Black Caps v Bangladesh 2021
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I'd seen zero advertising of the Bangles series - and the timing of the matches has put paid to any chance of watching. But I only mooch Spark Sport off the olds so no skin off my noise.
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@nzzp said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@mn5 said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@nzzp said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@mn5 said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
Bangladesh played their best the other night and still didn’t come that close to winning. This tour is an absolute waste of everyone’s time
except the accountants. Generates income, fills TV screens,
Cricket-wise, pretty much meh. I'm watching, but I'm feeling tragic about it
My point exactly
fair enough.
We've been there, though. Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh to us are how we have been seen by Aus, Eng, SA, India -- warmup to the proper cricket tours. So it's 'meh' but we should be playing them, and giving them teh chance to improve.
Also, they are a damn sight harder to beat over there than here. I have fuzzy memories of Vettori rescuing a test with a mammoth innings about 10 years ago
Yeah I see what you mean, I guess that’s the price we pay for genuinely being one of the big boys now.
Could add the Windies to your shit list although they appear to be unearthing a few decent players to go with Holder.
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@rapido said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
I've been really surprised how good the crowds have been for all 3 Bangladesh ODIs. People still seem to like ODIs, which surprises me a bit.
Not as boring as Test Cricket can be.....not as shits and giggles as 20/20 can be. I’m not surprised in the slightest. ODI as a format has a great history and it’s not going anywhere.
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@rapido said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@damo they play T20 on sunday already, I think.
OK but it makes sense to play a T20 on a weeknight whereas play a day ODI during the weekend.
I know times have changed, but still, most people on average still work Monday to Friday during the day. I suggest that they should be scheduling games at times which ensures most people can watch the games.
As it happens I missed Conways first century. I suspect he will make quite a few in his career.
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@damo said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@rapido said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@damo they play T20 on sunday already, I think.
OK but it makes sense to play a T20 on a weeknight whereas play a day ODI during the weekend.
I know times have changed, but still, most people on average still work Monday to Friday during the day. I suggest that they should be scheduling games at times which ensures most people can watch the games.
As it happens I missed Conways first century. I suspect he will make quite a few in his career.
Totally. It's about grabbing the fans. I didn't watch a ball of the game yesterday
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Far be it for me to defend NZC schedulers, who I place only slightly above ground DJs.
But a T20 friday night then ODI Sunday would be only day and a half recovery compared to 2 full days the other way around.
But, I suspect its mostly just fitting in cramped schedules.
Its weird we have had 4 short tours with covid. All 4 squads doing quarantine. Obvious answer would have been fewer longer tours. But, I dont know what other commitments all 4 had before and after. Even abandoned or postponed commitments, still adds to the complexity.
End of the day. Theres been loads of 'content '.
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@gunner said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@kruse correct call IMO, shoe was against the ‘rope’
Yeah, that was my thought, but I think if we were using rugby's “clear and obvious” criteria.... it would be have to be “onfield decision stands”.
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@kruse said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@gunner said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
@kruse correct call IMO, shoe was against the ‘rope’
Yeah, that was my thought, but I think if we were using rugby's “clear and obvious” criteria.... it would be have to be “onfield decision stands”.
Of course, in this case... there was no onfield decision, so it was TMO's call.They have a thing called a soft call, and the umpire gave it out.
Soft call is about as rediculous as the LBW reviews that are hitting the stumps and are either out or not out depending on what the umpire initially called.
A umpire making a soft call from 60m away in that situation, purely based on the fielder claiming the catch is stupid.
Anyway, the right decision was made in the end.
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@gunner said in Black Caps v Bangladesh:
They have a thing called a soft call, and the umpire gave it out.
Ah, I did not know that... I was kinda thinking it was a weird one where there was no initial umpire's call.
Also, I am not sure if I find it more amusing, or cringey, that the TMO was effectively calling the Bangler a liar.
