CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia
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We still have enough batting but it's damn tough against this Aussie bowling lineup.
That was really silly from CdG trying to clear an 80m+ boundary first ball. We needed a quickfire 40 odd from him.
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We are cooked
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OK we're done.
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Latham gone for a painful to watch 14. Surely that's his last chance. Blundell in now either to six with Neesham promoted, or opening with Nicholls dropping to five. I think the latter option might give us spark and more solidity to the middle order.
Neesham and Santner our last hope.
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@nzzp said in CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia:
@shark said in CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia:
Neesham and Santner our last hope.
Too much to do
Needed to get our hitters within 60-70 I think. Well played Aus, good side. Will take some beatingAus and India are miles ahead of the pack at the moment. Should be a cracking final between the two.
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So, the problems.
Lack of production from the openers, and the runs Guptill did get were slow. Kane and Rosco needed to resurrect the innings but took 'slow and steady wins the race' too far. Fine if one of them batted through and got a big score for others to bat around, but that didn't happen. They can't carry us all the time. This meant the woefully out of form Latham would come in with a lot to do, but of course he couldn't and his innings contributed to the run rate getting out of control. Then a silly promotion for CDG and even sillier shot. Six down, run rate getting OTT and only one hope in Neesham. Too much to ask.
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@shark said in CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia:
Lack of production from the openers, and the runs Guptill did get were slow. Kane and Rosco needed to resurrect the innings but took 'slow and steady wins the race' too far.
Absolutely. If you're going to survive and eat balls, you have to go big, take the team deep, and put us in a place to win. Otherwise you soak up time, ramp the run rate and leave with too much to do.
Also - their bowlers were better than I expected. They look in some form, looking forward to a cracking final.
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This is just embarrassing. What a terrible batting effort. I do feel for Nicholls, rusty as hell and his first game he gets to face lowly unrated easy beats Australia who have a bowling line up of med slow part timers.
Congrats to Trent on his hat trick. Kane and Ross hit 70 between them. Everyone else sucked. -
How important was the implosion from Braithwaite when the Windies had victory in sight..?,
We really would be in the gun..! -
We got taught a lesson. Loved all the close ups of Guptill because his performance was Australia’s greatest asset next to Carey.
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I have to wonder about the management of the batsmen leading into and during the tournament. As Mokey said, Nicholls hadn't had a knock in ages and was then asked to perform vs one of the top two sides in the tournament. He had been the incumbent but was ignored once fit in favour of the useless Munro. Guppy came from the IPL but played fuck all. Latham's prep was limited due to injury in the early warm-up games and the form back up has been ignored. Little wonder there is so much pressure on Kane and Rosco.
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@Steven-Harris said in CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia:
How important was the implosion from Braithwaite when the Windies had victory in sight..?,
We really would be in the gun..!Or the washout against India.
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