2019 Cricket ODI WC
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@NTA Best catch I have ever seen is the Andrew Strauss Superman effort to get rid of Gilchrist at Trent Bridge against the Aussies in 2005. Not just for the athleticism and composure, but it was the moment the Great Aussie era in cricket came to an end.
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As an aside, wanky slow-mo youtube mash up videos of catch with annoying music over the top are so unnecessary.
Stokes' catch was great but he amde it look harder than it neded to be. Air Vettori at the Caketin in the 2015 World Cup was way better.
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Windies bowling attack was very good with variation and bowling at awkward lengths.
They are the dark horse in this WC.
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@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As an aside, wanky slow-mo youtube mash up videos of catch with annoying music over the top are so unnecessary.
Stokes' catch was great but he amde it look harder than it neded to be. Air Vettori at the Caketin in the 2015 World Cup was way better.
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Skippy's catch had the added element of some crowd baiting straight after.
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At this stage I really feel theres only Windies and India (with Aus hitting the comback trail) that look to have the armoury to really trouble England.
Pakistan offered very little (embarrasing and disappointing for the fans) and SA were pretty poor also.
Chris Gayle is just evergreen and so relaxed, I swear that man never ages - he's a joy to watch at the crease for the neutrals. -
Think the whole CWC has been a bit of a damp (literally) grey squib so far.
We've seen two games which have effectively each been a non-contest, and no side really getting their teeth into a game.
The weather hasn't come to the party either it has been a little damp, grey and changeable - although that is set to change tomorrow thsnkfully, when we rock up to the crease. It is supposed to be sunny and bright at about 22 degrees, just right, so lets hope the Black Caps get their groove on! -
@Jailbreak7 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
At this stage I really feel theres only Windies and India (with Aus hitting the comback trail) that look to have the armoury to really trouble England.
Pakistan offered very little (embarrasing and disappointing for the fans) and SA were pretty poor also.
Chris Gayle is just evergreen and so relaxed, I swear that man never ages - he's a joy to watch at the crease for the neutrals.They have a few gamebreakers but also some pretty ordinary looking players too. So much of how they go will be down to how Gayle, Russell, Holder and Roach perform. Hope has a phenomenal record in this form of the game too.
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@Jailbreak7 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
At this stage I really feel theres only Windies and India (with Aus hitting the comback trail) that look to have the armoury to really trouble England.
Pakistan offered very little (embarrasing and disappointing for the fans) and SA were pretty poor also.
Chris Gayle is just evergreen and so relaxed, I swear that man never ages - he's a joy to watch at the crease for the neutrals.Unfortunate for the fans perhaps that they weren’t more of a contest, but the results weren’t that unsurprising given how those relative teams have been performing and where they are at in their current cycles.
On Gayle, he looked to have tweaked his back during his innings and several balls later got out. Will be one to watch. He’s important but I think they have other players that are just as important to their fortunes. The positive thing is that there are more in that category than there were say 4 years ago.
I think our match vs SL is the game with the most unpredictable tag to it in the openers. Plenty of interest with the Aussies and Afghanistan because of Warner/Smith and the spin unknowns too.
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I reckon it is going to be one of England, Australia or India with the West Indies next in the rankings. I really don't think this NZ team is good enough, batting too reliant on KW and RT (who aren't going to reach a 350+ score) and bowling too reliant on Boult with the new ball.
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Timmy has supposedly got a calf niggle and seems unlikely to play- so Matt Henry will get a reprieve.
Articles also saying Nicholls is in some doubt and Munro may open. That option doesn't surprise me, but it smacks of wishful thinking. Big danger is that Munro performs like a gun in our first three games against probably the three weakest teams - uses up those opportunities for Nicholls to find some form - and then fails against the big boys.
If Nicholls is unavailable then I really want Latham opening and Blundell wearing the gloves.
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@KiwiPie Looking a bit that way at present. Windies have put down two impressive markers.
We really need to do our thing of beating all of the teams we should and then winning a couple that we shouldn't.
We really need Guppy to strike one of his veins of form and blast a few big hundreds and our lower middle order to play out of their skins - Neesham, CdG and Santner.
But our bowling - other than Boult - is a bit shit.
2019 Boult > 2015 Boult (Probably)
But,
2019 Southee < 2015 Southee
Santner/Sodhi < Vettori
Ferguson < Milne
Neesham/CdG < AndersonIf Boult doesn't get wickets I'm not sure who's going to be able to put the brakes on. Santner? Lockie?
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@KiwiPie said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
I reckon it is going to be one of England, Australia or India with the West Indies next in the rankings. I really don't think this NZ team is good enough, batting too reliant on KW and RT (who aren't going to reach a 350+ score) and bowling too reliant on Boult with the new ball.
Would be awesome if it was us instead of Aus.
Also not sure how much you can read into the Windies first performance given the state of Pakistan these days.
It’s also a massive disservice to say this given how Guppy, Nicholls, Latham and the Neesh can and have batted.
Agree about the bowling sans Boult though
