Black Caps v SA

Superb first over from Santner

Satnav gets Mulder and we're on top!

@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v SA:

Superb first over from Santner

He's a very good player these days!

Pressure tells and de Zorzi de Parts.

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Veritable Who's That of NZ crucket

Pretty much a Who's That of Seffrican cricket too.

Why are we pretending this is a full on International representative match?

@booboo said in Black Caps v SA:

Why are we pretending this is a full on International representative match?

I don't think many people are - you old curmudgeon!

It's a credible NZ team - probably smack the shit out of the Young Guns of the 90s.

Wonderful power from Linde.

Match might come down to how he goes

@KiwiMurph His partners have deserted him!

Four wickets in six balls - nice.

Time is ripe - give that bloody Baartman a couple that rattle his helmet!

And on cue @Bartman gets hit in the bollocks. Some would unkindly say - a wide target!

@Chris-B. said in Black Caps v SA:

don't think many people are - you old curmudgeon!

I resemble that implication.

But it counts as a full international T20?

So it's on the official record huh?

@booboo It's not a terrible NZ team.

You'd definitely pick Phillips, Mitch Jr and Henry in any best current NZ T20 team.

Seifert, Allen and Ravindra would make it at present, but probably none are deadset certainties in the longer term.

Kelly and Santner were beaten for pace when we batted, but pace off seemed to be the way to go when SA batted. Nice to see those catches stick.

@Gunner said in Black Caps v SA:

I’m a bit late to the party, didn’t watch game 1.

Saw the second half of the innings.

Man did I get a shock when I saw T Latham’s name on the scoresheet. Why the fuck is he in the team? Reminds me of when we picked Mark Richardson in the ODI team.

Anywho… great to see we are back to fielding our 2nd or 3rd XI as soon as the World Cup is over

That's a good memory cos it only happened four times.

Fair to say he was more of a gun in the longest form of the game.

I get your point though, Latham, Conway and Jamieson should be resting up for England in June.

Third T20 is on.

We had SA 46/5, but they've come back somewhat to 102/7...wait make that 103/8.

Still five overs to go!

WTF Mokoena is the highest run scorer for SA. Poor bowling effort the last 3 or 4 overs.

@1kiwi Annoyingly, we had him caught behind in the last over, but none of the players realised.

Mark Richardson and I did though - so I suspect quite a few people watching telly wondered why there was no appeal.

..so they make 136/9 but could have been 126.

A bit annoying - those 10 runs might be the difference between a poor and a modest total.