T20 World Cup

So NZ v Pak first game of S8 in Colombo? Looks like we have to navigate Sri Lankan pitches for the whole of next round

I'm confused ( not for a first time )

NZ can afford to drop a game and still make the semis is that correct ?

Batting order is full of power and deep, no issues there, it's all the pies from the bowling that are of concern.

@Gunner said in T20 World Cup:

Also, why are we playing journeyman McConchie, the back ups, back up?

Why isn’t Sodhi playing, is he injured too?

I'm guessing they saw his batting and fielding as a closer replacement for Santner and maybe see his bowling as lower risk (although that didn't really work out). The pitches in Sri Lanka might suit Sodhi so it would have been good to play him even if he might have gone for a few on that road.

@Biorealism said in T20 World Cup:

@Gunner said in T20 World Cup:

Also, why are we playing journeyman McConchie, the back ups, back up?

Why isn’t Sodhi playing, is he injured too?

I'm guessing they saw his batting and fielding as a closer replacement for Santner and maybe see his bowling as lower risk (although that didn't really work out). The pitches in Sri Lanka might suit Sodhi so it would have been good to play him even if he might have gone for a few on that road.

....not to mention there would have been feelings that "it's only Canada" so there's room for rest/rotation ( which for a period looked like it might bite them during that opening partnership )

Gosh I hope Santners guts are feeling better.

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

I'm confused ( not for a first time )

NZ can afford to drop a game and still make the semis is that correct ?

Yes. The Super 8 is two pools of 4. You then play the other teams in your pool. Whoever finishes top 2 of their respective pools makes the semis.

Zimbos loose important wicket but still need 10 runs from 7 balls to beat Lanka.

1 runs from 4 balls lol they could top that group

Winner winner chicken dinner

Soooo are Zimbabwe a dark horse?

@African-Monkey said in T20 World Cup:

Soooo are Zimbabwe a dark horse?

Or Sri Lanka ensuring even no outside mathematical chance of Australia coming back

T20 clearly more chance at upsets in every game though

I wonder when the Aussies last had to play a dead rubber where they hadn't qualified the next stage.

@Cyclops said in T20 World Cup:

I wonder when the Aussies last had to play a dead rubber where they hadn't qualified the next stage.

Had a quick look, one instance looked to be the ODI WC in 1992
They missed out on getting out of the group stage even before playing their last game against the Windies

All of our Super 8 games are at 2:30am which is pretty stink

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

@Cyclops said in T20 World Cup:

I wonder when the Aussies last had to play a dead rubber where they hadn't qualified the next stage.

Had a quick look, one instance looked to be the ODI WC in 1992
They missed out on getting out of the group stage even before playing their last game against the Windies

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I was at Lancaster Park watching NZ lose to Pakistan in our last pool game. We had to win for Australia to still have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the play-offs, so once it became obvious we were going to lose, the crowd started chanting "Goodbye to Aussie", eventually followed by "Aussies are w__kers" as our creativity shone through...

@Godder said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

@Cyclops said in T20 World Cup:

I wonder when the Aussies last had to play a dead rubber where they hadn't qualified the next stage.

Had a quick look, one instance looked to be the ODI WC in 1992
They missed out on getting out of the group stage even before playing their last game against the Windies

View embedded content

I was at Lancaster Park watching NZ lose to Pakistan in our last pool game. We had to win for Australia to still have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the play-offs, so once it became obvious we were going to lose, the crowd started chanting "Goodbye to Aussie", eventually followed by "Aussies are w__kers" as our creativity shone through...

I don't remember us losing to Pakistan in the pool. I can't forget us losing to them in the SF