A part time amateur would be embarrassed by that Hay.
Lucky escape
Kohli and Harshit remonstrating with both umpires, lying that a ball was over head height. I thought that is extremely frowned upon in cricket? Or is India allowed to do it?
Zac salvages a little bit of pride. No idea why a tailender is having a swing at something well down leg side though.
Might have been a bit less heart in mouth if Hay had taken a regulation catch early on instead of the slightly harder leg side catch towards the end.
Had a look, if he can score another 100 in his next ODI innings he will tie the record for quickest (least innings) to score 10 x ODI's 100s
The record is 55 held by SA's Quentin de Kock
@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Had a look, if he can score another 100 in his next ODI innings he will the record for quickest (least innings) to score 10 x ODI's 100s
The record is 55 held by SA's Quentin de Kock
He's south African, you don't need the Quentin bit.
A fantastic result on that pitch, and after the poor start.
Of the newbies, Lennox was very good in his two games - very economical. Spinners get found out quickly over there. Clarke also looks to be a handy option for the future.
@Bones said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Phillips hits a massive 6 off an aggressive block.
It's all that bench pressing. Huge power.
Wonderful win against an Indian team with some very silly names. Pretty extraordinary stuff, by golly the BCs lift when they're in the sub continent.
Mitchell must have heard he still wasn't quite an automatic selection in the fern XI and got a century just to reinforce his case. Gosh he's ridiculously good at this level.
Hats off to Kohli for just cheekily notching up a 54th ODI century. Slightly different eras maybe but worth noting this is more than recent legends Lara, Dravid and Kallis got between them.
@LABCAT said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Latham should probably go down to six when he comes back.
Does he really need to come back?
Henry Nicolls isn't the answer either. Why not Tim Robinson or Rhys Mariu
@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Had a look, if he can score another 100 in his next ODI innings he will tie the record for quickest (least innings) to score 10 x ODI's 100s
The record is 55 held by SA's Quentin de Kock
More on Mitch......
An extraordinary average of 58.47.
Unlike other ODI champs of the past this is not padded out by loads of not outs, eight in 54 innings ( by comparison Michael Bevan averaged 53.58 with 67 not outs in 196 innings )
Also a strike rate of 95.72. This is amazing given he quite often is in that awkward rebuild stage ( it's the Black Caps remember, collapses are always imminent ) he's getting his runs consistently at pretty much a run a ball.
In one sense its a damn shame he's 35 this year but then he could have started early, been fucked around and been in and out of the side and become a forgotten "what if" like so many others. It seems he's taken a few years to work out his game and is benefitting at the highest level given his FC stats don't particularly stand out.
Let's keep enjoying his contributions while he keeps making them.
@Bones said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Kyle Jamieson is a bit of a choker at passing in the final overs though
He was excellent in the first game but got tonked a bit in the other two.
I think we just need to be grateful he seems to be unbroken at the moment.
Glad I stayed up late last night. What a performance by NZ. Daryl Mitchell wow. Glenn Phillips fantastic. Then the might of Lennox and Clarke to blunt India and bring us home. Isn't sport great entertainment!
So I wondered where Mitchell's total for the series ranks. He scored 352 runs total.
Turns out, that's not even the best for an NZ vs India series, Shubman Girl managed 360 when we were in India in 2023.
Still good for 3rd place overall though. Gill is tied for the record with Babar Azam who scored 360 in a series vs the West Indies. (Although Azam scored 3 centuries whereas Mitch and Gill only 2. Gill didn't even managed a 50 in his 3rd innings)
another Mitch appreciation post....
Haven't heard of the first two guys, one of them long retired, the other plays for the USA against what I assume are pretty ordinary teams. Plus 22 and 33 matches respectively isn't a huge sample size.
The guy in third is a freak ( I still wish Viv Richards played in todays era, he would blitz every record under the sun )
Mitch sitting VERY pretty at 4th on this list. Extraordinary stuff. Getting huge scores against India in India is about as tough as it gets.
25-30 years ago there was generally a huge disparity between test and ODI records ( Border and S Waugh prime examples of this, 50 plus legends in tests, early 30s in the shorter form ) but limited overs has changed so much in that time.
Ryan ten Doeschate was a pretty handy player - had a decent world cup in about 2011 I think. Average definitely inflated by the standard of his competition. I think he would have been a very good player if he played for a test team, so playing minor associations just too easy for him.
Don't know the US guy.
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
An extraordinary average of 58.47.
which makes Kohli's record even more insane really. Mitch has his in 54 innings so you can almost guarantee it will fall off.
Kohli has a higher average off 299 innings. Extraordinary career.
Who makes our best ODI XI at the moment?
I honestly can’t keep up these days with the rotation/resting of players…
Ravindra
Mitchell
Santner
Henry
Probably the only guys who I can think will be 
locked in
@Gunner said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Who makes our best ODI XI at the moment?
I honestly can’t keep up these days with the rotation/resting of players…Ravindra
Mitchell
Santner
HenryProbably the only guys who I can think will be
Glenn Phillips has to be there
his batting is good at the moment, has a bit of a golden arm and is one of if not our best fielder
i think Conway needs to be included too
Duffy?
Conway
Ravindra
*is KW playing ODI’s? Young? Chapman?
Mitchell
Phillips
*Hay/Latham?
Santner
*Foulkes/Smith/Bracewell?
Henry
Duffy
*O’Rourke/Jamieson?
Ive probably forgotten someone obvious.
@Gunner said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Conway
Ravindra
*KW playing ODI’s? Young? Chapman?
Mitchell
Phillips
*Hay/Latham?
Santner
*Foulkes/Smith/Bracewell?
Henry
Duffy
*O’Rourke/Jamieson?Ive probably forgotten someone obvious.
Nicholls hasn't been "shit the bed" bad, he got a handy 62 in the first game.
The fact he isn't even mentioned shows NZ Cricket batting is in a good space.
Bowlers maybe less so but that's more to do with injuries and general fragility.
Duffy better at ODI level than Test Guns Jamieson and O'Rourke though, hes made a hell of a start to his career.
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Had a look, if he can score another 100 in his next ODI innings he will tie the record for quickest (least innings) to score 10 x ODI's 100s
The record is 55 held by SA's Quentin de KockMore on Mitch......
An extraordinary average of 58.47.
Unlike other ODI champs of the past this is not padded out by loads of not outs, eight in 54 innings ( by comparison Michael Bevan averaged 53.58 with 67 not outs in 196 innings )
Also a strike rate of 95.72. This is amazing given he quite often is in that awkward rebuild stage ( it's the Black Caps remember, collapses are always imminent ) he's getting his runs consistently at pretty much a run a ball.
In one sense its a damn shame he's 35 this year but then he could have started early, been fucked around and been in and out of the side and become a forgotten "what if" like so many others. It seems he's taken a few years to work out his game and is benefitting at the highest level given his FC stats don't particularly stand out.
Let's keep enjoying his contributions while he keeps making them.
He grabbed his chance when it came and hasn't looked back
@Bones said in Black Caps tour of India - 2026:
Clarke shows he's never fielded in cricket before.
Fucking shocking, twice in 3 balls, has turned singles into 4’s 
