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Bovidae

Mitch clearly needs a better set!

I'm sure there are a lot of sportspeople who wear contacts and we'd never know. It's only in sports like rugby where players (e.g. BBBR) are always refitting them that we are aware of it.

As for Tim, he never got close to catching that but maybe the wind was worse than we think. Boult misjudged his catch too.

canefan

@bovidae they showed the sky when it was still light and the wind was up. It always swirls around in the tin when it's windy

booboo

@canefan said in Tri Series Cricket:

@bovidae said in Tri Series Cricket:

I assume Santner uses contact lenses while playing because he wears glasses off the field. He should go full Vettori.

I wear contacts and find them easier than glasses. Remember Southee shelled one too and his one was easier

It's more the number of catches that Mitch has spilled. A few too many for my liking.

booboo

There was a text to Radio Sport this morning (may have been Devlin?) claiming someone hurled a bottle as he was lining up the catch.

Not sure how true that is.

Doesn't excuse the rest of his dropsies.

Siam

Can't say i was impressed with Kanes field management. Too many meetings, confusion and far too much input from the senior bowlers.

Time to be his own captain and sure get some input from Southee but a bowler should mot be moving the field as much. At one stage a point sweeper ran across to on and back to point without a ball being bowled. And the delays would have cost him a fortune in a decently run comp.

Contrast that McCullum, Finch or Head and it looked very unstructured at the caketin.

Like Steve Smith, fantastic batsman but captaincy very much a work in progress

KiwiMurph

28,000 tickets already sold for tonight's game at Eden Park.

Hopefully it gets rowdy. Black Caps are going to need all the help they can get.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11995457

No Quarter

I got tickets through work to the corporate area - bring it on!!

Virgil

@no-quarter said in Tri Series Cricket:

I got tickets through work to the corporate area - bring it on!!

What time are you swinging by to pick me up?!?

Stockcar86

I'm starting work at 2am tomorrow, so giving tonight's game a miss.

I have a corporate general ticket for the final though - won't enjoy particularly watching England v Australia, so hope the Black Caps pull tonight's win off

Chris B.

We've won the toss and chosen to bat.

Everything else being equal (and Warner said he would have bowled) I would have asked Australia to set the target.

Maybe Kane thinks this is a safer way to protect our run rate advantage?

Virgil

Not a bad start 44/0 off 4 overs

Donsteppa

Reasonable.

Damo

This has been a very naive bowling display so far from Australia. Surely they know that bowling back of a length is the option at Eden park. Not full or slightly full.

Donsteppa

Acceptable, even.

Virgil

I’m enjoying this...

Chris B.

Quite a good first ten overs.

Virgil

Anyone play stick cricket on their phone?

Donsteppa

When you see someone going for ten runs an over and think they're doing well...

Donsteppa

Not bad from Guptill

Virgil

Brilliant 100 to guppy

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