Cricket: NZ vs England
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@Yeahtheboys said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Billy-Webb Watling has always been a G.O.A.T under pressure. Would love to see his average when under press vs with no pressure on. When there is no pressure he doesn’t cash in as much as other batsmen to pad their stats
Stubborn Saffa genes: Don't know when you're supposed to be beaten.
Although before I claim too much of him - I know he left SA as a young child and pretty much learnt his cricket in NZ.
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@Billy-Webb yeah I'd had the impression he was a saffa then I saw/heard his interview and figured I was wrong.
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@SynicBast said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@SynicBast ploise exploin? Who said such things?
And who are:
Burns
Sibly
Denley
Pope
Curran
Leach
??a fair few fluffybunnies on twitter. I would actually add Root to that list given his batting record as captain is verging on Bothamesque captaincy batting. The only reason he still ranks on the rating board is historical weight of runs but he hasn't scored a century in some time.
That was pretty much my list of "Who's That?" from the Poms. The others I've ar least heard of.
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@MajorRage said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Bones said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@booboo the pundit on sky UK was aghast at the efforts of England especially when you compared them to their kiwi counterparts (e.g. You'd take Stokes over CDG everyday, it's a no brainier).
I probably would.
I see Jofra is now claiming racist abuse.
Who from?
His own team should be abusing him.
First time I've watched much of him (went to sleep during the CWC Final - fuck load of good that did us ... ) and was underwhelmed.
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@Mokey said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I know Broad had to review being the last wicket and all, but that was SO plum. Also the delivery from Wagner that Santner took that screamer catch off was truly awful. Almost unfair that a ball that ugly gets a wicket. Buttler's leave was one of the worst I've seen.
Would have been cool for Santner to get a 5-for, but he didn't bowl quite as well today. Was pleasing to see Wagner amped and firing.
We loves Wags.
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@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@mariner4life said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
an unsurprising home win for the #2 ranked side in world cricket. Very nice to perform to expectations
Wagner gets points for enthusiasm alone, I miss that extra buzz that himself or Bmac brought to the team.
He
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@SynicBast ploise exploin? Who said such things?
And who are:
Burns
Sibly
Denley
Pope
Curran
Leach
??I watched a fair bit of the Ashes and am familiar with most of these. This is a young England team, not a 2nd 11.
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@Billy-Webb said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Caught up with this test match over the weekend.
Bloody hell - where did Watling suddenly find this form? And no doubt it is not suddenly - it just took me by surprise since i haven't been paying a ton of cricket attention since the proteas seem to be so sucky.Speaking of which... do you blokes mind if we take Wagner and Watling please? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Well done the Black Caps. Great way to usher in a new test venue.
Aroundabout 10 years ago.
BJ been in NZ since he was 10 apparently - so mits off.
My absolute hero growing up was Smithy. Being a keeper and all. And since then Blain and BMac been the GOAT keepers.
But BJ has been there for a few years now.
Faaark a year or so back 3,500 runs, 8 tons averaging 40+ puts him in the conversation about the greatest batsmen for NZ, not just keeper/batsmen.
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@Billy-Webb said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Caught up with this test match over the weekend.
Bloody hell - where did Watling suddenly find this form? And no doubt it is not suddenly - it just took me by surprise since i haven't been paying a ton of cricket attention since the proteas seem to be so sucky.Speaking of which... do you blokes mind if we take Wagner and Watling please? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Well done the Black Caps. Great way to usher in a new test venue.
Oh. And piss off re Wags.
We loves Wags.
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@MajorRage said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I see Jofra is now claiming racist abuse.
What's that about? I watched almost every ball and saw nothing.
Sounds like some idiot gave it to him when he walked off the field. NZC trying to locate the guy.
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By the way fuck Foxtel.
Apparently channel 507 are meant to show highlights of Day 5 at 6:30.
Surfing.
Fucking surfing.
Still fucking surfing when it's meant to highlights Aus v Pak.
Surfing.
Meant to be replay of highlights Nzl v Eng at 8:30. Will wait and see.
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BTW ...
Best entertainment last couple of days was @KiwiPie versing @Baron-Silas-Greenback
Don't dis Of Plenty ...
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You know what’s so pleasing about this performance for me?
When the Black Caps were the laughing stock of test cricket, we’d sometimes have a couple of sessions where we’d dominate a top team, say have them 5 or 6 down for bugger all. Then inevitably someone in the opposition team would save the day with a big tonne or a bag of wickets and we’d go back to being shit.
Man it pissed me off, those bloody good teams always had someone that would stand up and perform when required under pressure to steal the game away from us again.
Well guess what, the Black Caps are now that good team who can soak up the pressure of being dominated for periods, before someone always puts their hand up when the team needs them the most.
It’s certainly a golden age of NZ cricket, soak it up people.
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@Billy-Webb said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Speaking of which... do you blokes mind if we take Wagner and Watling please? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Shame that the Kolpak rule has gutted RSA cricket through the export of talent although does Brexit mean Kolpak won't apply anymore as it's an EU ruling not a UK one?
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@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
It’s certainly a golden age of NZ cricket, soak it up people.
I certainly intend to. My Cricket following days started with the Tour of the Windies in 72 - so I've sort of seen the best eras and the most underperforming ones as well
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@SynicBast said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Billy-Webb said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Speaking of which... do you blokes mind if we take Wagner and Watling please? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Shame that the Kolpak rule has gutted RSA cricket through the export of talent although does Brexit mean Kolpak won't apply anymore as it's an EU ruling not a UK one?
My understanding of it is that if Brexit happens, then Kolpak rule disappears for the UK. (I can't swear how quickly though).
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BTW.
Foxtel.
Fuck you.
Advertise cricket highlights, play fucking cricket highlights
Don't want to see surfing or fucking soccer.
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The more that result settles, the more satisfying it becomes.
To get an innings victory after a team has scored over 350 batting first feels like a significant win.
There were at most two periods inthe game where the English were ahead (just before Stokes got out and when Kane got out) and in the first case when we got an opening we were pretty ruthless and in the second we kept calm and pretty much the entire middle order stepped up.
Finally, Watling's innings was a truly special one and belongs in the pantheon of the all time great NZ innings. He looked like he could have batted another day if the match situation hadn't asked him to hit out. It was particularly special since it contributed to a win. Too many of our great innings are rear guards that delay the inevitable or force a draw.
