Tri Series Cricket

[canefan]

Can anyone come out and bowl 11 Yorkers?

[Mokey]

And what is with all the fucking wides??

[tubbyj]

Shoud have given himself and Munro at least an over each.

[Donsteppa]

@tubbyj said in Tri Series Cricket:

Shoud have given himself and Munro at least an over each.

Was surprised he didn't bowl himself given we were a spinner short

[canefan]

I don't watch much 20 20 these days. But with a large total why didn't we try an over or two with slips? That Short fulla got 30 runs with false shots

[canefan]

@donsteppa said in Tri Series Cricket:

@tubbyj said in Tri Series Cricket:

Shoud have given himself and Munro at least an over each.

Was surprised he didn't bowl himself given we were a spinner short

Especially as Sodhi has been the best bowler. No variations but slow pace forces the batters to hit out

[Donsteppa]

Good fielding from Wheeler, not sure if it will undo the overall damage, but it might help.

[canefan]

@tubbyj said in Tri Series Cricket:

Shoud have given himself and Munro at least an over each.

Munro. Forgot about Mr Tricky! Kane totally out thought

[Mokey]

Wow. Great batting by the Aussies, but fuck me days we handed them the win on a silver platter with diabolical bowling, rubbish fielding, and terrible decision making. Really disappointed. 18 fucking wides!!!

[Donsteppa]

All over with an over to spare. Mercifully.

[canefan]

We just made it too easy for them

[KiwiMurph]

Just as well Kane added so much with the bat....

[Cyclops]

What a chase.

[Donsteppa]

@canefan said in Tri Series Cricket:

@tubbyj said in Tri Series Cricket:

Shoud have given himself and Munro at least an over each.

Munro. Forgot about Mr Tricky! Kane totally out thought

That presumes that he was even thinking tonight.

That went from a dream game to a complete pile of shit

[canefan]

We can't beat oz twice in a series so at least we got that out of the way. Now if we can make the final......

[canefan]

What the fuck did Wheeler Kane and Southee talk about? Obviously nothing like "slow down" "try a slower ball" "let's make a plan and stick to it".....?

[canefan]

Wheeler; nice action. Good pace. Broken psyche.

[pukunui]

Is that the biggest choke in 20/20 history?
Firstly they should have made 250 from where they were after 15 overs but then to serve up that shit in the field. Bowling wides and full toss no balls has nothing to do with good batting, it's just shit execution. Why the fuck Wheeler was brought back on after getting carted in his first 3 overs i will never know. Shit captaincy.

[Chris B.]

Mitch Santner is a smart cricketer!

We made a couple of questionable calls with the batting line-up. I understood the logic of sending out Seifert to replace Munro - but, when he went out, I thought we should have sent out de Grandhomme and followed him with Taylor.

Bowling - none of our guys were particularly good, but those two bouncers by Boult and Wheeler that went for five wides apiece during the power play really helped to give Oz impetus and get them ahead of the run rate. Aside from that - there were some streaky shots that went for boundaries when we needed them to take wickets.

Rather than shrugging shoulders and remembering that it is a day when bowlers are going to get pounded our guys looked a bit panicked, bowled some rubbish and got hit harder.

I guess Kane looked at the treatment that Short got as the sixth bowler and thought it was a night to stick with his specialists - but, really, it was worth a try to bowl an over of dobblies from Munro, when his specialists were being spanked anyway.

Pretty grim night for Wheeler - on the plus side he went for the same number of runs as Tye - and he's got a million dollar IPL contract!

[NTA]

Fark. Helluva card.