CWC Semi Final - Black Caps v India

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@MajorRage said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

If we go on a tear and suddenly score at 9s we are doomed any way. Our only hope is that this is a minefield that's getting worse.

Yeah, thats the thing. If we smash it from here and get 250 .. it proves the pitch is fine and India will be home in 30 overs.

Then it was a 300+ pitch and our skipper's strike rate doomed us from the start.

Doubt this is the case, even if we got 260 the bowlers still have to do the business. Against Pakistan the pitch played in our favour in the second innings and we couldn't take advantage.

[No Quarter]

Huge over.

[ACT Crusader]

The cynic in me thinks Ross bats cautiously to his average of around 40 and if he gets there, then he starts hitting out.

[No Quarter]

The rain really needs to fuck off.

[No Quarter]

Not out, hah! Let's hope makes the most of it.

[TeWaio]

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

Not out, hah! Let's hope makes the most of it.

The shot of the WAGs celebrating was utterly cringeworthy

[Mokey]

200 up, woop woop.

[No Quarter]

I wanted 200 around the 40th, we got there around the 45th.

Ugh that's a soft dismissal.

[Mokey]

Ah, crap. CdG out.

[mariner4life]

@TeWaio said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

Not out, hah! Let's hope makes the most of it.

The shot of the WAGs celebrating was utterly cringeworthy

#bestholiday #suckswehavetogotothecricket #cocktails

Fuck you colin. That's shit

[mariner4life]

Latham's power hitting to rescue us

[TeWaio]

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

Latham's power hitting to rescue us

[Stag]

The batting has been a joke, the coaching has been a joke, the selections have been a joke, and even as good a batter as Kane is, the captaincy has been a joke to

[Donsteppa]

Latham will steady the ship till lunch.

[LABCAT]

To be fair, we did try to select a power hitter to open the innings but he was crap. Maybe we just aren't producing the type of players required to be successful in the modern ODI game.

[akan004]

I don't think the pitch is anywhere near as bad as the crappers have made it look.

[Mokey]

What wouldn't we give for a whole bunch of ugly french cuts to the boundary from a bespectacled spinner right now.

On a side note, I am attempting to write a scene with two women about to get super dirty, and the Craps are really killing my mojo.

[No Quarter]

And now comes the rain. Definitely helps India. They've had the best of the fielding conditions.

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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India - Semi Final:

And now comes the rain. Definitely helps India. They've had the best of the fielding conditions.

Kane has to own that though, he won the toss. A bit of moisture on the pitch before we bowl isn't terrible.

[gt12]

Wasn't the rain predicted? Why the fuck not bowl?

It's not only the coaching, it'a not only the shit form of some (I'm looking at you Guptil, send your fucking wife home), it's also the captaincy.