Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020

[nzzp]

@Mokey not for a few years though. It used to be depressingly familiar. The current side have shown loads of grit and quality in adverse circumstances.

But yes, feels familiar 😀

[Mokey]

@nzzp You have clearly blocked out the tour of Australia.

[booboo]

@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

@nzzp You have clearly blocked out the tour of Australia.

What tour of Australia?

[Chris B.]

@Mokey Pride and Prejudice?

[hydro11]

@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

Great to see Jamieson continuing to take wickets, he's such an exciting prospect.

We still have a LOT of work to do to take ascendancy in this one. India won't be completely disappointed with 242 - Kohli said after the first match that if they'd managed to get through to 230 things would have been different, and I agree with him.

We are going to want a lead of at least 100, meaning we still need to score another 300 odd.

A lot of their batsmen haven't shown the necessary application on this tour. They are dangerous and can score big at any time. I think if we should be able to bowl them out for under 300 again in the second innings though.

[Mokey]

@Chris-B Yes indeed. Little known fact that Jane was right up with the play when it came to cricket.

[Godder]

@KiwiPie said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

I'm not sure Jamieson is so slow - he hits mid 130s which is respectable. Certainly quicker than Southee. His main asset ( other than his height) is that he seems to control his length well. If he could become a good enough bat to be number 7 then he could play in a 4 man pave attack with a spinner.

If he could bat 7 while bowling at mid-130s and taking wickets at his current rate ,we'd be talking Hadlee-level.

[Damo]

@No-Quarter said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:

Kane gone and I have India just head of the game now.

I'm not so sure. India have only the 3 fast bowlers and Jadeja. I reckon things will get easier for us when the bowlers tire. We also bat fairly deep.

[Damo]

Ugly shot from Taylor.

As I said, India slightly on top now.

[Mokey]

137/5. Indians well on top. We have batted really poorly today after a very solid start yesterday.

[Chris B.]

Five wickets in the session and we're exactly a hundred behind at lunch.

In the schtumm.

Would be very handy for BJ and Colin to put together a decent partnership.

[Damo]

Our lower order did us proud in Wellington. We need them again today.

[Damo]

I was really looking forward to watching the cricket all day today. This collapse is ruining my Sunday. Maybe I should go into the office.

[Mokey]

In this lineup, Southee should bat 11. Seriously.

[Chris B.]

What a catch by Jadeja to dismiss Wagner!

[booboo]

Entertaining couple of minutes.

Wags hitting out
Wags getting out to spectacular catch
Jamieson hitting out
Boulty trying to run himself out
Kylo smacked in the head

[Mokey]

NZ all out for 235. India have 7 run lead. KJ again mighty with the bat, 49 runs. But on the whole, we were poor today. Far too many failures.

[Damo]

Bugger. KJ really deserved a 50 there.

I can't see him being dropped to make way for anyone now.

He's got to bat ahead of Southee now. Inexperienced or not he's our no. 8.

[Chris B.]

Jamieson misses out on 50, but otherwise a great hand.

India leads by 7 runs and it's become a one innings shoot-out.

Jameson has taken to test cricket like a duck to water.

At the three-quarter mark in the series, he's topping the batting averages @46.5 and fractionally behind Jadeja and Timmy in the bowling averages @14.33 - with 9 wickets.

Right now, he's the man-of-the-series - though that could be taken away by several others.

[No Quarter]

Jamieson has done an amazing job of hauling us back into the game. India still ahead of the game given they get to set us a tricky target to chase, but we've given ourselves a chance.

We've knocked them over cheaply three times in a row. Hopefully there's some mental hurdles for their batsmen to overcome now.