Black Caps v India
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Talking of NZ cricketers getting beaten...did anyone watch the rugby v cricket T20 at Hagley oval? Rugby won easily (and took some great catches.)
Cricket team included Fleming, Astle, Mills, Harris, Marshall, Franklin, Liz Perry and others.
Rugby team included McCaw, Read, Dagg, J Barrett, B Barrett, B Mac (who was actually quite shit and dropped a sitter) Kendra Cocksedge and others.That group of guys, Hart, Wells etc did the commentary. Maybe they are better at other games, but they were not in the slightest bit funny. Or interesting. Sumo on the sidelines was good though.
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@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
Talking of NZ cricketers getting beaten...did anyone watch the rugby v cricket T20 at Hagley oval? Rugby won easily (and took some great catches.)
Cricket team included Fleming, Astle, Mills, Harris, Marshall, Franklin, Liz Perry and others.
Rugby team included McCaw, Read, Dagg, J Barrett, B Barrett, B Mac (who was actually quite shit and dropped a sitter) Kendra Cocksedge and others.That group of guys, Hart, Wells etc did the commentary. Maybe they are better at other games, but they were not in the slightest bit funny. Or interesting. Sumo on the sidelines was good though.
Even Don Bradman got ducks sometimes....
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
I've bagged out the Indians in the past. Like, a lot. Their team was massively over-rated by their dominance at home, but then they sucked on the road.
Those days are well gone. That attack they have assembled is fucking classy. This summer, in Aus and in NZ, they have won games by regularly taking wickets throughout innings. They are able to build pressure with consistent plans; they have seamers with genuine pace; and of course the ubiquitous classy Indian spinners.
They are then backed up by a strong, if not dominant, batting lineup (led by a genuine star in Kohli) who are benefiting from the attack not putting them under too much pressure. Fuckers have learned to field as well.
It's been a nice little romp through Australasia for them this summer, and a great warm up for later in the year.
Watching yesterday it was amazing to watch two of our best ever batsmen get frustrated as the Indian's just gave them nothing.
Amazing to see an Indian team come here, take 3 times as many wickets as us, and then run down our meagre totals without anyone racking up a big score.
They've just beaten us in a home series in what is an absolute golden era for NZ cricket.
That smarts.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v India:
@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
Talking of NZ cricketers getting beaten...did anyone watch the rugby v cricket T20 at Hagley oval? Rugby won easily (and took some great catches.)
Cricket team included Fleming, Astle, Mills, Harris, Marshall, Franklin, Liz Perry and others.
Rugby team included McCaw, Read, Dagg, J Barrett, B Barrett, B Mac (who was actually quite shit and dropped a sitter) Kendra Cocksedge and others.That group of guys, Hart, Wells etc did the commentary. Maybe they are better at other games, but they were not in the slightest bit funny. Or interesting. Sumo on the sidelines was good though.
Even Don Bradman got ducks sometimes....
goddam it, as soon as i saw that i knew you would come steaming in to defend one of the least funny people in NZ. You are such a fanboy
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v India:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
I've bagged out the Indians in the past. Like, a lot. Their team was massively over-rated by their dominance at home, but then they sucked on the road.
Those days are well gone. That attack they have assembled is fucking classy. This summer, in Aus and in NZ, they have won games by regularly taking wickets throughout innings. They are able to build pressure with consistent plans; they have seamers with genuine pace; and of course the ubiquitous classy Indian spinners.
They are then backed up by a strong, if not dominant, batting lineup (led by a genuine star in Kohli) who are benefiting from the attack not putting them under too much pressure. Fuckers have learned to field as well.
It's been a nice little romp through Australasia for them this summer, and a great warm up for later in the year.
Watching yesterday it was amazing to watch two of our best ever batsmen get frustrated as the Indian's just gave them nothing.
Amazing to see an Indian team come here, take 3 times as many wickets as us, and then run down our meagre totals without anyone racking up a big score.
They've just
beatenfucking smoked us in a home series in what is an absolute golden era for NZ cricket.That smarts.
Fixed
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v India:
@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
Talking of NZ cricketers getting beaten...did anyone watch the rugby v cricket T20 at Hagley oval? Rugby won easily (and took some great catches.)
Cricket team included Fleming, Astle, Mills, Harris, Marshall, Franklin, Liz Perry and others.
Rugby team included McCaw, Read, Dagg, J Barrett, B Barrett, B Mac (who was actually quite shit and dropped a sitter) Kendra Cocksedge and others.That group of guys, Hart, Wells etc did the commentary. Maybe they are better at other games, but they were not in the slightest bit funny. Or interesting. Sumo on the sidelines was good though.
Even Don Bradman got ducks sometimes....
goddam it, as soon as i saw that i knew you would come steaming in to defend one of the least funny people in NZ. You are such a fanboy
I've learnt to ignore your opinions on many things. That is one of them.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v India:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
I've bagged out the Indians in the past. Like, a lot. Their team was massively over-rated by their dominance at home, but then they sucked on the road.
Those days are well gone. That attack they have assembled is fucking classy. This summer, in Aus and in NZ, they have won games by regularly taking wickets throughout innings. They are able to build pressure with consistent plans; they have seamers with genuine pace; and of course the ubiquitous classy Indian spinners.
They are then backed up by a strong, if not dominant, batting lineup (led by a genuine star in Kohli) who are benefiting from the attack not putting them under too much pressure. Fuckers have learned to field as well.
It's been a nice little romp through Australasia for them this summer, and a great warm up for later in the year.
Watching yesterday it was amazing to watch two of our best ever batsmen get frustrated as the Indian's just gave them nothing.
Amazing to see an Indian team come here, take 3 times as many wickets as us, and then run down our meagre totals without anyone racking up a big score.
They've just
beatenfucking smoked us in a home series in what is an absolute golden era for NZ cricket.That smarts.
Fixed
I was trying to be positive.
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@mariner4life Our decline in fielding is something that particularly smarts for me. That used to be out thing. Average batting, maybe a star in bowling but not backed up by much, but by crikey we could field, and that ability to take sharp catches and runouts and save singles, cut off boundaries, kept us way more competitive than we should have been. I think we have been overtaken by many countries now in that area.
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@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
@mariner4life Our decline in fielding is something that particularly smarts for me. That used to be out thing. Average batting, maybe a star in bowling but not backed up by much, but by crikey we could field, and that ability to take sharp catches and runouts and save singles, cut off boundaries, kept us way more competitive than we should have been. I think we have been overtaken by many countries now in that area.
that doesn't surprise me, because it's something you can improve regardless of talent level. An ordinary team can still be exceptional in the field.
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@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
@mariner4life Our decline in fielding is something that particularly smarts for me. That used to be out thing. Average batting, maybe a star in bowling but not backed up by much, but by crikey we could field, and that ability to take sharp catches and runouts and save singles, cut off boundaries, kept us way more competitive than we should have been. I think we have been overtaken by many countries now in that area.
Fielders on the whole have improved in world cricket overall except us and the Windies, the latter still seem to be a bit cool to actually dive and make an effort.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
I've bagged out the Indians in the past. Like, a lot. Their team was massively over-rated by their dominance at home, but then they sucked on the road.
Those days are well gone. That attack they have assembled is fucking classy. This summer, in Aus and in NZ, they have won games by regularly taking wickets throughout innings. They are able to build pressure with consistent plans; they have seamers with genuine pace; and of course the ubiquitous classy Indian spinners.
They are then backed up by a strong, if not dominant, batting lineup (led by a genuine star in Kohli) who are benefiting from the attack not putting them under too much pressure. Fuckers have learned to field as well.
It's been a nice little romp through Australasia for them this summer, and a great warm up for later in the year.
Watching yesterday it was amazing to watch two of our best ever batsmen get frustrated as the Indian's just gave them nothing.
Amazing to see an Indian team come here, take 3 times as many wickets as us, and then run down our meagre totals without anyone racking up a big score.
Yes - they're better than I expected.
Though, I think we've been worse than we should be - especially the batsmen (and I agree about the fielding).
I'm inclined to think we've come into this series in cruise mode after beating up on Sri Lanka, while the Indians have been hardened with a couple of tough months in Australia.
That we've done slightly better in each game points to this - and there's significant improvement available in the likes of Nicholls, Guptill and even Little Kane - and if we put the walking wicket on the sidelines and bring in Neesham.
Less improvement available among the bowlers. Neesham offers a bit more pace than Bracewell and Southee a bit more experience - but, as I said earlier - Boult is our only really good bowler. Watching yesterday reminded me of the days of Sir Paddles - when he was having a spell you basically waited until he came back before you really expected to make many inroads.
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@Mokey said in Black Caps v India:
That group of guys, Hart, Wells etc did the commentary. Maybe they are better at other games, but they were not in the slightest bit funny. Or interesting.
I think they are a bit better when they are on a medium that lets them go a little bit blue. Even though they weren't able to discuss the usual topics like Pakistani backhanders or "Racism, pros and cons?" their cricket knowledge is pretty strong. Their labeling of McCaw's action as a left-arm Martin Snedden and Baudey as Jeremy Coney was spot on IMO.
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I found the commentary amusing, but then again I enjoy Bhuja TV.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India:
I've bagged out the Indians in the past. Like, a lot. Their team was massively over-rated by their dominance at home, but then they sucked on the road.
Those days are well gone. That attack they have assembled is fucking classy. This summer, in Aus and in NZ, they have won games by regularly taking wickets throughout innings. They are able to build pressure with consistent plans; they have seamers with genuine pace; and of course the ubiquitous classy Indian spinners.
They are then backed up by a strong, if not dominant, batting lineup (led by a genuine star in Kohli) who are benefiting from the attack not putting them under too much pressure. Fuckers have learned to field as well.
It's been a nice little romp through Australasia for them this summer, and a great warm up for later in the year.
Watching yesterday it was amazing to watch two of our best ever batsmen get frustrated as the Indian's just gave them nothing.
Amazing to see an Indian team come here, take 3 times as many wickets as us, and then run down our meagre totals without anyone racking up a big score.
And Jaspreet Bumrah isn't even playing yet. Career Econ rate of 3 something in ODIs in the days of 330 par scores.
Felt good to read that as an Indian fan - too many years of having a talented team that underwhelmed away from home often.
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@shark said in Black Caps v India:
No direct discussion as yet on todays' game just illustrates how little interest there is left in these two dead rubbers.
Think a lot of people fell off the bandwagon this series, just watching from a safe distance to see if we can nab a win before jumping back on.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India:
@shark said in Black Caps v India:
No direct discussion as yet on todays' game just illustrates how little interest there is left in these two dead rubbers.
Think a lot of people fell off the bandwagon this series, just watching from a safe distance to see if we can nab a win before jumping back on.
I'm still keen on the rest of theses matches. Just disappointed it is a D/N as it would be great to have on at work
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Also Kohli going home takes away a fair amount of interest. Beating them with no Kohli and Bumrah puts a fairly large asterisk next to the W.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India:
Also Kohli going home takes away a fair amount of interest. Beating them with no Kohli and Bumrah puts a fairly large asterisk next to the W.
Maybe but getting smoked by them without those two also puts a lot of ??????? on the team too.
