T20 World Cup

@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:

@OomPB said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil T20 is always gamble.

SA are the form team but it's T20, there's really no such thing as a choke, every game is a bit of a crap shoot where one player coming off can win the whole game. Would be cool for you guys to get the WTC and T20 cups at the same time, we JUST missed out on having all three at one point, "losing" to England in the ODI final then losing to Mitch Marsh in the T20 final after winning the WTC.

Accurate post.

Whoever wins the whole thing ( apart from maybe Zimbabwe ) it's not like it will be a huge surprise or upset.

If NZ won it i would consider it both a huge surprise and an upset

Making the semis or even final? No shock. Lifting the trophy? WTF?

@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup:

If NZ won it i would consider it both a huge surprise and an upset

Making the semis or even final? No shock. Lifting the trophy? WTF?

Yeah fair enough if you put it like that but with Australia out of the running it's probably less of a WTF moment. Mind you the BCs have stumbled so many times in the past.

Better give NZ the same odds as Zimbabwe to be safe.

@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:

. Would be cool for you guys to get the WTC and T20 cups at the same time.

Those greedy feckers have got more than enough cups!

If they win another Cup in the next 10 years it will be too soon!

@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:

@bayimports said in T20 World Cup:

Satner believed last night best way of attack is not blast from ball one, but let’s see, can’t see either side not doing that.

Was watching (on Cricinfo) a bit of the Windies last night and I think they've probably got the tactics we need to employ (assuming we make the semis).

They were going hard and just kept going hard regardless that wickets fell. Against SA and India, I think we probably have to do that - just roll the dice on the day - because a mediocre score won't be enough.

Might be able to refine that if we play WI. A bit different vs England, because we obviously don't want to get thrashed.

If we make the finals we're going to need more from Seifert and Allen than we've got in the past several games.

For a start the game against England is in Sri Lanka and the pitch might as well be on a different world, it plays significantly different.
If we make the semis they will be in India and going hard makes sense

@mariner4life said in T20 World Cup:

If NZ won it i would consider it both a huge surprise and an upset

Making the semis or even final? No shock. Lifting the trophy? WTF?

Well at least we won’t have to play Australia

@bayimports Actually, I wasn't disagreeing with you - just triggered my thought from last night that the Windies have probably got the right recipe for teams that are not favourites.

@Chris-B. Actually think we also had right mix when we were in Chennai. South Africa for me rightly favourites, their fielding alone is a level above the remaining teams.

Probably for me that’s the key difference. Batting and bowling any of the remaining teams on their day could ice it.

Flying back to Sydney later so I’m going to join the rest of you not watching in local hours …sigh

@bayimports After our effort vs Sri Lanka, I wonder whether it's a pity we're not staying in Colombo.

Pitch seemed to suit our host of part time spinners!

@Chris-B. Agree and our part timers are confident would certainly help our cause

Be a shock for sure., yet we have been in 2 ODI WC finals, all but won 2019s edition.
Made the final of the last Champions Trophy and won the first Test Championship, winning that final

While I don’t think T20 is our best format still feels slightly unfair to write us off as no chance to win anything

@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:

@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:

. Would be cool for you guys to get the WTC and T20 cups at the same time.

Those greedy feckers have got more than enough cups!

If they win another Cup in the next 10 years it will be too soon!

Cricket need to catch up on rugby.

@OomPB said in T20 World Cup:

@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:

@No-Quarter said in T20 World Cup:

. Would be cool for you guys to get the WTC and T20 cups at the same time.

Those greedy feckers have got more than enough cups!

If they win another Cup in the next 10 years it will be too soon!

Cricket need to catch up on rugby.

In the spirit of helpfulness, I'm sure we can find a few good reasons why you should turn over at least a couple of those RWCs to us!

@Chris-B. We did that in 2003 after Kamp Staaldraad. We going back to the same hosts in 2027.

Got up and watched the last 5 overs.

Fuck.

59 off five on that surface was a tough ask. Phillips got hit. T20 is this: two sixes clear fielders on the rope - slightly underhit and NZ win. But that's frustrating to lose from there.

A close loss, whatever the circumstances, is like a win. NZ still have a healthy NRR advantage over Pakistan.

@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:

A close loss, whatever the circumstances, is like a win. NZ still have a healthy NRR advantage over Pakistan.

Positive have to
Chase in 13.1 overs
Win by 64 runs

In SL we trust

@nzzp said in T20 World Cup:

@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:

A close loss, whatever the circumstances, is like a win. NZ still have a healthy NRR advantage over Pakistan.

Positive have to
Chase in 13.1 overs
Win by 64 runs

In SL we trust

OK, so that's how much Pakistan need to win by ? So they win but chase in 15 or win by 50 runs NZ are through ?

Huge ask to dish out a hiding of that magnitude.

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

@nzzp said in T20 World Cup:

@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:

A close loss, whatever the circumstances, is like a win. NZ still have a healthy NRR advantage over Pakistan.

Positive have to
Chase in 13.1 overs
Win by 64 runs

In SL we trust

OK, so that's how much Pakistan need to win by ? So they win but chase in 15 or win by 50 runs NZ are through ?

Huge ask to dish out a hiding of that magnitude.

Pakistan specialise in improbable victories that knock us out of tournaments

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

@nzzp said in T20 World Cup:

@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:

A close loss, whatever the circumstances, is like a win. NZ still have a healthy NRR advantage over Pakistan.

Positive have to
Chase in 13.1 overs
Win by 64 runs

In SL we trust

OK, so that's how much Pakistan need to win by ? So they win but chase in 15 or win by 50 runs NZ are through ?

Huge ask to dish out a hiding of that magnitude.

Pakistan specialise in improbable victories that knock us out of tournaments

Yeah I didn't wanna say this but thought someone would.

Bloody Inzy. I'll never forget 92.