2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand
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@donsteppa said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Feck. Got to at least bat out your overs, and we didn't do that...
Yep, dumb batting at the end. Even 4-5 singles per over gets NZ another 10 runs. But nah, let's go for the big shot...
Honestly, NZ didn't deserve to win. Tahuhu might be quick but has absolutely no control.
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@crucial said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
I stopped watching for a bit but why wasn’t our most economical bowler bowled out?
Probably for the same reason our best bowler over the last two years wasn't selected for the tournament. The White Ferns brains trust is a misnomer sometimes...
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@crucial said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Two games taken to the wire and two lost.
I stopped watching for a bit but why wasn’t our most economical bowler bowled out?I think Devine hoped she could pull a Dottin - went for experience.
Bangladesh and Pakistan could do us some handy favours, but if we are to win the whole thing we need to flounder into the play-offs and basically not lose our third wicket until 45 overs are gone in both games.
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@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@crucial said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Two games taken to the wire and two lost.
I stopped watching for a bit but why wasn’t our most economical bowler bowled out?I think Devine hoped she could pull a Dottin - went for experience.
Bangladesh and Pakistan could do us some handy favours, but if we are to win the whole thing we need to flounder into the play-offs and basically not lose our third wicket until 45 overs are gone in both games.
We would still get bowled out methinks
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@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@crucial said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Two games taken to the wire and two lost.
I stopped watching for a bit but why wasn’t our most economical bowler bowled out?I think Devine hoped she could pull a Dottin - went for experience.
Mackay over J Kerr was a strange choice for the last over.
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About only thing I can think of is that it was Jess Kerr who got hit for 20 in an over v India when Harmanpreet Kaur led that late charge. (The TV graphics and Cricinfo pinned most of that over on Hannah Rowe before correcting it...) Still, Jess Kerr bowled well tonight. And the big over in the India game was also an aberration in her figures there too.
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@bovidae said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@crucial said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Two games taken to the wire and two lost.
I stopped watching for a bit but why wasn’t our most economical bowler bowled out?I think Devine hoped she could pull a Dottin - went for experience.
Mackay over J Kerr was a strange choice for the last over.
Kerr only bowled 7. Another couple of tighter overs could have piled the pressure on
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Poo
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Halliday, Martin & Mackay lack power at 6,7 and 8, hopeless just working singles when they also need to hit more boundaries as well... have to bring in some of the bigger hitters like Rowe, Tahuhu & J.kerr ahead of some of those 3 at times depending how the game is going, should've done that against South Africa.
We're now in the embarrassing situation of maybe missing out on making the last 4 in our own backyard.
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@nzbloke said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
We're now in the embarrassing situation of maybe missing out on making the last 4 in our own backyard.
Last four of eight, with two easy beats in there.
Massive game Sunday. Loser goes home.
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@nzzp said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@nzbloke said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
We're now in the embarrassing situation of maybe missing out on making the last 4 in our own backyard.
Last four of eight, with two easy beats in there.
Massive game Sunday. Loser goes home.
We're already home, so that's easy
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reflecting on this, I have enjoyed a number of these games, but there is clearly room for skill improvement - particularly in the fielding. That just takes time and money; was reflecting on rugby players of 30 years ago (pre-professionalism) with how they look now; they're different species. Cricketers are the same, pre-IPL and T20, you didn't see the power hitters you see now.
The womens game will move along the same path; you'll see better athletes, with better conditioning, and better skill levels. I'm all for it; anything that puts more meaningful cricket on the table is going to be a good thing.
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@nzbloke said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Halliday, Martin & Mackay lack power at 6,7 and 8, hopeless just working singles when they also need to hit more boundaries as well... have to bring in some of the bigger hitters like Rowe, Tahuhu & J.kerr ahead of some of those 3 at times depending how the game is going, should've done that against South Africa.
Tahuhu and Rowe didn't even trouble the scorer, and neither are reliable batters at international level. The fact is that the NZ tail is long and SA bowled much better in their death overs than NZ did. We saw what Kapp could do at the end when quick runs were needed.
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@bovidae said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Tahuhu and Rowe didn't even trouble the scorer, and neither are reliable batters at international level. The fact is that the NZ tail is long and SA bowled much better in their death overs than NZ did. We saw what Kapp could do at the end when quick runs were needed.
in fairness, they lost regular wickets as well. Holing out to Amelia Kerr in the deep on the first ball would have changed the game - it was that tight.
Bottom line si this -both in WI and SA games we did well to drag ourselves back into the contest. But, we couldn't get 6 off the last over with 3 wickets in hand, and SA could with 2. And if we can't step up against England, we're done.
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The unluckiest moment for NZ was with 9 balls left and 12 to win. The number 10 Khaka needs to get off strike and basically hits the ball straight up in the air - and it lands perfectly between bowler, mid-on and mid-off. If that is caught it is 12 needed off 8 and just 1 wicket in hand.
Agree that NZ are half a team away from being able to compete consistently. As are all the teams except Australia it seems. I wonder over the next few years if we will see more natural athletes start to come through, some bowlers who can get consistently over 120km/h and a general improvement in fielding and throwing.
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@bovidae said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
The Bangles have WI in big trouble - 76/7.
If Aus and SA keeps on winning, there is a chance that the 4th spot could be a team with just 3 wins and the best NRR. If the Bangles can close this out
