T20 World Cup 2021
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With Kane hitting 85 we should have been able to set them 185+
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Our fielding dropped off a cliff. Multiple boundaries not saved, at least 3 chances dropped/not attempted, and another 3-4 dropping just short of the man, which was horrible luck.
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@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
With Kane hitting 85 we should have been able to set them 185+
Neesham is clearly our inform batsman so why not put him ahead of Phillips who has been struggling of late? I think that was a big mistake and potentially cost us 10+ runs.
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@akan004 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@no-quarter said in T20 World Cup 2021:
With Kane hitting 85 we should have been able to set them 185+
Neesham is clearly our inform batsman so why not put him ahead of Phillips who has been struggling of late? I think that was a big mistake and potentially cost us 10+ runs.
Agree, Phillips needed to hit out much earlier.
Kane and Boult must feel pretty let down by their teammates right now.
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So disappointing to see the strengths of the team throughout the tournament fade at just the wrong time.
Honourable mentions to Williamson and Boult for stepping up on the big stage.
Time to start looking for Guptill's replacement. Someone will probably find stats to disprove this, but it increasingly seems like he's regressed to the flat track bully stage since 2019.
For the Australians, Hazlewood more than made up for Starc laying out a five star buffet. Marsh walked out to bat like a man determined to win the game by himself, and that six off the first ball was the start of how he went on.
There was a big lesson for the junior cricketers who were watching this week. Don't punch your bat...
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@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
So disappointing to see the strengths of the team throughout the tournament fade at just the wrong time.
I have to go the other way on that - all throughout the tournament all our bowlers, except Boult, looked vulnerable to go for big runs at all times - even against the associate teams. Sodhi runs a bit hot and cold and played well against India, but it was no given he would show up when needed - and he did not.
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@rotated said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Sodhi runs a bit hot and cold and played well against India, but it was no given he would show up when needed - and he did not.
He's a curious one. He has plenty of talent, but not enough all round consistency.
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@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
That money won't print itself.
Well done Aus, never got under any pressure. @NTA your cricket lads have role reversal compared to the rugby with mental blocks.
Outstanding effort to make teh final, and send home India and England, but just bridge and toss too far.
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@nta said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@NTA will go on about Marsh winning the game for Oz for the rest of the year. It’s sickening how much he loves and rates that guy.
Eat a bag.
Hey come on. Cheer up your team did well.
At least I have the tact not to mention your Rugby team.
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@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
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@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
So disappointing to see the strengths of the team throughout the tournament fade at just the wrong time.
Honourable mentions to Williamson and Boult for stepping up on the big stage.
Time to start looking for Guptill's replacement. Someone will probably find stats to disprove this, but it increasingly seems like he's regressed to the flat track bully stage since 2019.
For the Australians, Hazlewood more than made up for Starc laying out a five star buffet. Marsh walked out to bat like a man determined to win the game by himself, and that six off the first ball was the start of how he went on.
There was a big lesson for the junior cricketers who were watching this week. Don't punch your bat...
So to summarise, Tauranga produces world class cricketers and the rest of New Zealand sucks.
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@machpants said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
It's hard to track, but they seem to have moved back to a T20 World Cup every two years, and I think this is the 2020 one rescheduled.
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@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@machpants said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
It's hard to track, but they seem to have moved back to a T20 World Cup every two years, and I think this is the 2020 one rescheduled.
I wonder if a knockout tournament with 3 match series would be more fun. Less chance of freak results, less of a lottery, and plenty of meaningful games. Would be good fun; take 16 sides, play 4 rounds (12 games), do it in 3 weeks. Then the winner is actually the winner, tosses less likely to influence.
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@kiwipie said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
So disappointing to see the strengths of the team throughout the tournament fade at just the wrong time.
Honourable mentions to Williamson and Boult for stepping up on the big stage.
Time to start looking for Guptill's replacement. Someone will probably find stats to disprove this, but it increasingly seems like he's regressed to the flat track bully stage since 2019.
For the Australians, Hazlewood more than made up for Starc laying out a five star buffet. Marsh walked out to bat like a man determined to win the game by himself, and that six off the first ball was the start of how he went on.
There was a big lesson for the junior cricketers who were watching this week. Don't punch your bat...
So to summarise, Tauranga produces world class cricketers and the rest of New Zealand sucks.
Worst part was I woke and 4am and told myself that I had it recorded and to just go back to sleep. 5 mins of wondering how we were going and I was up watching live.
Gah!!
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@machpants said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
That summer is bookended by World Cups. The final for the T20 CWC is in November and then the ODI CWC starts in February.
