Black Caps vs Pakistan Series
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Hold on to your hats boys...
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Amir is all class, very hard to hit this many runs off his bowling.
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Do they not have hotspot? Snicko is not all that reliable... though he probably hit that.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
Do they not have hotspot? Snicko is not all that reliable... though he probably hit that.
Even if there was nothing on hotspot they seem to over turn just based on snicko anyway.
Blundell isn't a big hitter - he needs to feed Bruce.
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I'm not that comfortable having DRS in place for caught behinds with no hotspot. They didn't even use snicko to begin with, acknowledging that the mic is in the stumps and liable to pick up lots of different noises. Now they've done a full 360 on that and only have snicko? What changed?
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
I think the selectors have had a mare
They didn't take the series seriously enough if they wanted to stay #1
This is what it comes down to. They've obviously decided they don't care about T20 cricket and will just use it to blood new players. It's really obvious what our top side is, and when we put that on the park we have very few weaknesses.
Is that the right approach? How seriously should we take T20 cricket? Personally I'd like to just see us play our top 11 every game, as watching 2nd stringers struggle against better players isn't much fun from a fans POV.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
I'm not that comfortable having DRS in place for caught behinds with no hotspot. They didn't even use snicko to begin with, acknowledging that the mic is in the stumps and liable to pick up lots of different noises. Now they've done a full 360 on that and only have snicko? What changed?
I agree. To overturn a decision you should really need snicko and hotspot.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
@donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
@baron-silas-greenback said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
I think the selectors have had a mare
They didn't take the series seriously enough if they wanted to stay #1
This is what it comes down to. They've obviously decided they don't care about T20 cricket and will just use it to blood new players. It's really obvious what our top side is, and when we put that on the park we have very few weaknesses.
Is that the right approach? How seriously should we take T20 cricket? Personally I'd like to just see us play our top 11 every game, as watching 2nd stringers struggle against better players isn't much fun from a fans POV.
It annoys me that players are "rested". Why do you have to rest someone from a T20. Even if you play all three games, it is only 12 overs of bowling over six days. Boult is used to bowling 50-60 overs over a five day test match. The players shouldn't need a rest.
It seems this series is being used as a warm up for the tri-series.
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If Phillips got dropped for poor technique, what the fuck is Blundell doing there trying to play silly lap shots?
Shouldn’t be blaming him really, as the top order failed to do the job and you can’t expect someone to come in and score at 20 an over.
So disappointing to lose two games in a row so comprehensively.
Sort your shit out!
