T20 World Cup 2021
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@rapido said in T20 World Cup 2021:
What an abomination of a draw/schedule. Our first game is v Pakistan (their second game) yet there are an even number of teams (6) in the group.
We could have really done with those 5 abandoned matches.
Pakistan will be happy beating their mortal enemy but after abandoning our tour there, they will be really hungry for 2 wins from 2.
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@duluth said in T20 World Cup 2021:
f**k you Danyal Rasool.."punch above their weight" , although anything can happen in T20, at some stage these mofos are going to have to respect our achievements
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I've heard Gary Stead and Kane Williamson talking up the relationship between the two sides. I think it'll probably be fine in the long run, but at the moment they're either just saying the 'right things' for the media, or they're very naïve...
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@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Also I'm gonna be pissed if we manage to win this thing, as that CWC farce would have cost us the chance of holding all 3 trophies at once.
I’m pretty happy to hold the most important trophy. Anything else is a bit of a bonus, nothing more.
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@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Also I'm gonna be pissed if we manage to win this thing, as that CWC farce would have cost us the chance of holding all 3 trophies at once.
I’m pretty happy to hold the most important trophy. Anything else is a bit of a bonus, nothing more.
I'm still fucking furious about the CWC and the test championship did nothing to subdue that. It was the biggest farce I've ever seen in an international sporting event. We have a world class team and we deserve to hold both trophies not just one.
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NZ picked a weird squad IMO, and now from that squad even a weird 11. Punching below their weight. The last 2 months of self inflicted weirdness. The NZCPA restricting fringe players from playing, poorly selected world cup squad, then the Pak pullout.
Although even our IPL players were poor in the second half of IPL, so that part not in selectors or management's control.
Not that I've watched the game... 3am starts. Spark giving us the choice of streaming full replays or streaming 5 min highlights. I've watched a few of the 5 min highlights packages and they are just a contextless blur. Think this tournament will be passing me by.
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@bayimports said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@duluth said in T20 World Cup 2021:
f**k you Danyal Rasool.."punch above their weight" , although anything can happen in T20, at some stage these mofos are going to have to respect our achievements
Bugger.....
Pakistan took that one rather comfortably.
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@rapido said in T20 World Cup 2021:
NZ picked a weird squad IMO, and now from that squad even a weird 11. Punching below their weight. The last 2 months of self inflicted weirdness. The NZCPA restricting fringe players from playing, poorly selected world cup squad, then the Pak pullout.
Although even our IPL players were poor in the second half of IPL, so that part not in selectors or management's control.
Not that I've watched the game... 3am starts. Spark giving us the choice of streaming full replays or streaming 5 min highlights. I've watched a few of the 5 min highlights packages and they are just a contextless blur. Think this tournament will be passing me by.
As I alluded to earlier….winning would be nice but it’s all a bit “Sevens Rugby” to me to be honest.
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@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@rapido said in T20 World Cup 2021:
NZ picked a weird squad IMO, and now from that squad even a weird 11. Punching below their weight. The last 2 months of self inflicted weirdness. The NZCPA restricting fringe players from playing, poorly selected world cup squad, then the Pak pullout.
Although even our IPL players were poor in the second half of IPL, so that part not in selectors or management's control.
Not that I've watched the game... 3am starts. Spark giving us the choice of streaming full replays or streaming 5 min highlights. I've watched a few of the 5 min highlights packages and they are just a contextless blur. Think this tournament will be passing me by.
As I alluded to earlier….winning would be nice but it’s all a bit “Sevens Rugby” to me to be honest.
Agree in some ways.
Being winners of the Test championship is the big kahuna, being tied winners of ODI is next best, and this is a distant third to me. Ironically, it's the one I thought we'd have the best chance at - in shorter formats, luck plays more of a role
