Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

[kev]

This will be interesting. CDG predictions?

[Donsteppa]

Anyone still disparaging a draw?

[Chris B.]

@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Who wishes that we traded CDG for a real batsman?

It's a bit like Schrodinger's Cat, but I'm pleased we've got him and not Ajaz.

[Donsteppa]

Food Bill Colin to the crease...

[canefan]

@no-quarter said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

CDG is no chance out there haha

Nope. I have low expectations of him and it is up to Colin to raise them 🙏

[KiwiMurph]

CDG is due...

[kev]

@kev said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

This will be interesting. CDG predictions?

His time…I hope….

[rotated]

@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

CDG is due...

Due for a fucking haircut and not much else.

[booboo]

Did I say I'm off to bed.

Doesn't usually work while we're batting but worth a crack...

[Godder]

@rotated said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

CDG is due...

Due for a fucking haircut and not much else.

He's got the Botham haircut, hopefully he provides a Botham 100...

[ACT Crusader]

@donsteppa said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Anyone still disparaging a draw?

But but…if we…

[kev]

Where are the runs going to come from…

[Donsteppa]

@kiwimurph said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Nicholls probably not used to his shots getting caught.....

He'd have made another century if India caught like Bangladesh, Pakistan, or the West Indies...

[TeWaio]

Watling missed a straight one, didn't look like it did much.

CDG won't survive more than 30 balls, so I'd rather he plays trying to get >50 runs than <10.

[gt12]

Everyone who was fucking on about us 'coming out of the gate strong' should fuck off to bed.

Like you've never been a Blackcaps supporter.

The simple truth is that we are like an Oakland As Moneyball team - collectively over time we can do some good things, but when it counts in one game, we still have very few truly world class players who can and will handle the pressure.

[kev]

Hard to sleep on this….

[MajorRage]

So fucking predictable. Tough conditions, maybe, but 34 runs from the whole fucking session?

50 or 60 for 3, I'd take. But only 34.

Sorry, thats shithouse and they are fully deserving of all the criticism if they are prepared to take the plaudits.

[KiwiMurph]

Low scoring tests are so much more entertaining than those played on roads

[Donsteppa]

I wish we had gone with the Will Young option.

[No Quarter]

@gt12 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Everyone who was fucking on about us 'coming out of the gate strong' should fuck off to bed.

Like you've never been a Blackcaps supporter.

The simple truth is that we are like an Oakland As Moneyball team - collectively over time we can do some good things, but when it counts in one game, we still have very few truly world class players who can and will handle the pressure.

Completely disagree. The team is littered with world class players. We did enough to win the CWC which is the biggest stage of all, and bar one test series we've been consistently outstanding for a few years now.

Our innings right now is almost identical to India's. You just can't get in on this pitch no matter how long you are out there, so a collapse is always imminent. Like us, India have a world class attack so batting is really a battle of attrition and luck.

We're putting up a good fight, and the fact we are deep into the test with all 3 results possible shows how tight it is.