T20 World Cup

@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:

@Bovidae I reckon Neesh has been badly underused as a batsman over his career.

I wouldn't mind seeing him picked and batted at 3 as a pinch hitter.

I see merit in that and he can certainly hit but the team is pretty stacked in terms of batsmen. It's the bowling that is the worry hence the need to get as many decent guys in there to turn the arm over and put the pressure on.

@MN5 We're going to have Phillips and Ravindra as bowling cover - whatever happens,

And Satnav can bat at 7.

Just a question of who the other four main bowlers are.

Lockie is locked in - so three more from Ish, McConchie, Duffy, Jamieson, Neesham.

One of these guys might only have to bowl a couple of overs - some of them may not need to bat.

All part of the crapshoot.

Who have we got who can go big - with bat or ball?

India with a tight yet comfortable win in the end over the Windies
Semi Finals are now confirmed

Thursday 2.30am
Black Caps aka perennial semi finalists
vs
South Africa aka perennial chokers

Friday 2.30am
India aka cricket overlords
vs
England aka boozing holidaymakers with a bit of cricket thrown in.

India v SA final?

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

India with a tight yet comfortable win in the end over the Windies
Semi Finals are now confirmed

Thursday 2.30am
Black Caps aka perennial semi finalists
vs
South Africa aka perennial chokers

Friday 2.30am
India aka cricket overlords
vs
England aka boozing holidaymakers with a bit of cricket thrown in.

India v SA final?

nah more like NZ - India final. SA are looking gassed already. Should have kept their powder dry.

@W32 said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

India with a tight yet comfortable win in the end over the Windies
Semi Finals are now confirmed

Thursday 2.30am
Black Caps aka perennial semi finalists
vs
South Africa aka perennial chokers

Friday 2.30am
India aka cricket overlords
vs
England aka boozing holidaymakers with a bit of cricket thrown in.

India v SA final?

nah more like NZ - India final. SA are looking gassed already. Should have kept their powder dry.

Hand NZ the trophy now

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

@W32 said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

India with a tight yet comfortable win in the end over the Windies
Semi Finals are now confirmed

Thursday 2.30am
Black Caps aka perennial semi finalists
vs
South Africa aka perennial chokers

Friday 2.30am
India aka cricket overlords
vs
England aka boozing holidaymakers with a bit of cricket thrown in.

India v SA final?

nah more like NZ - India final. SA are looking gassed already. Should have kept their powder dry.

Hand NZ the trophy now

Probably safer that way....

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

@W32 said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

India with a tight yet comfortable win in the end over the Windies
Semi Finals are now confirmed

Thursday 2.30am
Black Caps aka perennial semi finalists
vs
South Africa aka perennial chokers

Friday 2.30am
India aka cricket overlords
vs
England aka boozing holidaymakers with a bit of cricket thrown in.

India v SA final?

nah more like NZ - India final. SA are looking gassed already. Should have kept their powder dry.

Hand NZ the trophy now

gotta count the boundaries first

Two terrible drops already. Luckily both haven't cost much. SA 77/4 after 10

Just turned on to see Ferguson and Santner bowling well

The choke is on.

The tall Boer is giving us something

170 is in the game. But one good innings and that's all she wrote

Tall Boer must fire with the ball aswell.

84/0 after 6 overs.

Need to go at 6s to win. Great stand by these two, going to take a miracle for SA to get up now.

If only the Boks could fold like this

Brutal, only 53 to get and both openers have individually scored more than that already.

Oh....here comes the collapse...

@Bones said in T20 World Cup:

Brutal, only 53 to get and both openers have individually scored more than that already.

Oh....here comes the collapse...

Cursed us.... lol

Should pull out the win from here.
Great opening stand from Seifert and Allen

Facing a tricky but not challenging total, it was a bit much to hope that both Seifert and Allen would fire. But we can win any game if they do.

Someone tell Temba to hold the fucking microphone up to his mouth.

Total copy paste from cricinfo, but too good not to share:

Some stats from Sampath on Finn Allen's 19-ball fifty
Fastest in a knockout at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Yuvraj Singh off 20 balls vs AUS, 2007)
Fastest for NZ at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Glenn Phillip off 22 balls vs CAN, 2026)
Fastest vs SA at the men's T20 World Cup (Prev: Shadab Khan off 20 balls in 2022)

Fuck yes! Gets his century and it's the fastest ever in a T20 WC. Awesome stuff.

100 off 33 balls is just incredible

That’s gotta be one of the greatest performances by a kiwi in any sport. Phenomenal.

@Darren said in T20 World Cup:

100 off 33 balls is just incredible

Hilarious to think how good Seifert was going for his 58...also off 33 balls.

14 balls faster than the next fastest World Cup century.

Then looking at all T20 international centuries, the innings looks a bit different to the ones above it.

i dont know who edits these highlight's packages but they deserve to be flogged and fired out of a cannon.
The quick edits like its a fucking tiktok clip make it almost unwatchable.

I do like the thumbnail, fucking hilarious

Also how good was Finn, his last 44 runs coming from just 12 balls.

Just finished watching, holy shit. One of the best t20 innings ever. Take a bow Finn Allen.

Never in doubt. One hand on the trophy already fellas. Get in !

Hiding.

Allen got just 12 of his runs from actually running

@nzzp said in T20 World Cup:

170 is in the game. But one good innings and that's all she wrote

Finn Allen “hold my hat”

Game was basically won inside the first 10 overs when our bowlers had them 77/5
SA recovered well to post 169 but thats not likely to be a winning score. You need 200+ to be safe and you're not getting that when your top order is gone that early

Ok now that’s over let’s hope England can do everyone a massive favour and knock India out.

They’re a huge hurdle particularly at home.

Would be nice to win something, this makes it our 6th ICC WC final since 2015
Apart from winning the Test Champion Final its been heart break and floggings really

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

Ok now that’s over let’s hope England can do everyone a massive favour and knock India out.

They’re a huge hurdle particularly at home.

And they also have no chance if Finn Allen bats like that. We have to go hard or go home.

I'm going to enjoy watching the highlights tonight after work

Ha - hadn't realised they were playing this last night, so a very stressless victory!

Well done to just about everyone, by the looks of things.

Pretty funny how Rachin has gone from our batsman @ 3 struggling for runs and form to be our top wicket taker in this WC, with 11 wickets. Top wicket takers overall have 13...

Any changes needed for the team ? ( if you want to change a team that dished out such a hiding )

Neesham got a wicket but he also went for 14 an over ( next worst was McConchie with nine off his single over which he also took a couple of wickets )

They probably look at Neesham for batting insurance but I'd be tempted to bring Sodhi in

It's a good pickle for the selectors to have I guess.

@MN5 Neesh is really the guy you look at - he's just too hittable. Do we need him to bat at 8 if we have McConchie and Henry?

I'd probably be looking at playing Jamieson or Duffy for him.

Unless whomever we play is absolutely stacked with right handed batsmen, playing all of Santner, Rachin and Ish is probably overkill.

England you might think about it - India probably not.

I'd lean towards Duffy coming in for Neesham.

Wonderful effort Black Caps. Proteas coached talked a big game before the match. Black Caps delivered on the field.