CWC - Blacks Caps v Australia

[Duluth]

ICC Cricket World Cup

Trans-Tasman battle to provide test of World Cup-winning credentials

World Cup 2023 2023/24 Australia vs New Zealand Match Preview: Travis Head is close to a return which will lead to a reshuffled top order for Australia, while New Zealand are likely to be unchanged

A much better start time - 6pm nzt today

[Duluth]

NZ choose to bowl

Australia

1 David Warner, 2 Travis Head, 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Marnus Labuschagne, 6 Josh Inglis (wk), 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood

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New Zealand

1 Devon Conway, 2 Will Young, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Tom Latham (capt & wk), 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Jimmy Neesham, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Lockie Ferguson, 11 Trent Boult

[LABCAT]

Australia with a good first few overs, we could do with a wicket.

[Snowy]

F*** Henry consecutive front foot no balls gone for 6s. Idiot.

[Damo]

Terrible start by NZ. Could be a long night.

[junior]

I don't want to speak too soon, but along with the Proteas scraping through last night, the signs are not looking good for a glorious Kiwi sporting weekend

[Donsteppa]

I've also seen very little in Boult's bowling so far in this tournament that's made me thankful for his return from the T20 retirement fund circus.

[DMack]

60 off 4.3. Gulp

[Donsteppa]

And Latham remains the ultimate in international passive captaincy.

Giving Henry a third over after those first two, FFS.

[Chris B.]

Head and Warner going berserk early.

60/0 after five overs.

[Damo]

@DMack said in CWC - Blacks Caps v Australia:

60 off 4.3. Gulp

Can we chase 600? I think that would be a challenge.

[Chris B.]

86/0 after seven.

Ferg gets pasted in his first over.

[Wairau]

@Damo why only 600? Do you expect Australia to slow down and have pity on us?

[Damo]

@Wairau said in CWC - Blacks Caps v Australia:

@Damo why only 600? Do you expect Australia to slow down and have pity on us?

I feel like end of the powerplay will slow them a little.

[Chris B.]

108/0 after 9.

Satnav replaces Ferg and gets pasted.

[Donsteppa]

Feels like we've asked one of my kids teams to bowl against a Viv Richards masterclass.

[LABCAT]

Looks llike Australia is on today so doesn't really matter who bowls, looks like we need to restrict the damage as much as possible and hope out batters come off.

[KiwiMurph]

Well the good news is the batting lineup should all get a go.....

[LABCAT]

Unfortuantely, I don't think either Conway or Young are capable of batting like this (maybe Conway can) and Allen never found enough consistency to get selected for the squad.

Feels grim at the moment.

[Chris B.]

License just to smack the shit out of it! Got to get both these guys out and some new ones in.