Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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Is this all some kind of coma dream? Jamieson is almost comical at this point, and now Conway is doing a batting impression of him.
A lot of game still to go and plenty of chances for India to pull it back but I'd rather be in our shoes than there's right now.
A mate predicted that they'd get about 240 and I thought he was dreaming.
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I ended up watching without sound not because of the fanboy stuff so much but that it was just drivel. Craig MacMillan is cricket's equivalent of Justin Marshall (or maybe it's because they sound alike). The whole team seem to have been told that they need to fill every moment with chatter which just means that the quality bits (and there was a few good insights at times) were hidden amongst all the stating of the obvious and cliches.
Just put it on the spot and let the ball do the talking FFS.Moan over and the cricket is great in an unusual way. This has the potential to be a tight finish. Let's hope so (and that it goes our way).
I'm not going to hope for or predict anything here due to superstition. -
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced... -
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced...I think it’s a case of NZ being chock full of class players at the same time that is fucking with peoples perceptions so I can kinda see their point…..I can scarcely believe it myself, I mean look at the starts Jamieson and Conway have made to their careers ???
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Good summary here if you don't want bias.
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@chris-b said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@act-crusader said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@damo said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
That is dead plumb
I thought so. Height? Sliding down?
looks OK
It was definitely reviewable though.
Definitely - when you're Virat Kohli.
Shane Watson, not so much....
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@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Good summary here if you don't want bias.
I listened with the BBC radio commentary which was mostly excellent.
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@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Good summary here if you don't want bias.
Quite unbiased considering Matt Henry wrote it.
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Rolling India the way we did was perfect, couldnt have asked for anything more.
The likely result will depend on our reply. From the sounds of it high scores arent very common at previous tests played here.
As said above, a lead of 50 -60 might be all we need.
Though id feel more comfortable if it was closer to 150...Need Kane to do something special and for someone at the other end to hang around.
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@sparky said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@crucial said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Good summary here if you don't want bias.
I listened with the BBC radio commentary which was mostly excellent.
Newstalk ZB has commentary led by Bryan Waddle, so it's not a bad option either.
And top efforts from Kyle and then the openers, tremendous work. Excellent platform for Williamson and Taylor to put an another 100 partnership, or at least one of them to lead the batting the same way Kyle led the bowling.
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Rolling India the way we did was perfect, couldnt have asked for anything more.
The likely result will depend on our reply. From the sounds of it high scores arent very common at previous tests played here.About 33 Runs per wicket on average which isn't really low but is on the low side. Another 5 rpw means another 50 per innings.
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So stoked with how the team went yesterday. Really pleasing to knock them off for well south of 250 and holy shit our bowling unit was hunting in a pack, absolutely Iove it!! Didn't manage to watch much of our batting but great to see Conway and Latham lay that foundation. Surely we bring BJ in at next fall of wicket and tell him to go HAM? the least we can do to try and send him off in style - his keeping was absolutely mint.
Constant fluffing of India aside there was the odd moment they talked about how well NZ are going. Bishop dropped some great stats and Athers also joined in. It wasn't even faint praise lol
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@paekakboyz said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
So stoked with how the team went yesterday. Really pleasing to knock them off for well south of 250 and holy shit our bowling unit was hunting in a pack, absolutely Iove it!! Didn't manage to watch much of our batting but great to see Conway and Latham lay that foundation. Surely we bring BJ in at next fall of wicket and tell him to go HAM? the least we can do to try and send him off in style - his keeping was absolutely mint.
Constant fluffing of India aside there was the odd moment they talked about how well NZ are going. Bishop dropped some great stats and Athers also joined in. It wasn't even faint praise lol
I heard Mike Atherton on the radio yesterday. He said the NZ team were good and for the first time ever in a series man for man NZ had a stronger batting line up than England. Not sure how accurate that is but I always admired him as a player.
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced...I spoke too soon!!
Cricinfo must have realised they needed to do more...
Height, pace, movement, nous: why Kyle Jamieson is close to fast-bowling perfection
New Zealand quick has had extraordinary start to his career ... because he is extraordinary
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced...I spoke too soon!!
Cricinfo must have realised they needed to do more...
Height, pace, movement, nous: why Kyle Jamieson is close to fast-bowling perfection
New Zealand quick has had extraordinary start to his career ... because he is extraordinary
Excellent article. I particularly like the dig about the “helpful” people pointing out he hasn’t played in Asia yet. No shit. Not exactly his fault is it ?
How good is it for NZ cricket that we currently have a guy better than our other class seamers ?
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@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced...I spoke too soon!!
Cricinfo must have realised they needed to do more...
Height, pace, movement, nous: why Kyle Jamieson is close to fast-bowling perfection
New Zealand quick has had extraordinary start to his career ... because he is extraordinary
Excellent article. I particularly like the dig about the “helpful” people pointing out he hasn’t played in Asia yet. No shit. Not exactly his fault is it ?
How good is it for NZ cricket that we currently have a guy better than our other class seamers ?
*And then there was Virat Kohli's delivery. This pitched outside off stump, went very straight, and then seamed back sharply. It was essentially an offspinner bowled from 230 centimetres at 138kph. I am not sure how you play that. And apparently, neither is Kohli*Loved that part.
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@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
@virgil said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
No surprise the coverage is biased towards India.
You only have to visit circinfo and see that India arent dominating. Not alot of articles attached to the test.
If Jamieson was Indian there would be 3 just on him with a full in depth stat based article praising him as the best anyone has ever seen.
I know India cricket are our paying overlords but it would be nice if it was slightly more balanced...I spoke too soon!!
Cricinfo must have realised they needed to do more...
Height, pace, movement, nous: why Kyle Jamieson is close to fast-bowling perfection
New Zealand quick has had extraordinary start to his career ... because he is extraordinary
Excellent article. I particularly like the dig about the “helpful” people pointing out he hasn’t played in Asia yet. No shit. Not exactly his fault is it ?
How good is it for NZ cricket that we currently have a guy better than our other class seamers ?
*And then there was Virat Kohli's delivery. This pitched outside off stump, went very straight, and then seamed back sharply. It was essentially an offspinner bowled from 230 centimetres at 138kph. I am not sure how you play that. And apparently, neither is Kohli* Loved that part..Kohli was the key wicket and for KJ to have the big moment and pick him up was just sensational. I guess the flipside is they will be thinking exactly the same about KW. This test couldn’t be more poised…..
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@sparky said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:
Stumps. 101-2. NZ's day but Conway's dismissal slightly takes the edge off it.
Day 2 summary
India 71/7
NZ 101/2Happy news to wake up to - couldn't have hoped for better from when I went to bed.
The forecast is slightly improved on what it was for tonight - so there may be some play - previously it looked like Monday's play would be washed out for sure.
Without making any very specific predictions...
I'd say there's somewhere between 6 and 8 sessions left to play.
We still have 18 wickets in hand.
I don't think Kohli would set us a target with any generosity.
Please bat very, very well in the next session Kane and Rossco (and Henry if and when required)......
