Cricket 2018/19
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Cracker of a series too. A wee shame this last one was a dead rubber.
The 4 live games featured teams batting for about a day each. The ball swung and seamed but good batting was rewarded and every session seemed intense and worth watching. Games ebbed and flowed throughout and the upper hand basically turned in 30 to 60 minute intervals, constantly.Greenish wickets, dukes balls, fast outfields and bowlers wrist positions on release (seriously) made for great viewing.
Oh and none of the players fucken cried or sobbed in front of media 😗
Cook has been pretty cool throughout his whole career
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Check out that Australian test squad to play Pakistan. It's a veritable "who's that?" of Australian cricket.
If that's what follows dominant eras, then I shudder to think what the All Blacks are going to look like in 15 years.
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@mariner4life yes however will we replace Luke Whitelock.....
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@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2018/19:
@mariner4life yes however will we replace Luke Whitelock.....
If this is the standard, Luke Whitelock will be the star player.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket 2018/19:
Check out that Australian test squad to play Pakistan. It's a veritable "who's that?" of Australian cricket.
If that's what follows dominant eras, then I shudder to think what the All Blacks are going to look like in 15 years.
Comedy Squad: Tim Paine (capt, wk), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc
Out: Joe Burns, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb, Jhye Richardson -
@hooroo said in Cricket 2018/19:
@mariner4life said in Cricket 2018/19:
Check out that Australian test squad to play Pakistan. It's a veritable "who's that?" of Australian cricket.
If that's what follows dominant eras, then I shudder to think what the All Blacks are going to look like in 15 years.
Comedy Squad: Tim Paine (capt, wk), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc
Out: Joe Burns, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Handscomb, Jhye RichardsonShit @mariner4life wasn’t telling porkies was he?
4 blokes I’ve genuinely never heard of and couple of pyjama specialists.
Khawaja the most experienced batsmen (?) hasn’t even played that many himself, will have to hold the batting together.
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India tours to caughtcheating land (oh fuck yes, this cow's worth milking for another year at least!🤣) this summer, first test on Dec 6
Kohli's team is different from others. They don't seem so temperamental and look definitely more professional. Not so much bundle dropping anymore and 4-1 vs England doesn't tell a true story. They took 2 tests to suss out batting in England and the poms got real value from Broad, Anderson, and Butler.
But finally the Indians have quicks that can bowl spells. 4th test, India had 4 seamers and 1 spinner, England had 4 and 2 and the Indian batsmen lost that game.
So, for perhaps the first time the injuns go to sandpaper-alia without a reliance on spin and packing seamers for hope. India relied on their pacemen in England so they're quite well conditioned.
Imagine the ovation Kohli would get back home with a series win in the Confederated States of "We know where the line is", then wonder of his motivation
Aussies never lose easy at home mind you, it usually takes a preceding calamity 😉
Nah, that series will be a cracker
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T20 - NZA currently 35 for 6 in the 7th over vs Pakistan in UAE. Could be an early night for all!
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T20 - NZA currently 64 for 9 in the 12th over.
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All out 65 in the 13th over!
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Good to see that we came back to win the T20 series 2-1.
Phillips made runs in both the 2nd and 3rd game, Worker in the second game, and several chipped in to support Phillips in the third.
Interesting to see Kyle Jamieson playing at this level. He's an interesting prospect - very tall and potentially very awkward if he can add a yard or two of pace from when I last saw him.
