Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020

[canefan]

Neesh fails again

[Gunner]

CDG you are waaaaaay overdue for runs!

We dug ourselves into a hole here by scoring about 4 runs from 3 overs.

[canefan]

Colin's lack of touch saves him, landing just short of the fielder in the deep

[Mokey]

It is so farking annoying when the Black Caps do this. Great start, then a giant collapse and suddenly we forget how to bat or run safely.

[Godder]

Finely poised, NZ need 42 off 42 with 5 wickets.

[Mokey]

Far better from CdG and Latham. Amazing what a few sixes and fours can do to the RRR.

[canefan]

Colin looked dodgy early but he's playing himself in

[Donsteppa]

A very handy time for CdG to break his run of single figure scores.

[Donsteppa]

Keen to win it in a hurry

[Godder]

Hopefully can get his 50.

[canefan]

@Donsteppa said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

A very handy time for CdG to break his run of single figure scores.

Getting some help from the Indian bowlers, Colin likes pies!

[Godder]

50 up with a French cut...

[Donsteppa]

Four runs to win, four overs left... and for some mad reason the fear of a Super Over still ran briefly through my brain!

[Godder]

@Donsteppa same!

[MadGav]

So, we’ve learnt we can only play ODIs at the moment. Clinical over the three ODIs especially batting.

[Gunner]

@Gunner said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

CDG you are waaaaaay overdue for runs!

Thanks Colin, a job very well done!

Wow, 2 series and 2 clean sweeps, one each way. Who’d have picked that.

[Donsteppa]

Excellent

Heard something earlier that it might be India's first whitewash in a three match or more series since 1989 in the short form of the game. Edit: Cricinfo says"their first bilateral series whitewash in 14 years"

[Cyclops]

Our batting has a really nice balanced look to it at the moment. Fire power at the top firepower at the bottom, guys who can bat long innings and guys who are comfortable coming in and hitting from ball one. We're still a bit brittle but that's really the only batting weakness in this format.

[booboo]

@Donsteppa said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

Four runs to win, four overs left... and for some mad reason the fear of a Super Over still ran briefly through my brain!

Briefly?

[shark]

ODIs have been our best format for quite a while. We've consistently punched at World Cups even with mediocre teams and have had plenty of successful series in between. Sure it looked like we were a better test team than ODI team for patches, but we can't beat the best teams away in the longest format (last series win in Australia, India, England or SA please, anyone?) and are typically only on or around par at home against the same teams. Australia and SA pose a particular mental block i think. In 50 over cricket we can beat anyone on our day.

I can't wait for the C-H series in Australia next month. A genuine opportunity for some revenge after the test series mauling. And I'll be at two of the games in Sydney.