T20 World Cup

MN54 months ago

New Zealand now holds 2 of the 3 fastest century records in full member cricket.
Test: McCullum 54 balls
ODI: AB de Villiers 31(!) balls
T20: Finn Allen 33 balls (full member v full member)

plus of course fastest test 200, Nathan Astle in 153 balls with the second 100 in a ridiculous 39 balls.

I thought Ben Stokes got the fastest 200 ?

Harry Brook fastest 300 ?

Brian Lara fastest ( and only ) 400 ?

Doing this off the top of my head, not cheating on cricinfo

Allen really is tailor made for T20. First name down on the team sheet at the moment

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Catogrande4 months ago

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@MN5

Astle 153 balls, Stokes 163.

Brook 310 balls for the triple but Sehwag 278.

Interestingly no wicket keeper has scored a triple. Sangakarra and McCullum both playing purely as batsmen when they scored theirs. Four guys have scored triples and taken wickets in the same match though. Gooch, Jayasuriya Gayle and Clarke.

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Cyclops4 months ago

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@KiwiPie said in T20 World Cup:

New Zealand now holds 2 of the 3 fastest century records in full member cricket.
Test: McCullum 54 balls
ODI: AB de Villiers 31(!) balls
T20: Finn Allen 33 balls (full member v full member)

plus of course fastest test 200, Nathan Astle in 153 balls with the second 100 in a ridiculous 39 balls.

McCullum had a 195 off 134 balls, caught at long off, so was probably a few meters away from shattering Astles record.

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canefan4 months ago

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Finally watched the highlights. What a display. The bowling attack choked SA after a promising start, Seifert and Allen were toying with the Saffa bowlers, and were brutal at times. Finn Allen's swing speed was crazy fast, hopefully we haven't shot our bolt early

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booboo4 months ago

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Watched highlights this evening and we got plenty lucky at times, edges between and over slip and gully, mot sure what de Kock was doing running back and over calling Brevis (henceforth known as Butthead), plenty of miss hits.

Oh yeah, and the TMO over ruling Dazza himself and giving that "catch" as out.

But that's T20.

Plenty to love about the shots that stuck.

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canefan4 months ago

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@booboo said in T20 World Cup:

Watched highlights this evening and we got plenty lucky at times, edges between and over slip and gully, mot sure what de Kock was doing running back and over calling Brevis (henceforth known as Butthead), plenty of miss hits.

Oh yeah, and the TMO over ruling Dazza himself and giving that "catch" as out.

But that's T20.

Plenty to love about the shots that stuck.

We definitely used a lot of luck up.....

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SouthernMann4 months ago

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Dare to believe come on old blighty!

Chasing 200 and heaps. They are keeping up with the required runrate.

Would be great to fuck India off out of the tournament

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Virgil4 months ago

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Poms gave it a decent crack, 30 needed off the last over was too much
India winning by 7 runs

welp we have to beat a team that scores 250+ on a pretty regular basis..

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Catogrande4 months ago

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@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

Poms gave it a decent crack, 30 needed off the last over was too much
India winning by 7 runs

welp we have to beat a team that scores 250+ on a pretty regular basis..

Well good luck to all you Kiwis. I don't mind this India team but by the cringe I hate all their fellating pundits and comms guys.

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sparky4 months ago

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Shame England couldn't quite do that.

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SouthernMann4 months ago

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@Catogrande said in T20 World Cup:

@Virgil said in T20 World Cup:

Poms gave it a decent crack, 30 needed off the last over was too much
India winning by 7 runs

welp we have to beat a team that scores 250+ on a pretty regular basis..

Well good luck to all you Kiwis. I don't mind this India team but by the cringe I hate all their fellating pundits and comms guys.

NZ v England at Ahmedabad would have been the final most of the world wanted. In front of 130k fans in Indian tops. Sad it didnt happen.

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Cyclops4 months ago

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Another crazy stat from that Finn Allen innings. He was on 59 when we needed 39 to win. Getting to a century from there is mind boggling stuff! Rachin helped by only scoring one run from that point on.

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MN54 months ago

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@Cyclops said in T20 World Cup:

Another crazy stat from that Finn Allen innings. He was on 59 when we needed 39 to win. Getting to a century from there is mind boggling stuff! Rachin helped by only scoring one run from that point on.

Good to see with the game well and truly in the bag that a personal milestone was still able to be achieved.

England unfortunately lost so India coming up in the final. Farkin HUGE match. Duffy in for Neesh, rest of the team to remain the same.

Game on !!!!!!

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bayimports4 months ago

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@Cyclops said in T20 World Cup:

Another crazy stat from that Finn Allen innings. He was on 59 when we needed 39 to win. Getting to a century from there is mind boggling stuff! Rachin helped by only scoring one run from that point on.

Arguably an important single putting Goliath back on strike

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bayimports4 months ago

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England can be proud (disappointed losing) but at least were highly competitive in a high scoring semi. Didn’t go out with a whimper.

India to face their second nemesis after Pakistan in the final. Hopefully our guys pumped and ready for this. Should be fun

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MN54 months ago

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@bayimports said in T20 World Cup:

England can be proud (disappointed losing) but at least were highly competitive in a high scoring semi. Didn’t go out with a whimper.

India to face their second nemesis after Pakistan in the final. Hopefully our guys pumped and ready for this. Should be fun

Bethel is a talent. Great innings in a losing effort.

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MN54 months ago

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Slightly "different" article. Not sure whether to be offended by the shitty sheep quip or not.

My team for the final.....

Seifert
Allen
Ravindra
Phillips
Chapman
Mitchell
Santner
McConchie
Henry
Duffy
Ferguson

Batting definitely looks weaker on paper like that but the idea of Neesh bowling pies to hungry Indians is quite frankly horrific.

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Canes4life4 months ago

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@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Slightly "different" article. Not sure whether to be offended by the shitty sheep quip or not.

My team for the final.....

Seifert
Allen
Ravindra
Phillips
Chapman
Mitchell
Santner
McConchie
Henry
Duffy
Ferguson

Batting definitely looks weaker on paper like that but the idea of Neesh bowling pies to hungry Indians is quite frankly horrific.

Good team, hope it’s the one they choose.

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MN54 months ago

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@Canes4life said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Slightly "different" article. Not sure whether to be offended by the shitty sheep quip or not.

My team for the final.....

Seifert
Allen
Ravindra
Phillips
Chapman
Mitchell
Santner
McConchie
Henry
Duffy
Ferguson

Batting definitely looks weaker on paper like that but the idea of Neesh bowling pies to hungry Indians is quite frankly horrific.

Good team, hope it’s the one they choose.

So do I. I don't think the old adage of not changing a winning team applies here despite hammering SA like that and if NZ are ANY chance then its imperative they tighten Indian scoring opportunities as much as possible. Neesh just isn't the guy to do that.

Some wonderful strikers in that top seven, as good as any in the World ( which is probably why they made the final )

still question marks on the bowling though.

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MN54 months ago

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

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bayimports4 months ago

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@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

Key difference is we’re lucky to get here, they go into each game as favourite and find a way to lose

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canefan4 months ago

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@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

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DaGrubster4 months ago

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@bayimports said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

Key difference is we’re lucky to get here, they go into each game as favourite and find a way to lose

Yes, we overachieve to reach a final and then are underdogs against a cricket superpower when we get there.

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DaGrubster4 months ago

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@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

The worst one?

England were expected to win that world cup in a canter.

It took a herculean effort by Stokes to draw the match and he had unbelievable luck doing it.

Then they won it on a boundary count back which was the first time they moved away from the previous method that would have seen NZ win it.

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canefan4 months ago

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@DaGrubster said in T20 World Cup:

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

The worst one?

England were expected to win that world cup in a canter.

It took a herculean effort by Stokes to draw the match and he had unbelievable luck doing it.

Then they won it on a boundary count back which was the first time they moved away from the previous method that would have seen NZ win it.

My memory is clearly not the best. The manner of defeat hurt the most. You have helped reinforce my point though, that we've never been finals favourites, more overachiever

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DaGrubster4 months ago

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@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@DaGrubster said in T20 World Cup:

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

The worst one?

England were expected to win that world cup in a canter.

It took a herculean effort by Stokes to draw the match and he had unbelievable luck doing it.

Then they won it on a boundary count back which was the first time they moved away from the previous method that would have seen NZ win it.

My memory is clearly not the best. The manner of defeat hurt the most. You have helped reinforce my point though, that we've never been finals favourites, more overachiever

We have played finals against Australia (x2), England (x1) and India (x1) since 2015.

They have vast resources in everything you can think of when it comes to
Cricket compared to NZ.

Its like Crystal Palace getting to the final of the champions league against Real Madrid and then being labelled chokers when they lose!

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DaGrubster4 months ago

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@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@DaGrubster said in T20 World Cup:

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

The worst one?

England were expected to win that world cup in a canter.

It took a herculean effort by Stokes to draw the match and he had unbelievable luck doing it.

Then they won it on a boundary count back which was the first time they moved away from the previous method that would have seen NZ win it.

My memory is clearly not the best. The manner of defeat hurt the most. You have helped reinforce my point though, that we've never been finals favourites, more overachiever
The only time we may have been faves was in the test world champ finals.

We had probably our best Test side at the time and the schedule meant our prep was better than India going into the final. Not sure if we were the bookies favourites though.

It was pretty tough conditions for most of the match but the way we got the win against India was very impressive.

The manner of defeat in 2019 did hurt. It took something special from stokes and even then had lots of luck to force the super over.

I suppose you make your own luck in games like that so fair play to him

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canefan4 months ago

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@DaGrubster said in T20 World Cup:

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@DaGrubster said in T20 World Cup:

@canefan said in T20 World Cup:

@MN5 said in T20 World Cup:

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Get fucked Dale

( Still one of my favourite players back in the day, what a scary paceman he was )

How many of those finals have we gone into either as favourites or at least close to even money? For me the worst one was 2019. But we were essentially underdogs for all the rest won't we?

The worst one?

England were expected to win that world cup in a canter.

It took a herculean effort by Stokes to draw the match and he had unbelievable luck doing it.

Then they won it on a boundary count back which was the first time they moved away from the previous method that would have seen NZ win it.

My memory is clearly not the best. The manner of defeat hurt the most. You have helped reinforce my point though, that we've never been finals favourites, more overachiever
The only time we may have been faves was in the test world champ finals.

We had probably our best Test side at the time and the schedule meant our prep was better than India going into the final. Not sure if we were the bookies favourites though.

It was pretty tough conditions for most of the match but the way we got the win against India was very impressive.

The manner of defeat in 2019 did hurt. It took something special from stokes and even then had lots of luck to force the super over.

I suppose you make your own luck in games like that so fair play to him