Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Watching the highlights, some massive hitting
123 runs off the last 10 overs, 80 off the last 5
Phillips had no business getting that 100, he was in the 70’s near the end of the 49th over

Once again it shows how ODI’s are so much better then T20s

Absolutely. Very clear 1st, 2nd and 3rd between the formats for me

@Bones said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@bayimports said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

2 quick wickets game changes. So Phillips 37 matches, 4 50s HS 72. A bit shit really I expected a better return, hopefully changes today. Moonhead jnr needs to hang in there

On ya bro!

Need to call him out more often, glad to be of service lol

Nice to see an ODI with a decent crowd.

The decision to not pick Duffy in the Champions Trophy squad continues to raise eyebrows

@KiwiMurph said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Nice to see an ODI with a decent crowd.

The decision to not pick Duffy in the Champions Trophy squad continues to raise eyebrows

Probably sounds too similar to Tuffey and they don’t want a repeat of those issues

Didn't realise this was a tri series. What a throwback.

@Cyclops said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Didn't realise this was a tri series. What a throwback.

Benson and Hedges should be along to sponsor it anytime soon

Live stream - NZ v SA -

Only one change and injury enforced. Conway gets a chance for Ravindra. Big fan, really like the guy hope he comes right after SO many chances

Excellent, much nicer start time than the last match, good to finally have some cricket to watch again on a hot summers day. Thank you @Daffy-Jaffy as always for posting the live streams

Can hardly hear the cricket over the crowd.

Breetzke has batted for over 2 hours, even though we're just over 90 minutes into the game.

@Bones said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Breeze has batted for over 2 hours, even though we're just over 90 minutes into the game.

@MN5 the state of the commentary team. SA dominating too, hopefully like Pakistan dominated the other day.

@MN5

Cairns-era madness.

reminds me a bit of the previous game, get set then slog.. carnage

Sears with all that ODI experience to fall back on.....

Black Caps looking very good in this game against South Africa. Currently 125/1 chasing 305. Conway looks in impeccable touch and has just brought up his 50. Williamson on 40.

@Canes4life said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Black Caps looking very good in this game against South Africa. Currently 125/1 chasing 305. Conway looks in impeccable touch and has just brought up his 50. Williamson on 40.

Until he tried to run Kane out and luckily went for overthrows instead of the wicket

But at least he is scoring

Oh god we're going to win the champions trophy and retain steady for another four years aren't we.

South African dominance proving as useful as Pakistani dominance.

Only 2 of that SA team are in their Champions Trophy squad. Effectively a B team.

At least Latham is consistent with his batting.

Great win BCs. Super stuff seeing them chase down another big total.

Really good seeing Conway get a chunk of the runs, unlucky to miss the ton.

KW class as he tends to be.

Hopefully Latham had a good game with the gloves

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Great win BCs. Super stuff seeing them chase down another big total.

Really good seeing Conway get a chunk of the runs, unlucky to miss the ton.

KW class as he tends to be.

Hopefully Latham had a good game with the gloves

His last 4 ODI scores to date.. 0 0 0 1

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Great win BCs. Super stuff seeing them chase down another big total.

Really good seeing Conway get a chunk of the runs, unlucky to miss the ton.

KW class as he tends to be.

Hopefully Latham had a good game with the gloves

His last 4 ODI scores to date.. 0 0 0 1

That innings of 1 is something to build on.

Let’s not forget he brings ‘experience’

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Great win BCs. Super stuff seeing them chase down another big total.

Really good seeing Conway get a chunk of the runs, unlucky to miss the ton.

KW class as he tends to be.

Hopefully Latham had a good game with the gloves

His last 4 ODI scores to date.. 0 0 0 1

That innings of 1 is something to build on.

Let’s not forget he brings ‘experience’

Well hes only score 1 more run then i have from the last 4 ODI's played and i have no experience.

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Great win BCs. Super stuff seeing them chase down another big total.

Really good seeing Conway get a chunk of the runs, unlucky to miss the ton.

KW class as he tends to be.

Hopefully Latham had a good game with the gloves

His last 4 ODI scores to date.. 0 0 0 1

That innings of 1 is something to build on.

Let’s not forget he brings ‘experience’

Well hes only score 1 more run then i have from the last 4 ODI's played and i have no experience.

Yeah but I bet you’re a shit wicket keeper

Latham knew he was struggling for form so heroically went out first ball so as Philips could come in, if that's not a team man I don't know what is.

Kane the second fastest ever to 7000 ODI runs - quicker than Kohli. Slightly surprised by that as ODIs always felt like the weaker format for him.

@Cyclops said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Kane the second fastest ever to 7000 ODI runs - quicker than Kohli. Slightly surprised by that as ODIs always felt like the weaker format for him.

Took Kane 14 years to reach this mark, Kohli did it in 7...

Meanwhile our top orders batting averages are pretty good at the moment..

Conway - 46.31
Young - 44.20
Williamson - 49.65
Mitchell - 50.23

@Virgil said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@Cyclops said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Kane the second fastest ever to 7000 ODI runs - quicker than Kohli. Slightly surprised by that as ODIs always felt like the weaker format for him.

Took Kane 14 years to reach this mark, Kohli did it in 7...

159 innings in those 14 years vs 161 innings for Kohli in those 7. Another indicator of how much less cricket we play though.

Looking to the Champions Trophy, who's our starting side based on these games? I'm tempted to open with Ravindra and Conway. Drop the out of form Latham and move Young down to four. Conway can keep. Or move Conway down to four so we open with a right hand / left hand combination.

We should go with the below.

1. Conway (WK)
2. Ravindra
3. Williamson
4. Young
5. Mitchell
6. Phillips
7. Bracewell
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Sears
11. O'Rourke

@Canes4life said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Looking to the Champions Trophy, who's our starting side based on these games? I'm tempted to open with Ravindra and Conway. Drop the out of form Latham and move Young down to four. Conway can keep. Or move Conway down to four so we open with a right hand / left hand combination.

We should go with the below.

1. Conway (WK)
2. Ravindra
3. Williamson
4. Young
5. Mitchell
6. Phillips
7. Bracewell
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Sears
11. O'Rourke

Looks good aside from what I’ve bolded. He’s just got his first decent score in yonks. Do we want to put that burden on him too ?

Ferguson will play ahead of Sears if fit, but I doubt they can risk him with the hamstring injury.

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@Canes4life said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Looking to the Champions Trophy, who's our starting side based on these games? I'm tempted to open with Ravindra and Conway. Drop the out of form Latham and move Young down to four. Conway can keep. Or move Conway down to four so we open with a right hand / left hand combination.

We should go with the below.

1. Conway (WK)
2. Ravindra
3. Williamson
4. Young
5. Mitchell
6. Phillips
7. Bracewell
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Sears
11. O'Rourke

Looks good aside from what I’ve bolded. He’s just got his first decent score in yonks. Do we want to put that burden on him too ?

It's either include him as a batsman/keeper, or drop him/Young and keep Latham.

@Canes4life said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@MN5 said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

@Canes4life said in Tri Series PAK/NZ/SA:

Looking to the Champions Trophy, who's our starting side based on these games? I'm tempted to open with Ravindra and Conway. Drop the out of form Latham and move Young down to four. Conway can keep. Or move Conway down to four so we open with a right hand / left hand combination.

We should go with the below.

1. Conway (WK)
2. Ravindra
3. Williamson
4. Young
5. Mitchell
6. Phillips
7. Bracewell
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Sears
11. O'Rourke

Looks good aside from what I’ve bolded. He’s just got his first decent score in yonks. Do we want to put that burden on him too ?

It's either include him as a batsman/keeper, or drop him/Young and keep Latham.

Yeah when those are the alternatives perhaps you have a point.

It's almost like they should have taken a punt on Hay.....

How long is Ravindra injured for? Conway was at his worst once he hit 70ish whether it was nerves approaching 100 or he realized his appalling calling almost got Kane out, his nerves came back. Looked very awkward from then on.

Still better than Latham at the moment. Geez, has anyone done last 10 innings for Latham in all formats, I suspect he doesn't average 10 across them

Latham, hope youre reading this lol

The last thing NZ should do is give the gloves to Conway,He is just sorting out that footwork and has some runs under his belt.
Throwing 50 overs at him as WK is not what he needs,He needs to build on that innings concentrate on that not drain him in the field for 50 overs in the heat, then expect him to open the batting and score runs.
That would be a very poor selection.

@Chris agree completely. He'll never have the footwork of someone like Kane but he was moving his feet more than I have seem him in a long time last night, great to see. I opined when he was selected that hopefully the shorter forms will force him into a more positive mindset and that seemed to be the case, albeit against a pretty poor bowling lineup. But the innings should do him a world of good.