1st T20 is on now
Feels weird to be watching cricket when it's pissing with rain and freezing where I am. Not complaining though, well apart from our disastrous start
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
And not a great start.
Just tuned in, what an abysmal start. Was it poor shot selection or just good bowling?
@1kiwi said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
And not a great start.
Just tuned in, what an abysmal start. Was it poor shot selection or just good bowling?
A bit of both. Conway charged and missed a straight one. Seifert didn't get underneath one. Chapman strangled. The current pair is going bloody well.
Bowlers being slaughtered.
I'd like to see Gray-Nicholls make some 1980s Super-Scoops and see the current generation of players play a few matches with them!
It's probably mostly just a talent thing, but sometimes it feels like we're out of date on how to play T20. Watching the Jamieson over, Head swung wildly at everything. A couple of terrible looking misses, 3 fours and a 2. Result: 14 runs. We seem content to work the ball around and only target a couple of boundaries in each over. When your 2-3 swings are hits, that's great as you get 15-20 runs off the over. When you miss 2 or 3 you only get 8.
Jamieson is not a T20 bowler. He is a test and 50 over bowler FFS.
Why risk another injury by playing him.
Plus what is all this short bowling shit. Be a Hazlewood and bowl full at the wickets and they can't get under it!
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
It was 10 degrees at the Basin one day I was there vs Bangladesh some years back.
Fairly sure they threw the game deliberately early so they could get back home sooner.
Back on topic. Absolute hiding here. Australia never troubled.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
That was an icy wind last night (observed from my lounge, I'm too much of a wimp to attend). Zampa looked absolutely frozen when he came onto bowl. Thought after his first delivery was a pie that his fingers were too cold but he bowled well after that.
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
That was an icy wind last night (observed from my lounge, I'm too much of a wimp to attend). Zampa looked absolutely frozen when he came onto bowl. Thought after his first delivery was a pie that his fingers were too cold but he bowled well after that.
Why the hell are we playing cricket in early October?
@canefan said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
That was an icy wind last night (observed from my lounge, I'm too much of a wimp to attend). Zampa looked absolutely frozen when he came onto bowl. Thought after his first delivery was a pie that his fingers were too cold but he bowled well after that.
Why the hell are we playing cricket in early October?
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
That was an icy wind last night (observed from my lounge, I'm too much of a wimp to attend).
Yeah, you could clearly see a mist blowing across the field on TV.
A good chance of having minimal or no play tonight at the cricket. Forecast is for rain from mid-afternoon.
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
A good chance of having minimal or no play tonight at the cricket. Forecast is for rain from mid-afternoon.
man that's unlucky in (checks notes) mid spring.
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
One of the coldest days I can recall at a cricket match...
That was an icy wind last night (observed from my lounge, I'm too much of a wimp to attend).
Yeah, you could clearly see a mist blowing across the field on TV.
Was from the big salt pile next door, a reflection of the strength/misery of the wind...
@nzzp said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@KiwiPie said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
A good chance of having minimal or no play tonight at the cricket. Forecast is for rain from mid-afternoon.
man that's unlucky in (checks notes) mid spring.
Gutted for one of the kids in our Juniors, who is due to be the Coin Toss kid tonight.
But very much mid winter rugby weather at the mo...
It's OK I'm really looking forward to all the cricket we will get in January and February when everyone is on holiday and the weather is at it's best. Oh wait.
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
It's OK I'm really looking forward to all the cricket we will get in January and February when everyone is on holiday and the weather is at it's best. Oh wait.
We'll be ok. We'll only need a total of about five sunny days out of 15 to beat the Windies 3-0 in the test series.
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
It's OK I'm really looking forward to all the cricket we will get in January and February when everyone is on holiday and the weather is at it's best. Oh wait.
Fucking nuts isnt it, we still have 10 x T20I's and 6 x ODI's to play before the end of November.
We do get spoiled with an actual test series in SUMMER, well the start of summer when its the shittest - December
Then like you said, nothing at fucking all in January and Feb. The actual peak time for a kiwi summer
before its ..checks notes...more T20i's vs South Africa in March.
@Virgil said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
It's OK I'm really looking forward to all the cricket we will get in January and February when everyone is on holiday and the weather is at it's best. Oh wait.
Fucking nuts isnt it, we still have 10 x T20I's and 6 x ODI's to play before the end of November.
We do get spoiled with an actual test series in SUMMER, well the start of summer when its the shittest - December
Then like you said, nothing at fucking all in January and Feb. The actual peak time for a kiwi summer
before its ..checks notes...more T20i's vs South Africa in March.
Is Mark Robinson running NZC too?
@canefan said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@Virgil said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
It's OK I'm really looking forward to all the cricket we will get in January and February when everyone is on holiday and the weather is at it's best. Oh wait.
Fucking nuts isnt it, we still have 10 x T20I's and 6 x ODI's to play before the end of November.
We do get spoiled with an actual test series in SUMMER, well the start of summer when its the shittest - December
Then like you said, nothing at fucking all in January and Feb. The actual peak time for a kiwi summer
before its ..checks notes...more T20i's vs South Africa in March.Is Mark Robinson running NZC too?
unfortunately, economics are. We're a minnow. It sucks, but it's reality.
What I don't understand is why NZC aren't just resetting around promoting the domestic game and playing it on TV, promoting it hard. Or the White Ferns - hell, anything to put top level cricket on the goggle box
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
Looks like they'll start the game soon, 18 overs each, we are bowling
nek minnit
Lol I have no idea why I am still holding out hope for some cricket, stupid me, stupider NZC for scheduling games at this time of year
@ARHS said in Black Caps v Australia T20 Series:
I was intending to go tonight, but the bloody weather....
Weather forecast tomorrow looks a bit better but still not great
There's been sporadic rain in Tauranga today but they should get more play tonight. Still chances of a shower though
Just stopped spitting here. But so much rain has blown over today. Not pleasant enough for me to head down