Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020
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@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Sky coverage is patchy due to heavy rain at our house. Most frustrating
I ditched decoder Sky and signed up for Sky Sport Now, their streaming service. Working well so far, $40 per month on the 12 month contract. We found we weren't watching any of the other channels at all so couldn't justify paying for it. No more rain fade 🙂 just have to hope the Internet doesn't go down at a bad time. Fibre is pretty solid though.
Mrs CF likes E channel and all that bollox, and CF Jnr likes animal planet and Nickelodeon so we will keep it all.
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@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Cyclops said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Nicholls gone and India edge ahead
India could bowl us out without conceding another run and we'd still be ahead. These wickets are damage control and probably a good sign that there's still life in the wicket.
Disagree completely, if you bowl first you need a 100 run lead to be even stevens IMO. Batting last is incredibly difficult, chasing anything over 250 is very tricky to navigate. We need another 100 runs tomorrow minimum.
Basin just flattens out though. I'm not convinced batting 4th is much different to batting 3rd. There might be more mental pressure to chase a target after having a first innings lead. I don't think the conditions will be tough though.
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@hydro11 said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Cyclops said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Nicholls gone and India edge ahead
India could bowl us out without conceding another run and we'd still be ahead. These wickets are damage control and probably a good sign that there's still life in the wicket.
Disagree completely, if you bowl first you need a 100 run lead to be even stevens IMO. Batting last is incredibly difficult, chasing anything over 250 is very tricky to navigate. We need another 100 runs tomorrow minimum.
Basin just flattens out though. I'm not convinced batting 4th is much different to batting 3rd. There might be more mental pressure to chase a target after having a first innings lead. I don't think the conditions will be tough though.
Fair point, bowling first is definitely more justified at the Basin than most grounds, and we made the most of the conditions to put ourselves on the front foot.
But as a traumatised Black Caps fan chasing anything more than 150 will have me hiding behind the couch.
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@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@hydro11 said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Cyclops said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Nicholls gone and India edge ahead
India could bowl us out without conceding another run and we'd still be ahead. These wickets are damage control and probably a good sign that there's still life in the wicket.
Disagree completely, if you bowl first you need a 100 run lead to be even stevens IMO. Batting last is incredibly difficult, chasing anything over 250 is very tricky to navigate. We need another 100 runs tomorrow minimum.
Basin just flattens out though. I'm not convinced batting 4th is much different to batting 3rd. There might be more mental pressure to chase a target after having a first innings lead. I don't think the conditions will be tough though.
Fair point, bowling first is definitely more justified at the Basin than most grounds, and we made the most of the conditions to put ourselves on the front foot.
But as a traumatised Black Caps fan chasing anything more than 150 will have me hiding behind the couch.
I'm still scared from that last innings meltdown against Pakistan in Hamilton. Even with a small target we can stumble at the final hurdle
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@hydro11 said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Cyclops said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Nicholls gone and India edge ahead
India could bowl us out without conceding another run and we'd still be ahead. These wickets are damage control and probably a good sign that there's still life in the wicket.
Disagree completely, if you bowl first you need a 100 run lead to be even stevens IMO. Batting last is incredibly difficult, chasing anything over 250 is very tricky to navigate. We need another 100 runs tomorrow minimum.
Basin just flattens out though. I'm not convinced batting 4th is much different to batting 3rd. There might be more mental pressure to chase a target after having a first innings lead. I don't think the conditions will be tough though.
Fair point, bowling first is definitely more justified at the Basin than most grounds, and we made the most of the conditions to put ourselves on the front foot.
But as a traumatised Black Caps fan chasing anything more than 150 will have me hiding behind the couch.
I'm still scared from that last innings meltdown against Pakistan in Hamilton. Even with a small target we can stumble at the final hurdle
That was 27 years ago now.
I remember it too, but perhaps there has been time enough to have recovered by now.
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@hydro11 said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Cyclops said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Nicholls gone and India edge ahead
India could bowl us out without conceding another run and we'd still be ahead. These wickets are damage control and probably a good sign that there's still life in the wicket.
Disagree completely, if you bowl first you need a 100 run lead to be even stevens IMO. Batting last is incredibly difficult, chasing anything over 250 is very tricky to navigate. We need another 100 runs tomorrow minimum.
Basin just flattens out though. I'm not convinced batting 4th is much different to batting 3rd. There might be more mental pressure to chase a target after having a first innings lead. I don't think the conditions will be tough though.
Fair point, bowling first is definitely more justified at the Basin than most grounds, and we made the most of the conditions to put ourselves on the front foot.
But as a traumatised Black Caps fan chasing anything more than 150 will have me hiding behind the couch.
I'm still scared from that last innings meltdown against Pakistan in Hamilton. Even with a small target we can stumble at the final hurdle
That was 27 years ago now.
I remember it too, but perhaps there has been time enough to have recovered by now.
You'd think so. But those memories flood back
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
My misgivings aren't being eased, we are handing our advantage back to the Indians. The lead will be less than 100 and there is plenty of time for them to bat us out of the game
I agree to an extent. I think things are about square right now. Will depend on how we bowl.
If we can have a rally from the tail and add another 150 then hard to see us losing.
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
My misgivings aren't being eased, we are handing our advantage back to the Indians. The lead will be less than 100 and there is plenty of time for them to bat us out of the game
I agree to an extent. I think things are about square right now. Will depend on how we bowl.
If we can have a rally from the tail and add another 150 then hard to see us losing.
Can you see the Indians getting rolled for less than 200 again?
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
My misgivings aren't being eased, we are handing our advantage back to the Indians. The lead will be less than 100 and there is plenty of time for them to bat us out of the game
I agree to an extent. I think things are about square right now. Will depend on how we bowl.
If we can have a rally from the tail and add another 150 then hard to see us losing.
Can you see the Indians getting rolled for less than 200 again?
No but they will want a 300 run lead. If we get a 150-200 lead then that will take them 2 days to achieve, leaving us less than a day to bat out.
We do need runs from CDG and co. now though.
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
My misgivings aren't being eased, we are handing our advantage back to the Indians. The lead will be less than 100 and there is plenty of time for them to bat us out of the game
I agree to an extent. I think things are about square right now. Will depend on how we bowl.
If we can have a rally from the tail and add another 150 then hard to see us losing.
Can you see the Indians getting rolled for less than 200 again?
No but they will want a 300 run lead. If we get a 150-200 lead then that will take them 2 days to achieve, leaving us less than a day to bat out.
We do need runs from CDG and co. now though.
Getting a 100 run lead will be tough enough. CdG and Southee have the ability to score well, or crumble
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@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Looks like its option b..... Timmy hits the ball too well. Leg glance not an option? 🤦♂️. Kylo has to give us something with the bat now. Debutant being asked to fooking carry us
Bit of a freak dismissal. Unfortunate.
Southee had played a couple of nice shots prior to that.
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@canefan said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Looks like its option b..... Timmy hits the ball too well. Leg glance not an option? 🤦♂️. Kylo has to give us something with the bat now. Debutant being asked to fooking carry us
Bit of a freak dismissal. Unfortunate.
Southee had played a couple of nice shots prior to that.
He must have known the fielder was there. Was only ever going to be 6 or out once he got hold of it. Umpire tried to screw us, terrible decision
