Black Caps in India

[Siam]

@no-quarter Did we win that toss NQ?

esit - cheers JK

[canefan]

@no-quarter said in Black Caps in India:

27/3. Eek, should have given the ball to Boult to get us on the front foot early. Will need big runs from Rosco & Latham again to have a chance.

Do we never learn? Did the WC at the MCG not make us learn anything?!!!

[Crazy Horse]

@canefan do Black Cap supporters ever learn? It'll be 2-1 India at the end of this series. It's the Black Caps...

[canefan]

@crazy-horse said in Black Caps in India:

@canefan do Black Cap supporters ever learn? It'll be 2-1 India at the end of this series. It's the Black Caps...

Building us up just to tear us down.....

[Crucial]

@jk said in Black Caps in India:

Won the toss and having a bat

Dumb

[No Quarter]

That's enough for me, early start tomorrow so taking @Siam's advice and looking forward to reading about a famous victory in the morning.

[Crucial]

168/6 with 10 overs remaining. Time to put the foot down if we are going to post something to bowl at rather than hope our bowlers are blindingly good or India self destruct.

[Crucial]

But no, we are just pushing around singles aiming at 230ish

[Crucial]

Santner finally has his eye in and is having a go. A 4 and 6 this over 188/6 after 43

[Crucial]

And promptly CDG gets out.

[Crucial]

The game is in the hands of the bowlers now.

[Crucial]

Hopefully Milne will bowl better than he bats. A golden duck for him.
Santner has had to cut out the risk taking shots now. I'm guessing they will prod out 2 of the remaining four overs and attack the last two hoping to get a couple of balls over the fence and 220

[Kruse]

@crucial You think they've got a plan?
If I could be arsed, I'd create one of those memes the kids love so much, a picture of a false dawn labelled "OPTIMISM: Black Caps Supporters"
I think the plan currently consists of "hope that every article about this match mentions the groundskeeper controversy"

[Crucial]

230 looks about the max from here. Neither batsmen striking well but picking up the odd streaky boundary

[Crucial]

@crucial said in Black Caps in India:

230 looks about the max from here. Neither batsmen striking well but picking up the odd streaky boundary

As I typed that Southee connects with a 6

[Crucial]

Santner gone with 7 balls left

[Crucial]

At least Southee managed to get the strike for the last over

[Crucial]

Yep 230 the final score.

[ACT Crusader]

230 won’t be enough if Boult keeps bowling like this. He’s all over the show.

[JK]

Wasn't enough either. No famous victory to wake to.

India got there with a handful of wickets and overs to spare.

No repeat performance from boult this time