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.
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.
Tim Seifert is a big loss in the batting order. You might as well open with Hay given Conway's form.
Wow Chapman has raced to 50 from just 19 balls.
He really seemed to struggle for his first 12-15 runs, gone nuts since.
@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!
Chapman goes with a game changing 78 from 28.
Need one of the middle order to cash in and put the icing on it.
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.
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
@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
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.
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.
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.
30 from 12.
We are in trouble, these guys are hitting 6’s at will.
Our death bowling has been trash.
They are coasting home. We can't keep playing Jamieson in this form, the numbers don't stack up at all
Wheeew. We snuck of jail there.
Good comeback in the 2nd half of that over from Jamieson, but by Christ we should have never been in that position.
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Jamieson snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Did we really have no one else to bowl?!
he seems so unsuited for t20
his figures are terrible, his bulk and size dont go well as a fielder as we saw on 1 occasion
on top of that hes terribly injury prone, why do they keep risking him?
NZ needs to pick more T20 specialists rather than hope that the likes of Jamieson, Conway and Ravindra perform in a format less suited to their skills.
Yup that’s why we aren’t competing as well as the other teams. The bulk of their selections are t20 specialists.
We have a few good ones already but we need to identify more and give them a decent chance
Given the workloads and often injury issues, it makes fuck all sense picking guys like Henry, jamieson etc in all 3 formats
@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Yup that’s why we aren’t competing as well as the other teams. The bulk of their selections are t20 specialists.
We have a few good ones already but we need to identify more and give them a decent chance
Given the workloads and often injury issues l, makes fuck all sense picking guys like Henry, jamieson etc in all 3 formats
Yep there is a lot resting on those two as guys who are massively important in the longest form of the game. I'd much rather the shits and giggles type bowlers make up the T20 squad.
Maybe they feel Jamieson needs game time ? and that with his height and awkwardness he should be more economical ?
Matt Henry is in the fortunate ( or unfortunate ) position of being bloody good at all three forms of the game.
Just watched the first over from Nelson and there is something not quite right seeing the Windies opening with a left arm off spinner.
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Bracewell has been an absolute passenger this series so far. He needs a big one.
Tough to go off a run out.
@booboo said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Bracewell has been an absolute passenger this series so far. He needs a big one.
Tough to go off a run out.
Ah well, double figures is progress and he has a chance to have a bowl too.
@1kiwi said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Black Caps falling apart here after being on target for a decent total.
Getting worserer.
@booboo said in West Indies tour of NZ:
We'll be 20 behind where we should be
Yep, a flurry of wickets.
Windies bowling well.