West Indies tour of NZ

MN5

Nice from Foulkes. Bowled.

No Hope for the Windies now.

The guy batting got out too.

Gunner

Chasing a modest total of 165, none of our batters are finding any timing and making hard work of it.

85/4 from 12.
Need 80 from 48 balls now

MN5

Mitchell gone. Stupid shot.

Lucky we bat pretty deep, we're going to need those runs !

Gunner

This is a terrible batting display.

88/6 now.

Gunner

This is trash to watch.
Look like a club presidents third XI trying to get bat on ball.

MN5

Neesh holes out.

Surely game over now with the run rate as it is.

Gunner

102/8, and that’s bed time.

They should be bloody embarrassed with themselves.

Higgins

Well a 23 run over helps just a wee bit but with 9 down it is still improbable.

Higgins

Then twelve more of the next three balls as Santner going crazy

MN5

Last over. 20 needed with one in hand. Santner has been sensational.

Does Shepherd play Rugby ? certainly wouldn't look out of place in a number 8 jersey.

MN5

What ? how was that bouncer not a wide ????

MN5

Huge six.

14 from three now.

MN5

Extremely tough chance shelled. They ran two.

12 needed from a couple now......

MN5

Bugger. Dot ball. Good effort Windies, always competitive in this form of the game as @Virgil says.

Cyclops

Honestly, we're a terrible T20 side at this point. We're not aggressive enough and also not that good.

Gunner

Batting first tonight.

45/0 from 5.

I’ve liked the look of Robinson in his short time in the team. Seems to have the power of Finn Allen, but plays more genuine cricket strokes with less risk, rather than being an out and out hell for leather hitter.

Donsteppa

With Conway 14* off 19 in that start too 🙂

Gunner

Conway looks to be really out of form. Playing and missing or finding the edge a lot, hitting to the fielders when he does get one.

Donsteppa

They've done us a favour getting Conway out.

Gunner

Conway misses one too many, stumps knocked over.

Probably best for the team, coz there’s been way to many dot balls with him there.

Gunner

59/1
Just 14 runs from the last 18 balls

Gunner

59/2

2/14 from the last 20 balls.

Gunner

Finally a boundary, the first in almost 5 overs.

Gunner

30 runs from the last 6 overs, where’s the intent and urgency?

Are our batters all out of form or do we just suck at T20… both I suspect.

Gunner

Finally. 6, 6, 4 from Chapman.
Where has this been?

Edit make that 6, 6, 4, 6

Gunner

Ravindra trying to join in, and gone.

He had to go big or go out though to be fair… wasted 15 balls for his 11.

Bovidae

Tim Seifert is a big loss in the batting order. You might as well open with Hay given Conway's form.

Gunner

Wow Chapman has raced to 50 from just 19 balls.
He really seemed to struggle for his first 12-15 runs, gone nuts since.

Bones

@Gunner said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Wow Chapman has raced to 50 from just 18 balls.
He really seemed to struggle for his first 12-15 runs, gone nuts since.

Think he went from something like 12 off 11 then notched up 50 in 19 balls!

Gunner

Chapman goes with a game changing 78 from 28.

Need one of the middle order to cash in and put the icing on it.

Gunner

207/5, a good total in the end.

I think we were 70 or so after 10, so bloody impressive to score 130+ in the last 10.

Mitchell & Santner finished the innings well after Chapmans fireworks.

No Quarter

I remember them saying Santner was the biggest hitter in the team a long time ago which surprised me. Seems he's finally realising some of that potential, he's been belting it around lately

MN5

@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:

I remember them saying Santner was the biggest hitter in the team a long time ago which surprised me. Seems he's finally realising some of that potential, he's been belting it around lately

Surely it’s Neesham when he actually connects meaningfully

Gunner

Imagine needing 16 an over to win and you have to face Mitch Santner, who rocks in and bowls 2/6 from his first 2 overs.

Great bowling, from both him and Sodhi, who’s 3/26 from 3.

Gunner

Foulkes with a few pies, keeping the WI in it.

67 from 24.

Gunner

Fuck now Santner being pumped, 6,6.

That missed catch where Robinson and Chapman stopped and looked at each other on the boundary and watched the ball bounce over the rope between them now looking very costly.

Gunner

Timely wicket, great catch Bracewell.

52 needed from 18.

For some reason Jamieson coming in to bowl at the death scares me.

That might be why… 6 first up.

Gunner

30 from 12.

We are in trouble, these guys are hitting 6’s at will.

Our death bowling has been trash.