Black Caps v India

[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.

[Chris B.]

Check this Jadhav's passport - he looks Sri Lankan to me!

Malinga's spinning brother!

[mariner4life]

there's my beloved Black Caps. Welcome back, old friends...

[Chris B.]

@mariner4life Ah - it's a retro game to kick off the series?

Little Kane goes and I think you can stick a fork in us!

A good opportunity for Bracewell to demonstrate his vaunted improved batting, though.

[Chris B.]

...and that was simultaneous with hitting the "Submit" button!

[mariner4life]

@Chris-B said in Black Caps v India:

...and that was simultaneous with hitting the "Submit" button!

haha buuuurn

where's that "what's wrong with Aussie Cricket" thread?

[mariner4life]

@MN5 said in Black Caps v India:

Indians will have a freakishly strong batting lineup....nothing new.

....they'll also have an ordinary bowling line up....nothing new.

Exploit the latter as best you can BCs.

fuck this looks even better today. Bra-fucking-vo

[Chris B.]

Southee and Ferguson have both already had lives.

Stead and McMillan will be earning their salaries over the next few days!

[Gunner]

Bloody awful batting performance.
It’ll take an extremely special bowling performance to get us out of this little pickle.

[mariner4life]

157 is defendable. In a T20.

Shit.

[dogmeat]

Taylor showed again he is our second best batsmen

[Donsteppa]

I guess over the next week or so we find out whether we were flat track bullies vs Sri Lanka - and whether Australia is as far behind the pack as they’ve looked this summer, or not....

Need Boult and Southee to rescue this one.