T20 World Cup 2021
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@billy-tell said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Do we want the pakis or the Aussies in the final??
I don't want those Aussies!
This tournament remains, to a fair degree, a crapshoot based on winning the toss and fielding.
You just know those feckers would win the toss against us.
But, Pakistan is surely due for a toss loss - especially if they win yet again tonight!!
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That is just magnificent. I didn't watch the game, but watched the highlights before I knew the result. England have a stronger T20 side than us, but man we have mental toughness in spades. Losing Guppy and Kane early should have been the end of us, but Mitchell and Conway just stuck at it and built a partnership to give us a sniff at the end. And then Neesh provided the point of difference between the two sides, what a knock that was; going out and hitting from the word go is an insanely hard thing to do.
Mitchell opening sure looks like an inspired selection now, he's had a great tournament.
Credit to @Donsteppa and @nzzp for ensuring the thread went the typical way of any Black Caps game thread, initial optimism to absolute utter despair in the middle stages, to hiding behind couches too scared to post before the sheer jubilation at the end. Also credit to @booboo for going to bed and staying there.
Bring on the final. Don't mind who we play, both Pakistan and Aus have a mental edge over us at the moment, but in T20s anything can happen so we are a great chance of snatching a white ball trophy.
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@chris-b said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Cricinfo signed off with this:
"New Zealand chased down 57 runs in the last four overs, the most target runs successfully chased by any team in men's T20Is at the death overs (where we have BBB data). Previous most was 56 by Australia vs Pakistan 2010 and Zimbabwe vs Scotland 2021."
The most remarkable thing is that we only needed 3 of those 4 overs.
That really is some absolutely phenomenal hitting under pressure in a semi final.
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@no-quarter said
Bring on the final. Don't mind who we play, both Pakistan and Aus have a mental edge over us at the moment, but in T20s anything can happen so we are a great chance of snatching a white ball trophy.
Not sure how true that is for the team.
The fucking Aussie cricket team has a mental edge on me!
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@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@chris-b said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Cricinfo signed off with this:
"New Zealand chased down 57 runs in the last four overs, the most target runs successfully chased by any team in men's T20Is at the death overs (where we have BBB data). Previous most was 56 by Australia vs Pakistan 2010 and Zimbabwe vs Scotland 2021."
The most remarkable thing is that we only needed 3 of those 4 overs.
That really is some absolutely phenomenal hitting under pressure in a semi final.
The overs went 23, 14, 20. That is Bazza v England CWC2015-esque
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@kiwipie said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@chris-b said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Cricinfo signed off with this:
"New Zealand chased down 57 runs in the last four overs, the most target runs successfully chased by any team in men's T20Is at the death overs (where we have BBB data). Previous most was 56 by Australia vs Pakistan 2010 and Zimbabwe vs Scotland 2021."
The most remarkable thing is that we only needed 3 of those 4 overs.
That really is some absolutely phenomenal hitting under pressure in a semi final.
The overs went 23, 14, 20. That is Bazza v England CWC2015-esque
Or Baz v Steyn SF 2015
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did we win the game at the toss
gotta say, didn't expect to see this when i woke up. These boys never fail to surprise me
I'm a petty guy, but part of my enjoyment in this is social media. I fucking loooove watching the mental gymnastics Indian fans have to perform to argue they are still the best team in the world across all formats. And how we're plucky underdogs who keep getting lucky.
lol fuck off Ranjit, your team of mentally weak millionaires just suck a bit.
If Pakistan make the final, we're a chance. If Australia make the final we are fucked.
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@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup 2021:
I'm a petty guy, but part of my enjoyment in this is social media.
And there's always this bloke
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@donsteppa yeah well KP is just a giant fuckhead so it's very easy to ignore anything that he produces.
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@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup 2021:
did we win the game at the toss
gotta say, didn't expect to see this when i woke up. These boys never fail to surprise me
I'm a petty guy, but part of my enjoyment in this is social media. I fucking loooove watching the mental gymnastics Indian fans have to perform to argue they are still the best team in the world across all formats. And how we're plucky underdogs who keep getting lucky.
lol fuck off Ranjit, your team of mentally weak millionaires just suck a bit.
If Pakistan make the final, we're a chance. If Australia make the final we are fucked.
Fucking Aussie have a history of smacking us when it counts, but right now Pakistan are the superior team in this format. Both sides are going to be damn hard to beat, we'll need to win the toss again at the very least.
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@donsteppa's meme reminded me of the shots of Steve Bruce in the crowd. I don't know why he was looking so glum at the end - he should be used to losing.
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Based on what I can see on social media, if Pakistan lose to Aus then the Pakistani fans are going to have a meltdown the likes of which has never been seen before in the cricketing world.
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@bovidae said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa's meme reminded me of the shots of Steve Bruce in the crowd. I don't know why he was looking so glum at the end - he should be used to losing.
That's his resting face!!!
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@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup 2021:
did we win the game at the toss
gotta say, didn't expect to see this when i woke up. These boys never fail to surprise me
I'm a petty guy, but part of my enjoyment in this is social media. I fucking loooove watching the mental gymnastics Indian fans have to perform to argue they are still the best team in the world across all formats. And how we're plucky underdogs who keep getting lucky.
lol fuck off Ranjit, your team of mentally weak millionaires just suck a bit.
If Pakistan make the final, we're a chance. If Australia make the final we are fucked.
Fucking Aussie have a history of smacking us when it counts, but right now Pakistan are the superior team in this format. Both sides are going to be damn hard to beat, we'll need to win the toss again at the very least.
Aussie are our kryptonite. They don't fear us at all, and we often underperform. I'd take my chances with Pakistan
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so we won woohoo, was expecting that game to be a coin toss..highly unlikely we won the toss though (did we?)..
I still expect Aus to make the final and us to subsequently lose. Looking forward to suporting Pakistan who I give us a better chance of beating.
A big hairy bollocks to those who think paksitan are unbeatable in this part of the world. -
Just finished watching highlights of our innings. Shit we had some luck!
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@crazy-horse said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Just finished watching highlights of our innings. Shit we had some luck!
Catches being taken over the boundary? Payback for Stokes-Boult 2019!
