Black Caps v India

[Chris B.]

@LABCAT NZ Cricket's discussions probably also include negotiations with the Indian TV networks.

Edit: Snap.

[Chris B.]

Anyway - we've won the toss and will bat.

Get into it Guppy and Munro!

[Virgil]

Because making India chase always works best...

[Virgil]

...great start

[newsjunkie]

Guppy got Shami'd. Noyce. Very Noyce.

[Chris B.]

Man, that was a rubbish defensive shot from Guppy!

[ACT Crusader]

Shami with a pearler. Munro at sea and we are two down.

[Gunner]

Guppy has been awful since his big 100 in the first SL game.

Our openers a concern....

[Chris B.]

Too good for Munro.

Cue @shark!

[newsjunkie]

Boycott's mum could have driven a car through that Munro gate...

[Chris B.]

@Gunner Guppy deserved to be out twice in that innings...and he's coming off a (I think) golden duck in domestic T20.

[Mokey]

@Chris-B what the hell has Guptill done since that hundred?

[Chris B.]

@Mokey What we've seen vs Sri Lanka - plus 62* and 0 in domestic T20.

Not that much.

Pretty disappointing, because he should have been jump started into good form.

Two awful shots in his brief innings today - well, one was non-shot and the other was nowhere near playing the line of the ball.

[newsjunkie]

Can't have Kanos and Rosco "respecting" VijayShankar for a 1 run over like this damn it. This is 4d chess. Not fair. He shouldn't be anywhere near the Indian team.

[Chris B.]

Arrghhhh, Rossco!

Good selection having Nicholls/Latham instead of Latham/CdG...I hope...

[Chris B.]

Holy shit! Little Kane dropped at backward square.

We are dicing with death in this game!

[Chris B.]

Latham and Nicholls both leave pretty cheaply - along with Rossco all three just chipping the spinners in the air.

Might have to put this game down to experience!

[Virgil]

Kohli won’t be needed for this chase

[Cyclops]

Woeful batting performances all round so far, even Kane lucky rather than great. Hopefully this is just an aberration, as happens in ODIs from time to time and not a more ominous sign. How well we bowl will be informative.

[newsjunkie]

@Cyclops 1st game of the series. It happens some times. I'd expect Kane and Rosco to bat a bit better in the series. Not sure about the rest though.