Tri Series Cricket
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Criminal to lose that only 4 down after that Munro innings. Nice to make the final but that leaves a bitter taste.
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@bovidae said in Tri Series Cricket:
Chapman showed his inexperience there with trying to be too cute with his shot selection.
Great death bowling from England though.
What makes it worse is how fucking shit out death bowling is.
‘Let’s keep them guessing and spray it all over he place’ is not working
Except for Tim today, he was excellent.
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Can't hit death bowling can't handle pressure. Wasp predicter for win in final 1%.
If Guptill and Munro don't come off it will be a walkover. Chapman really became noticeably agitated by the pressure and didn't respond well especially not hitting those 2 free hits.
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I'm not heartbroken at all.
I thought we played that almost perfectly, except that we got the qualification target out the way very comfortably and then fucked up the last two overs - so didn't ice the cake with a win.
Mainly I blame Boult.
Getting hit for six twice in an over by batsmen facing their first ball is inept - especially when he clearly wasn't trying to bowl a yorker and missing - just bowling from the buffet.
Jordan largely showing how it should be done. Get the fucking yorkers in and if someone repeatedly ramps you then good for them.
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@mn5 said in Tri Series Cricket:
That's two heartbreakers in a row BCs.
What the fuck dudes?
Remember the WC mate, we only have one epic get out of jail performance in us. We do terrible when there is expectation to win so we have the Aussies right where we want them
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Someone said it earlier, but Seifert was pretty untidy behind the stumps. More so while the spinners were bowling.
Think he dropped one catch and floored a few others that the batters missed too.You’d think he’d be well used to keeping to his Knights team mates on their home track?
Hopefully just an off night.
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@mn5 I think what makes it far more perplexing is that Kane scored no runs and Boult went for a heap. Not how this is supposed to work!
Timmy showed how to bowl at the death today, but Boult was unfortunately just as bad a pie seller as he was in Auckland.
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@godder said in Tri Series Cricket:
Yorkers are awful deliveries in T20 because the margin for error is so small - poor yorkers are full tosses, in the slot or wides.
On the other hand, bowling anything else that gets picked is likely going to or over the boundary.
If you are supposedly an international class bowler, you should IMO be able to bowl a pretty consistent yorker.
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@chris-b Agree - after Jordan's wayward start to the penultimate over, we needed 13 from 10 with the next ball a free hit. And managed just 1 from his remaining 4 balls despite another no ball and free hit. Combination of great yorker bowling and Chapman not adapting to squeeze them away for runs. But you'd take being that close with 10 balls left with wickers in hand chasing a total of almost 200.
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@mokey said in Tri Series Cricket:
Boult was unfortunately just as bad a pie seller as he was in Auckland.
I thought he was really good at it, the English bought heaps and scattered them all over Hamilton.Not as many as Wheeler sold but sales were pretty good.
Your point is well made though, our best bowler and best batsman aren't really doing the job.
Overall, I feel like a Black Caps supporter again. Disappointed, often confused, angry and back in therapy.
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