Some of those balls were unplayable. The one to Ross Taylor in particular swung in the last metre or so of flight. Can't feel bad about missing it.

Probably the best synopsis of Smith's batting I've seen. 'If Smith was Indian, his technique would just be accepted' via ESPNCricinfo app http://es.pn/ciapp

@Virgil said in CWC - The Other Semi Final: @Donsteppa said in CWC - The Other Semi Final: Ouch. https://www.betootaadvocate.com/sports/australias-hopes-for-national-sporting-success-now-pinned-on-wallabies/ Australia’s Hopes For National Sporting Success Now Pinned On Wallabies WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT In a frightening prospect for our country, national hopes for sporting success are now pinned on the national Rugby Union team. Following months of expectation, excitement and positivity, the country’s women’s soccer team and now men’s cricket team have had their hopes for glory dashed. This comes after the old foe knocked us out of the World Cup in the Semi-Final overnight after a commanding display with the ball. The 8 wicket victory for the English leaves Australia now looking to the last remaining notable World Cup this year for glory. “Fuck,” said a spokesperson for the nation out the front of the Lord Kidman Hotel in the Old City District this morning. “This is not good. Pinning anything other than disappointment on the Wallabies is a bad, bad idea.” “And now we are pinning our hopes for national glory on them.” “Jesus this is bad. Let’s hope New Zealand’s first three strings of teams all go down injured and the Fijian’s have a bad day when we come up against them in the group.” The spokesperson explained how after an Origin defeat on Wednesday night and the impending bottom of the ladder finish for his baby Broncos he’s feeling desperate. “Let’s go you Wallabies I guess” “At least we’ve got Ash Barty.” Netball? World championships start just as cricket finishes but worryingly for oz the diamonds are not expected to win especially after losing the final of the comm games at home to the poms. Jamaica are also a shot at the title Silver Ferns will rely on a favourable draw to make the semis - sound familiar- but then will crash and burn

Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted:

yeah yeah, brand new approach amazing attacking mindset - did the poms invent it? or should the credit go to mccullum? gilchrist? or romesh kaluwitharana? paddy greatbatch going down the pitch to the WI quicks in '92? viv richards? same old, same old.

@MN5 said in CWC Game #9 Black Caps v England: @Godder said in CWC Game #9 Black Caps v England: Paddles, M Crowe and Bond would be my pool to choose from, but at this point, any one of Astle, Harris, C Cairns, Smith/Parore/McCullum, Greatbatch and Dipak Patel would be a starter. Your specs are tinted with a shitload of rose in some cases here. For sure, current world cup form compared to the 1992 World Cup is playing a part...

@mariner4life said in CWC Game #8 Black Caps v Australia: Smithy's mates "smithy put the fork down champ, you're starting to look like a party balloon" Smithy "haha yea probably right mate, I'll skip breakfast tomorrow and wank on about how i am "intermittent fasting"" some yappy aussie fuckwit "haw haw smithy you fat fluffybunny" Smithy "fuck right off Slats you giant douchebag" Slats is such a throwback. I heard on Newstalk ZB ( only station I can get in the work car ) that Doctors aren't allowed to tell someone they're obese anymore cos it might hurt their feelings. Maybe Smithy can take Slats for a PG ?

@Number-10 said in CWC Game #6 Black Caps v West Indies: NZ ODI batting record achieved by Kane Williamson in this match. With consecutive innings of 79* (v Afghanistan), 106* (v SA), and 148 (v WI) he scored 333 runs before being dismissed. This beats the NZ record held by Chris Harris of 320 ODI runs before being dismissed, achieved over nine matches May 1997-January 1998 with consecutive scores of: 26*, 77*, 29*, 18*, 52*, 9*, 37*, 62*, 10 Wow, and we wank on about Michael Bevan.....fantastic effort that. Sorry for ever laughing at your hair, thinking you were a poor mans Cairnsy and ever doubting you "Harry"

@Siam "The other impressive part of the chase was the way Williamson and company played Imran Tahir. For the premier legspinner to go wicketless showed a clear, smart gameplan in terms of identifying where the main risk was". Tahir should have had a wicket or two, we were certainly helped by a dropped catch or two and Williamson could have easily been out a few times. Hopefully we have the middle order and tail to deal with this outcome if it occurs at the pointy end of the comp

@TeWaio said in CWC Game #4 Black Caps v India: India breathe a sigh of relief We'll let em off with a warning.... this time.

@MN5 said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @MN5 said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @MN5 said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @MN5 said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in CWC Game #3 Black Caps vs Afghanistan: Henry at 8 overs for 50. Bowling at the best possible time. Bloody waste of a bowling spot. I know, forget the seven wickets he's taken previously. He's shit. Neesham took 5 in this game alone you must think he is an elite world class bowler.. Definitely not although it's still a wonderful achievement. Henry has a spot in the team. Like it or not. Great argument. He has a spot in team so should not be dropped... genius. Well certainly not on the back of one lackluster performance, no. Otherwise we'll be getting rid of Boult too. But you can always console yourself with the thought that Southee may have done better. One lacklustre. He is nearly always lacklustre. This game was just more evidence of the point I made about Henry before the game. He get's a few wickets for someone so lackluster. I guess he's just really, really lucky. A lot of the time. What current ability? The ability to only bowl at the best times to bowl or the ability to bowl pies?

@LABCAT kind of my point. An afternoon T20 seems a waste

I agree with the above, have Henry AND Southee to cover opening + death bowling, and mug off Colin bigman. Henry/Southee will together probably produce as many runs in the last 5-7overs slogging, and if CDG comes in with 15 overs+ to bat we're probably screwed at that point anyway. I reckon our best team is: Guppy Nicholls Kane Rossco Latham (wk) Neesham Satnav Southee Henry Ferguson Boult

@Siam said in CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka: @MN5 in reality you just don't catch a ball with a lot of grass around like that replay showed Your fingers are either under the ball or not touching the ball. You can't splay your fingers around the ball and have it grounded simultaneously. Your either get it on the tightest of half volleys or you get your fingers on under the ball but not above each blade of grass, like the replay showed. This 2d camera distortion happens a lot and the catcher always looks pissed off. He's not cheating, it's because that catch is out hundreds of times at practice and in non televised games I'll have another look now I'm slightly more awake.

Basically. From the ICC funding POV. NZC have more money. However it is structured i n a way that is is weighted to the backend of the contract period whihc is only 4 ears away - they have a windfall about 2 to 3 years way. But they can't budget well enough, or hold their nerve, for a few years of losses, and are prepared to taker the sword to domestic cricket costs. When the windfall arrives in 2 years time, will the 60 domestic players have retired early to get real jobs because they were about to be made semi-pro for 2 years come back? Or will Plunket Shield have had a generation ripped out of them? Similar to how the disastrous Cricekt Academey ripped a generation of domestic pace bowlers out of Plunket Shield for a decade (the 2000s) due to bio-dynamics/re-modelling breaking them permanently? The other major funding source; broadcasting. Is referred to as ""As a rights holder it's not a bad market to be in," So this whole thing is over the structure of the ICC payments.

@NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC: @MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC: @NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC: @MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC: @NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC: Saw the first 10 overs and thought we were in a bit of trouble on a fairly good deck. Well done saffers. Enjoy the flight home. England will be tougher with Roy in the lineup. Toss will be critical. Let's go Craps: smack Kohl's boys to cause the upset of the tournament. I’m not buying this nice guy act for a second. I bet you’re also on some Indian version of the Silver fern urging them to smash us. I can't handle one page of you lot slobbering for Kane's man juices. You think I'm going to hang with Indian fans discussing Kohli? Well, you'd get that and bobs and vagene pics. Except they have no bobs OR vagene. That's why they are asking for cutie pls to show them sexi Actually you do make a good point. We love KW and do wank on about him quite a bit. More than you guys do. That's probably cos Australia has had about 10-15 batsmen at KWs level in their history and are used to it. fluffybunnies.

@KiwiPie said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @booboo said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @KiwiPie said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @Hooroo said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @KiwiPie said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @Rapido said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @Cyclops said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: @mariner4life said in New Zealand V Bangladesh Test III: good, been resting on his laurels, what's he done for us lately? Apart from the runs, the leadership, the holding together of our batting order in tough conditions, and the occasional spin bowling, what's Williamson ever done for us! Hes been pretty handy in the gully. He's made a great contribution to non-manicured beards. Big pressure on Will Young - weak opposition so everyone expects him to hit a 100 and this could be the only chance he gets for a while. Maybe this test won't go ahead after the Mosque shooting? Didn't find out about this until I saw this post and thought "a mosque shooting in Bangladesh?" I found out 9/11 on a Notts County forum in the morning following the action of cup game we were playing. There was a guy posting from New York and somehow said "so glad you're OK". Probably says a lot about me and my priorities of staying updated with events .... Genuine question: where do you live and how did you avoid it? Tauranga and I was head down at work .... didn't mean I didn't know until the moment I just posted! It was a couple of hours after it was news. Shows that everyone else at work was head down as well .... You're a true asset to your company!

Here comes Sachin!... Crazy to see how long John Wright was the amount the leading run scorers too.

@Cyclops said in NZ v Bangladesh Test #1: @KiwiPie said in NZ v Bangladesh Test #1: Top Batting Averages since the start of 2014 for players with over 30 tests http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=30;qualval1=matches;spanmin1=1+jan+2014;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting And in Henry Nicholls (who is just above Latham if you drop the qualifier to 20 tests) and the argument for this being our best batting line up ever looks pretty solid. no argument. I thought the fern settled that around January....even more compelling with Raval getting a ton...