Black Caps in India

Donsteppa

Only one of the teams I actively support won at the weekend. Didn't think it would be the Caps. Stoked that it was.

Likewise, in a weekend where the Black Caps played India in India, the Steamers played in a knockout game that wasn't a promotion-relegation game, and the All Blacks an Australian side that they were 2 - 0 up on... what were the odds of that win-loss outcome? Somehow all still feels right in the sporting world despite an All Blacks loss!

JK

A bit of drama.... apparently the pitch curator has been suspended for alleged pitch tampering and banned from the stadium.

Match still to go ahead and should be news from the toss soon

Tim

@jk Herald has a brief story up:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11936821

Tim

The original news article:

India Today sting: Pune curator Pandurang Salgaonkar puts pitch on sale hours before India-New Zealand 2nd ODI

JK

Won the toss and having a bat

Siam

Might be one to check in the morning and look forward to next Sunday....

3/27, Son of Rod and Luteru at the crease

No Quarter

27/3. Eek, should have given the ball to Boult to get us on the front foot early. Will need big runs from Rosco & Latham again to have a chance.

Siam

@no-quarter Did we win that toss NQ?

esit - cheers JK

canefan

@no-quarter said in Black Caps in India:

27/3. Eek, should have given the ball to Boult to get us on the front foot early. Will need big runs from Rosco & Latham again to have a chance.

Do we never learn? Did the WC at the MCG not make us learn anything?!!!

Crazy Horse

@canefan do Black Cap supporters ever learn? It'll be 2-1 India at the end of this series. It's the Black Caps...

canefan

@crazy-horse said in Black Caps in India:

@canefan do Black Cap supporters ever learn? It'll be 2-1 India at the end of this series. It's the Black Caps...

Building us up just to tear us down.....

Crucial

@jk said in Black Caps in India:

Won the toss and having a bat

Dumb

No Quarter

That's enough for me, early start tomorrow so taking @Siam's advice and looking forward to reading about a famous victory in the morning.

Crucial

168/6 with 10 overs remaining. Time to put the foot down if we are going to post something to bowl at rather than hope our bowlers are blindingly good or India self destruct.

Crucial

But no, we are just pushing around singles aiming at 230ish

Crucial

Santner finally has his eye in and is having a go. A 4 and 6 this over 188/6 after 43

Crucial

And promptly CDG gets out.

Crucial

The game is in the hands of the bowlers now.

Crucial

Hopefully Milne will bowl better than he bats. A golden duck for him.
Santner has had to cut out the risk taking shots now. I'm guessing they will prod out 2 of the remaining four overs and attack the last two hoping to get a couple of balls over the fence and 220

Kruse

@crucial You think they've got a plan?
If I could be arsed, I'd create one of those memes the kids love so much, a picture of a false dawn labelled "OPTIMISM: Black Caps Supporters"
I think the plan currently consists of "hope that every article about this match mentions the groundskeeper controversy"

The Silver Fern

Black Caps in India