@ACT-Crusader said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Saffas to go on and win it from here.
Proteas on track for a 10 wicket win
The key for us is whether our 3 quicks will be able to vary their pace because this pitch looks to have no gremlins in for the quicks to work with.
Like Ravindra, Kane goes shortly after reaching the ton.
10 overs to go and we have 251 on the board. Would be great if we got to 330. Latham never fills me with great confidence in these situations.
Mitchell needs an innings.
Bracewell gets one out of the middle of the line and goes for a 4 past the bowler.
Next ball gets it out of the middle and it’s caught.
One ball to go and SatNav comes out to face it.
GP started down the non-strikers in a sprinters stance. Gets a cheeky 2 off the final ball for SatNav.
Massive innings by the Blackcaps.
Saffas have the hitting though if we are a little loose with the ball.
Might not be enough to win but should be very competitive this is a road of a pitch
Great innings regardless
@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Might not be enough to win but should be very competitive this is a road of a pitch
Great innings regardless
Slower balls at the body will be key. Any width and it’s gone.
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Hopefully one of our top three score big today to anchor the innings.
Got that wrong eh! Set your sights higher
@nzzp said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Hopefully one of our top three score big today to anchor the innings.
Got that wrong eh! Set your sights higher
It ended up being some sort of bizarro reverse jinx!
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@nzzp said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Hopefully one of our top three score big today to anchor the innings.
Got that wrong eh! Set your sights higher
It ended up being some sort of bizarro reverse jinx!
I like it. Well done.
Mods may need to lock the finals thread to avoid jinxing ...
@nzzp said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@nzzp said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Canes4life said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Hopefully one of our top three score big today to anchor the innings.
Got that wrong eh! Set your sights higher
It ended up being some sort of bizarro reverse jinx!
I like it. Well done.
Mods may need to lock the finals thread to avoid jinxing ...
No need. We have next to no chance in the final against a team who
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Has played all their games at the same venue so know the conditions very well
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Is basically playing at a home away from home considering the level of Indian expat support
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Has had to do no travel, or adjustment to time zones (assuming Dubai is in a different time zone to Pakistan?)
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Already beat us comfortably in our previous encounter
That's pretty much the perfect ODI performance for the Black Caps - even down to players getting out at the right times. Important to give Phillips enough time (but not too much time) to bat at the end.
Scoreboard pressure by the spinners then squeezed the South Africans until the wickets fell. Wasn't that impressed with Miller's century at the end - he seemed to bat cautiously in order to make the chase impossible and then cashed in at the end. Not all his fault as wickets were falling at the other end but I detected he wanted a performance for himself out of it.
Sir SatNav came up trumps again when it mattered. Varied his pace and length brilliantly. Built pressure.
Agree @KiwiPie on the batting side of things. The foundation set by two batsmen that weren’t going to up the scoring rate so needed to either try or get out to allow Mitchell and GP the freedom and time to do their thing. Nice little cameo from Bracewell too.