham 99,
Taylor 94,
2 centuries?

[Kruse]

Latham 100 - looks like he did it in a sauna

[JK]

Great effort!

Kicks off the offical part of the tour really well

[Donsteppa]

That was a nice surprise. I’d spent the weekend convincing myself there was no hope after the Oz tour of India

Odds on beating India in India with a score in single figures from Williamson would have been good!

[shark]

Brilliant first game. Where are all the posts knocking Latham now?? Stoked he seems to have found his niche. Nothing wrong with being more Sangakkara than Gilchrist. Great chance to win a series in India now!

[hydro11]

@shark said in Black Caps in India:

Brilliant first game. Where are all the posts knocking Latham now?? Stoked he seems to have found his niche. Nothing wrong with being more Sangakkara than Gilchrist. Great chance to win a series in India now!

That's a strange comment. Latham was terrible for a good chunk of last summer and deserved criticism. He has been replaced as an opener so now we have to use Munro there. He's a good player but his future probably has to be up the order as he is isn't seen as a long term keeper.