Black Caps tour of India
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356 lead, thanks to Ravindra. Seeing a Black Cap have an absolute field day against Indian spinners in India is so incredibly rare I'm not sure it's ever happened before. One of the best 100s I've seen.
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@nostrildamus said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Canes4life said in Black Caps tour of India:
Superb batting by Rachin, absolutely frustrating the Indians.
His parents are from Bangalore, right? If so they'll be loving this.
Yeah he spent a bit of time in Bangalore when he was young. So pretty cool for him to get a century like that at his second home.
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Whatever happens from here, I am going to savour this:
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:
356 lead, thanks to Ravindra. Seeing a Black Cap have an absolute field day against Indian spinners in India is so incredibly rare I'm not sure it's ever happened before. One of the best 100s I've seen.
Conway and Ravindra came up big. Time for the bowlers to do their bit again
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Are they really just mocking some fat guy in the crowd? lol
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:
Are they really just mocking some fat guy in the crowd? lol
welcome to india.
Smithy's next right?
Edit: can we still make Foster jokes???
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour of India:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:
Are they really just mocking some fat guy in the crowd? lol
welcome to india.
Smithy's next right?
Edit: can we still make Foster jokes???
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O'Rourke will be key with the variable bounce
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:
O'Rourke will be key with the variable bounce
Looks the most likely right now. The boys have to settle into line and length and hope the pitch helps. A little Wags style short pitched stuff from O'Rorke would be worth it
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Ajaz!!!
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They are not giving Ajaz enough credit there, he defeated Rohit in the air who was late on his defensive stroke, causing it to go between bat and pad
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Getting Kohli last ball of the day is huge in the context of the match.
I've written before that regardless of conditions batting in the first innings I use 220/4 as a sort of benchmark par score. And since this is a bit like India's first innings - 231/3 is only a wicket behind where I'd have been pretty happy.
Concerning that we haven't been able to really apply any brake to their scoring - they've rollicked along at pretty much 5 an over, but maybe Kohli's dismissal will instil some caution. Otherwise, we've got 25 overs this morning, where I'd like us to pick up at least three wickets.
Scores even, but we've got them six down - we're just a wicket away from their tail.
Scores even and we haven't taken another wicket (i.e. they're still 3 down) and still five sessions of play, I'm going to be hugely concerned that we'll suffer the humiliation of losing this test - having to keep out their spinners for 2+ sessions on the final day.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps tour of India:
Getting Kohli last ball of the day is huge in the context of the match.
I've written before that regardless of conditions batting in the first innings I use 220/4 as a sort of benchmark par score. And since this is a bit like India's first innings - 231/3 is only a wicket behind where I'd have been pretty happy.
Concerning that we haven't been able to really apply any brake to their scoring - they've rollicked along at pretty much 5 an over, but maybe Kohli's dismissal will instil some caution. Otherwise, we've got 25 overs this morning, where I'd like us to pick up at least three wickets.
Scores even, but we've got them six down - we're just a wicket away from their tail.
Scores even and we haven't taken another wicket (i.e. they're still 3 down) and still five sessions of play, I'm going to be hugely concerned that we'll suffer the humiliation of losing this test - having to keep out their spinners for 2+ sessions on the final day.
That’s a relative term with Jadeja and Ashwin there
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Jadeja a good bat, but I can't see Ashwin hanging around long if O'Rourke can get a few up his nose... we just need to keep chipping away as we have done. There was a bit much loose bowling, but generally I actually thought the bowling was reasonable, and the captaincy good. Pitch is still pretty flat (certainly has good pace in it) and the boundaries are not huge.
