Black Caps v India

[Bones]

Excellent job there by Tickner and Mitchell.

[Bones]

Nice! Tickner gets his first wicket. Now has to bowl to Dhoni I guess?

[Bones]

Seems Southee is a better coacher than a doer.

[Donsteppa]

Aha, so that’s why Southee has been carrying the drinks...

[westcoastie]

FUCKING TIM SOUTHEE! Undoes all the good work done before him.

[westcoastie]

Is the strategy to bowl short on purpose?
Bowl at their toes goddam!

[westcoastie]

BEst fielding all night, that short three legged guy standing in front of the umpire...

[Donsteppa]

Craig McMillan must be the bowling coach as well...

[Damo]

I got a sinking feeling about this.

[Donsteppa]

Always nice when they don't run 😂

[westcoastie]

And again. Outstanding fielding by that short three legged geezer

[booboo]

@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v India:

Always nice when they don't run 😂

Weird huh? The other guy hit a 6 off the previous ball he had faced ...

[booboo]

And Southee gets it done.

How many of you picked he'd try a slow bouncer and get called wide on the last ball?

[Donsteppa]

Victory!!!

[Gunner]

Good win but I feel it should have been more comfortable.

We dished up some absolute dross at times with the ball, especially against the new batsmen. I think 3 or 4 of their guys hit their first ball for 6. Usually taking a wicket slows the run rate down, but we let the Indians off the hook by bowling pies to the new fullas, and they certainly didn’t need a second invitation...

Good to see Kuggelijn getting it through in the late 140’s too. He was really hurrying them up in his second spell.

Seifert is pretty untidy behind the stumps isn’t he, he’s always good for a fumble or 5.

[Bones]

@Gunner that was an awful miss on the one that went just down leg and ended up going for 4. That should be bred & butter.

[Mokey]

Glad we got the win, but fucking hell there was some ugly cricket on display. Real agricultural shots, and CdG's wicket was ludicrous. Why he even went for that when it was so wide. We were fortunate the Indian fielding wasn't great, some of our shot selection was diabolical. Indians nearly snatched the win, too because some of our bowling was pie cart. Sigh. (I did laugh at the wicket where the bat went flying one way and the ball went the other. Glad no one got a bat to the head.)

[Bones]

@Mokey my favourite moments were when they'd scan the crowd and it's just all Indians and then there'd be a random white face popping up waving like a spaz or big fat ginger standing hands on hips.

[Mokey]

@Bones With the support they had at most of the grounds, it was almost a home series for the Indian team. Made it weird to listen to on the radio. A big cheer could have meant anything.

[nzzp]

Was reflecting over the weekend how enjoyable this Indian tour here has been. I've probably enjoyed it more than most other tours - despite the fact that they have outclassed us on a number of occasions. They have done it playing good cricket without being absolute muppets.

Their fans are sensational, just love cricket and seeing their heroes (MS Dhoni at Eden Park anyone?) the atmospheres at the grounds have been as good as you get, and it's been thoroughly enjoyable.

So, all in all, thanks India and come back soon. Was good fun.