CWC Game #5 Black Caps v South Africa

[mariner4life]

Not much to work with is there?

[Canerbry]

@mariner4life Line and length? Fuck.

[mariner4life]

Fucking Amla's day so far, lucky prick is batting like a drunk but surviving

[TeWaio]

An opener's stump cartwheeling is the most orgasmic sight in cricket

[Chris]

Stop bowling half volley pies at the stumps Boult
They are sitting on the front foot waiting for you
Get back in the offstump channel

[mariner4life]

This surface looks pretty fucking good and we may have made a tactical error

Wait, fuck off!! Old fashioned one two punch!!

[Canerbry]

Westley looks totally innocuous before putting a yorker through the Plussis

[Chris]

We get Amla SA’s underdone middle order will be under a lot of pressure

[Chris]

This pitch may just hold up for Santner

[rotated]

If ever there was a game for Kane's tweakers, today would be the day.

I hope Southee gets a look in again. Milne again returns good figures, but without the early wicket from Boult and Amla's struggles I'm not sure how well he would fare. There is something about him that looks like he will go at 10 an over against the big boys if Boult can be seen off.

[Chris]

@rotated do you mean Henry ?

[rotated]

@Chris said in CWC Game #5 Black Caps v South Africa:

@rotated do you mean Henry ?

Henry yep my mistake.

The path to beating Aus/Ind/Eng is early wickets IMO, I don't see Henry going at less than 3 an over against Warner or Sharma etc.

[Chris]

@rotated let’s hope we get a little bit in the pitch for those games bring Boult and maybe Southee into play

[mofitzy_]

Bad drop from Boult

[Chris]

Boult apart from his wkt ball having a poor match

[nzzp]

Just got up to this - need 70 at a run a ball, with 6 in hand.

Williamson and CDG trying to suicide against Tahir by the look... two chacnes in the over.

[nzzp]

CDG hitting well. 31 off 21, and invaluable ina low chase with a wicket as sweaty as me in summer

[LABCAT]

You woke up at a good time!

[LABCAT]

Did South Africa just drop the game?

[nzzp]

@LABCAT Phew! You got that right.

Williamson starts swinging, gets put down in the outfield ... and it's a noball.

SA have missed a couple fo hard chances, but the commentators are climbing into them about missing a thin thin thin edge to the wicket keeper. FFS, if you're not sure you heard a nick, you don't throw a review at it.

Free hit now for Kane, smashes it powerfully to fine leg for a single. What a player