Black Caps v Bangladesh

[MN5]

@booboo said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

What's with Rosscoe's hands?

Just came back from a stroll and saw a replay of him dropping a couple of relative dollies.

Very unlike him.

[hydro11]

We could be chasing 260 odd here.

[Damo]

Bangers are doing OK now. Good on them. I hope they set us a big total and we have to play well to chase it down.

Thre's been too many one sided ODI's this year. Has there been a close one yet?

[Damo]

@hydro11 said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

We could be chasing 260 odd here.

We might be chasing 300 odd. They're 168/5 with 16 overs to go and going along pretty easily. 8 an over gets them to 296.

[Cyclops]

Just noticed that if Henry can take two wickets a match for the next 11 games he'll be the fastest ever NZ bowler to 100 ODI wickets (a match or two ahead of Bond).

[Mokey]

How many fucking catches have we dropped today. ARGH.

[Damo]

@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

Just noticed that if Henry can take two wickets a match for the next 11 games he'll be the fastest ever NZ bowler to 100 ODI wickets (a match or two ahead of Bond).

The problem for Henry is that him playing 11 games for the Black Caps might take him 2 or 3 years.

[hydro11]

@Damo said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

Just noticed that if Henry can take two wickets a match for the next 11 games he'll be the fastest ever NZ bowler to 100 ODI wickets (a match or two ahead of Bond).

The problem for Henry is that him playing 11 games for the Black Caps might take him 2 or 3 years.

He's definitely first choice now.

[Damo]

@hydro11 said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

@Damo said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:

Just noticed that if Henry can take two wickets a match for the next 11 games he'll be the fastest ever NZ bowler to 100 ODI wickets (a match or two ahead of Bond).

The problem for Henry is that him playing 11 games for the Black Caps might take him 2 or 3 years.

He's definitely first choice now.

4 years too late in my opinion. I hope you are right.

[Sneakdefreak]

The Bang Bros all out for 226.

[Godder]

227 to win, should be straightforward, but cricket is a funny old game at times!

[Godder]

Guptill has another ODI 50 and NZ 126/1 and looking very good right now.

[Crazy Horse]

I get annoyed when batters, and Guptill just did it now, get talked up and praised for hitting a six over boundary fielders. It is a high risk shot that is only a slight miss hit away from being a stupid way to get out.

[Damo]

Guptill gets on amazing runs of form sometimes. I hope he gets on one during the CWC. If he does we'll do well.

[Sneakdefreak]

BCs win by 8 wickets with 83 balls to spare. Guptill gets another century scoring 118.

[hydro11]

Interesting seeing the selections getting a lot of criticism on the radio. I think the selectors have done a good job over the summer. The questions which we had before the summer regarding the World Cup team have basically been answered. All we have to do is bring Santner in for Astle and that is our World Cup team. We know what our best team is and they have had a good amount of time playing together.

[MN5]

So I guess to what degree has this season has been......

a) Black Caps being very good

b) India being off the charts

and c) Sri Lanka/Bangladesh being shithouse

I'm picking major elements of all three.

[Nevorian]

@Damo Guptil I think has normally batted well in English conditions

[Chris B.]

When Guptill got out, why did they send in Ross Taylor? What was the point?

Why not send in e.g. Todd Astle? Or de Grandhomme?

It's like subbing on Richie McCaw for the last 10 minutes, when the ABs are up 50-0 and there's another dubutant loose forward on the bench.

[African Monkey]

@Chris-B Deciding to bowl first was a stupid decision in the first place. Our top order could have done with the practice of batting in swinging conditions which they'll see plenty of in the WC.