NZ tour of India

[kiwi_expat]

@synicbast said in NZ tour of India:

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

@nzzp said in NZ tour of India:

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

@hooroo said in NZ tour of India:

I thought Wagner was a certainty. I’m gutted to see him out

Stead certainly has his selectorial moments. A bit like no Southee at the SCG.

there was at least an argument there that he was absolutely cooked, adn getting smoked by the Aussies.

But yeah. He does random at times. No chance he ever wins or gets close to a Test Championship, an ODI title, or a T20 world cup. Noooooo chance at all....

Yep, a top coach who has occasional puzzling selections...

The upshot of no cooked Southee was CdG opening the bowling at a gentle 120kmph on a New Years test at the SCG...

I'm not convineced he is a Top coach tbh, I think this team has so many good to top echelon players that his impact is negligible. I think Hesson (and everyone knows I'm not a fan of his) has far more to do with the foundation of this side and Kane and Latham are the drivers behind the commitment to hard graft. Somerville is well past his best by date and seems to have beeen selected because he's a spinner, not because he's actually test level.

Stead also picked Boult and Guppy for the Super Over in 2019 when they were having shockers, Ferguson bowls that over and NZ would've won. Coach's inane selections costed us our single best (and most likely only...) chance of ever winning a world cup. Stead blew it.

[Donsteppa]

Patel is bowling well, but that's about it.

[ARHS]

@nzzp ditto to all that. I went over and watched several days in the baking heat.

[Donsteppa]

And now two wickets for Patel. This over an óptimistic' review followed by fooling Pujara in flight.

[nzzp]

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

Patel is bowling well, but that's about it.

PAtel!

[nzzp]

@arhs said in NZ tour of India:

@nzzp ditto to all that. I went over and watched several days in the baking heat.

love your commitment!

NZ Cricket set them up for failure.

Our pre-tour selections (Mitchell in Hamilton, then playing Ferguson on debut) was not well thought through. We made stupid decisions, and then they came back to destroy us.

Still gutted by that tour, so disappointing.

[Donsteppa]

Now Virat!!

Edit: Virat reviews... ultraedge will be interesting... bat and pad together?

[Damo]

Wow.

Kohli reviewed that quickly so maybe an edge?

[nzzp]

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

Wow.

Kohli reviewed that quickly so maybe an edge?

wow wow wow

Saha at 6, Ashwin at 7. Critical moment here

[Donsteppa]

Think that is fractionally bat first?

[Damo]

I think it's bat first. Close though.

[nzzp]

so .. is simultaneous 'stay with umpire'? Unless it's Kohli (tongue in cheek)?

[Donsteppa]

That's a genuinely tough one on the third umpire.

[nzzp]

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

Think that is fractionally bat first?

is it enough to overturn though?

[Damo]

That is so close. I like the TMO saying "anything conclusive".

[nzzp]

@donsteppa said in NZ tour of India:

That's a genuinely tough one on the third umpire.

TMO: there to remove howlers. Simultaneous = benefit of doubt to umpire, surely?

That said, I'd have no issue giving that not out as long as it's consistent at all times

[Damo]

He forgot about ball tracking!! Ha ha.

[ARHS]

Pad was marginally in front of bat. Maybe pad then bat then pad. So out

[nzzp]

@damo said in NZ tour of India:

He forgot about ball tracking!! Ha ha.

that's funny!

[Donsteppa]

Very thoroughly reviewed, and not an easy one. Virat looks unimpressed funnily enough, but you might want to get the bat a little bit closer to a ball smashing into middle than that.

Patel on fire!