NZ tour of India
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First ODI starts tonight. Black Caps definitely light on experience for this series. No Southee or Williamson who headed home after the tour of Pakistan.
The last time New Zealand played an ODI in India without Tim Southee or Trent Boult in their line-up was in December 2010.New Zealand (probable): 1 Finn Allen, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Mark Chapman/Henry Nicholls, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (capt & wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 and 10 two out of Henry Shipley, Doug Bracewell and Jacob Duffy, 11 Lockie Ferguson.
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It's an absolute joke that Nicholls is in the squad and Will Young is at home.
I wouldn't be getting my knickers in a twist usually over a meaningless ODI series, especially if said player may/would have been on the bench (like Nicholls was on the Pakistan leg), rather than playing actual cricket at home (like Young). But, with Williamson missing the India leg , what an absolute waste of an opportunity. Gaping hole there at number 3/4.
Very, very poor by Larsen/Stead.
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@Rapido said in NZ tour of India:
"Absolute joke" is probably too strong.
Nicholls is a good player with a good record, and all .....
But they are wasting Young's talents.
Nicholls is proving to be pretty shit away from home.
But in typical fashion once back in NZ he’ll be on the verge of being dropped but rack up a massive score at home featuring six dropped catches and two successful LBW reviews.
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the fuck is the point of going to India without Williamson and Southee?
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@mariner4life said in NZ tour of India:
the fuck is the point of going to India without Williamson and Southee?
As a series in of it's own, none. There's no point in any bilateral white ball series anymore. They are just filler. And money for the hosts.
But, there is an extremely major ICC tournament happening in India later this year. So, from that POV there is huge value for about 60% of this squad.
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Sodhi now out of game 1 due to injury:
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Damn. Tommy dumps the edge (and misses the stumping), then Gill brings up 50 with a six
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@LABCAT snap
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Catches that one off Lockie
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Sheesh an over to forget for Finn.
Needed him to stick around with a massive total to chase.
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No chance of us winning really, but Bracewell is playing a beautiful innings here.
Hard to underestimate my anger of learning the game is live on youtube after reading it was on ESPN only early this morning. Would have been great to watch the 200 innings.
