CWC Semi Final - Black Caps v India
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
On the Guardian feed:
“The more I see that Guptill throw,” says Siddharth Singh, “the more it like a finishing move from Mortal Kombat.”
When you consider the context - of the match, and the tournament he’s had - I reckon that’s the champagne moment of the World Cup so far.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
But at 12rpo they needed to move so it was either going to come off or produce a wicket.
For sure, they were hitting 2s with some regularity at that point, perhaps looking for a boundary along the ground or 2 was better. Hard to fault them though. It just seemed the idea was to take it deep and then have a big over against Neesham or Henry - it seemed a waste to lay all that foundation then hit out on Boult's 59th ball. Perhaps they needed to really go for it in Henry's final over (which was good) or to just wait until Boult was done.
Either way I don't think Dhoni batted poorly, he struggled to get it off the square against the spinners which put him in good company with Taylor and Williamson.
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Kohli is all class. He must be seriously hurting right now.
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Sounds like Kane and Ross decided a score of 250 would be competitive which explains the way they batted. Can't fault that logic, so often in games like this we go too hard and get skittled. We really are blessed to have two such world class batsmen.
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My strategy to reverse the Curse of the Meldrew's obviously worked.
At 192-6 with 5 overs to go, I gave up watching and tidied up the garage.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
My strategy to reverse the Curse of the Meldrew's obviously worked.
At 192-6 with 5 overs to go, I gave up watching and tidied up the garage.
Not all heroes wear capes.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
My strategy to reverse the Curse of the Meldrew's obviously worked.
At 192-6 with 5 overs to go, I gave up watching and tidied up the garage.
Possibly not as bad as it sounds?
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@Jaguares4real said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
This game is already over
NZ will go do well to get 225 runs let alone sniff 250 runs
I think the Kiwi based TSF members can have an early night
Spot on as always.
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@Bones said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Jaguares4real said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
This game is already over
NZ will go do well to get 225 runs let alone sniff 250 runs
I think the Kiwi based TSF members can have an early night
Spot on as always.
Just a friendly. The other teams are building for 2023.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Sounds like Kane and Ross decided a score of 250 would be competitive which explains the way they batted. Can't fault that logic, so often in games like this we go too hard and get skittled. We really are blessed to have two such world class batsmen.
Played that logic last 4 games in a row .. finally played it on an apt pitch.
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@Bones said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
Would be bloody nice to beat Aus in the final though...
I'd even clear out the drain inspection chambers for that...
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@Bones said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
So go England?
Surely better off playing a side that hasn't been there, done that before? Would be bloody nice to beat Aus in the final though...
Feel the same. They are absolutely playing with house money at this point so whoever wins I'm fine with. Aussie would make any win sweeter, but England do have the propensity to fold under pressure so we have a better shot.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Bones said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
@Jaguares4real said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:
This game is already over
NZ will go do well to get 225 runs let alone sniff 250 runs
I think the Kiwi based TSF members can have an early night
Spot on as always.
Just a friendly. The other teams are building for 2023.
Well to be fair, ol' Nostradamus there predicted the kiwis could get an early night. Predicted we'd be lucky to get to 225 (we were very lucky to get 239). And obviously predicted a kiwi win, game was already over.