New Zealand v West Indies
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That good ND man (Santner) is such an important player for us in white ball cricket.
@Canes4life I've never had any problems with Neesham the batsmen, but don't trust Neesham the bowler.
Bennett is still useless.
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Great effort from Conway first up, Santner and Neesham are batsmen, not all rounders, Taylor just looks old and that run out was laughable. Not sure how any commentator could say cramp for Phillips when it was so obvious something had happened with his knee. Ouch to kneecap popping out. Excellent bowling by Ferg. Bennett is shit, are we really that hard up for bowlers right now?
Powell easily best of Windies. I'm unsure how that dude was allowed to finish his over after the second head high beamer let alone a third. He bowled terribly, yet no run punishment from our batsmen.
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Really good win against the odds, after they were 55 after 3 overs.
How good was Fergusson's bowling. Serious pace, great to see it coming from us for a change.
Eden Park is a bit of a dog for T20, ironically better suited for tests as the power hitting isn't so influential and wickets are worth more.
Seifert did well behind teh stumps - pulled in some high deliveries that could easily have disappeared for more.
Given what we were chasing, I wasn't optimistic. However, Neesh adn Conway looked very very good. I'm particularly imprssed with Conway, I suspect he'll be in all forms of NZ cricket for as long as he wants. Neesh made up for some average bowling with some outstanding batting, too.
Overall Spark were OK. Quality of the stream pretty good. Funny to see the scorers struggling ... it's harder than it looks! THey'll only get better from here. Comms team went OK I reckon.
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@nzzp said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Really good win against the odds, after they were 55 after 3 overs.
How good was Fergusson's bowling. Serious pace, great to see it coming from us for a change.
Eden Park is a bit of a dog for T20, ironically better suited for tests as the power hitting isn't so influential and wickets are worth more.
Seifert did well behind teh stumps - pulled in some high deliveries that could easily have disappeared for more.
Given what we were chasing, I wasn't optimistic. However, Neesh adn Conway looked very very good. I'm particularly imprssed with Conway, I suspect he'll be in all forms of NZ cricket for as long as he wants. Neesh made up for some average bowling with some outstanding batting, too.
Overall Spark were OK. Quality of the stream pretty good. Funny to see the scorers struggling ... it's harder than it looks! THey'll only get better from here. Comms team went OK I reckon.
Neeshes batting was as good as his bowling was bad. What a contrast.
Can only echo the good chat about Conway, let’s see more of him before anointing him as the next KW though
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Some really comically bad performances in there.
And some world class bowling and batting.Was a pretty enjoyable watch in the end.
That crazy bowl off.... who would put money on that many international cricketers not able to hit the stumps, looked like a bunch of drunk pub cricketers.
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@Darren said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Some really comically bad performances in there.
And some world class bowling and batting.Was a pretty enjoyable watch in the end.
That crazy bowl off.... who would put money on that many international cricketers not able to hit the stumps, looked like a bunch of drunk pub cricketers.
That really surprised me too. You’d imagine they’d nail middle about 9 times out of 10, seriously.
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@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Was that the only match on TB One? I need a Spark subscription for the rest?
This was in a Stuff article yesterday:
The first men’s T20 international of each inbound tour (West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh) are the only ones shown live and free-to-air on TVNZ 1. Every match is streamed on Spark Sport. -
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Was that the only match on TB One? I need a Spark subscription for the rest?
This was in a Stuff article yesterday:
The first men’s T20 international of each inbound tour (West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh) are the only ones shown live and free-to-air on TVNZ 1. Every match is streamed on Spark Sport.Cheers. I'm going to have to bite the bullet. I probably didn't appreciate how good having everything on Sky was. This is going to get expensive if each sport is on a different subscription.
Love cricket though so no choice.
What was the story with no Kane, no Trent? I've been busy and hadn't seen the team. They injured in training or something? Can't be a rest.
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@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
What was the story with no Kane, no Trent? I've been busy and hadn't seen the team. They injured in training or something? Can't be a rest.
Rested to prepare for the test starting next week.
Yeah. A bit more here:
NZ Cricket announce T20I & Test squads for West Indies series; Kane Williamson, Trent Boult rested for T20Is
Kane Williamson and Trent Boult have been rested for West Indies T20Is. Tim Southee will lead the Black Caps in Kane Williamson's absence.
Williamson still has hip injury and Boult only just out of isolation.
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@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Cheers. I'm going to have to bite the bullet. I probably didn't appreciate how good having everything on Sky was. This is going to get expensive if each sport is on a different subscription.
It may.
OTOH, personally I like the digital streaming more than the set top box. Don't have to record, there's always the whole game to watch, and it's portable -- so goes away with me at the holidays!
Digital sky is $25 a month at the mo for me, with an annual subscription. I'll subscribe to Spark for the next few months while the cricket is on, and then re-evaluate. $50 a month isn't horrific at all.
Plus, competition isn't a bad thing. It'll Spark Sky to up their game- get more international cricket, get some decent cricket shows, etc.
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@nzzp said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Digital sky is $25 a month at the mo for me, with an annual subscription.
What is this of which you speak? I have satellite sky and sky now, or whatever they call it.
What chanels do you get? I pay significantly more but would like to be down to $50 and still have all of my sports.
I know that we are a bit off topic, sorry, but it is relevant to anyone who wants the "summer of cricket".
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@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Was that the only match on TB One? I need a Spark subscription for the rest?
This was in a Stuff article yesterday:
The first men’s T20 international of each inbound tour (West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh) are the only ones shown live and free-to-air on TVNZ 1. Every match is streamed on Spark Sport.Cheers. I'm going to have to bite the bullet. I probably didn't appreciate how good having everything on Sky was. This is going to get expensive if each sport is on a different subscription.
Love cricket though so no choice.
What was the story with no Kane, no Trent? I've been busy and hadn't seen the team. They injured in training or something? Can't be a rest.
I’d imagine our best batsman and best bowler don’t really prioritise 20/20 at the expense of their test careers.
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Bennett and Neesh share 4 overs and take 0/82.
Ferg gets 5/21.
Neesh can generate some pace, but he simply can't bowl 6 good balls in an over. He can bowl 2, 3, 4 - sometimes even 5. But the sixth one will drift down the leg side, or be a rank full toss or in some other piece of shit. There are doubtless people playing club cricket who are equally good bowlers as him.
He is, however, possibly our most destructive batsman.
Warnie was talking last night about quite a few international spinners that don't really turn the ball and saying they should really be classed as "slow bowlers" rather than spinners.
I think that includes Satnav. I think in short forms it's fair to say that he's an allrounder and he's got the figures to prove it (especially in T20s).
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@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Was that the only match on TB One? I need a Spark subscription for the rest?
This was in a Stuff article yesterday:
The first men’s T20 international of each inbound tour (West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh) are the only ones shown live and free-to-air on TVNZ 1. Every match is streamed on Spark Sport.Cheers. I'm going to have to bite the bullet. I probably didn't appreciate how good having everything on Sky was. This is going to get expensive if each sport is on a different subscription.
Love cricket though so no choice.
What was the story with no Kane, no Trent? I've been busy and hadn't seen the team. They injured in training or something? Can't be a rest.
I’d imagine our best batsman and best bowler don’t really prioritise 20/20 at the expense of their test careers.
International T20s.
They're quite keen on the IPLs cash!
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@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Was that the only match on TB One? I need a Spark subscription for the rest?
This was in a Stuff article yesterday:
The first men’s T20 international of each inbound tour (West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh) are the only ones shown live and free-to-air on TVNZ 1. Every match is streamed on Spark Sport.Cheers. I'm going to have to bite the bullet. I probably didn't appreciate how good having everything on Sky was. This is going to get expensive if each sport is on a different subscription.
Love cricket though so no choice.
What was the story with no Kane, no Trent? I've been busy and hadn't seen the team. They injured in training or something? Can't be a rest.
I’d imagine our best batsman and best bowler don’t really prioritise 20/20 at the expense of their test careers.
Agreed (well I would hope so but these days I'm not so sure. T20 is money).
I did post the answer earlier though re their absence.
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@Snowy said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@nzzp said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Digital sky is $25 a month at the mo for me, with an annual subscription.
What is this of which you speak? I have satellite sky and sky now, or whatever they call it.
What chanels do you get? I pay significantly more but would like to be down to $50 and still have all of my sports.
I know that we are a bit off topic, sorry, but it is relevant to anyone who wants the "summer of cricket".
I've got Sky Sport Now. Has all the sky sport channels digitally.
$40 a month with no contract. I bought a 12 month pass for $299, which was about $25/month. Now it's $33 a month if you buy an annual pass. Basically, if you won't watch for 10 weeks of the year, just buy 'as needed'.
Quality is sound. I like the delayed view - once a programme finishes you can watch it on demand (up to 24 hours old - but they usually have replays... or you can YouTube/torrent as alternatives). Unpublicised feature - if you're watching on your computer and not casting, you can go back up to 2 hours from 'live'. Useful for NFL -- get it startded on delay, then just skip ads when they come on. I use an HDMI cable to my receiver to do it... it's great.
Happy to answer any questions, or feel free to PM me if you like.
Edit: mods feel free to prune this into another thread
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@Chris-B. NZ Pitches are not prepared in a way that benefits spinners so their primary role is containment and variety as an extra. I think Santner fulfils that role well without any world class tweaker around. Great fieldsman and excellent running between wickets as well as a highly adaptive batsman.
Sitting outside Bay Oval watching my son play right now. The place is abuzz with activity. Hope the sun shines tomorrow and I can go. Won't be buying spark sport.
