NZ tour of India

[Rapido]

@mariner4life said in NZ tour of India:

the fuck is the point of going to India without Williamson and Southee?

As a series in of it's own, none. There's no point in any bilateral white ball series anymore. They are just filler. And money for the hosts.

But, there is an extremely major ICC tournament happening in India later this year. So, from that POV there is huge value for about 60% of this squad.

[Canes4life]

Sodhi now out of game 1 due to injury:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/300786580/black-caps-suffer-injury-blow-with-ish-sodhi-ruled-out-of-opening-odi-v-india

[LABCAT]

Santner takes a huge wicket!!!

[LABCAT]

Damn, Latham misses both a catch and a stumping chance.

[booboo]

Damn. Tommy dumps the edge (and misses the stumping), then Gill brings up 50 with a six

[booboo]

@LABCAT snap

[booboo]

Catches that one off Lockie

[voodoo]

That seemed very much not out to me

[Canerbry]

@voodoo That was an atrocious decision.

[Canerbry]

You can't ship a double century to an Indian batsman in India and expect to win an ODI.

[ACT Crusader]

Sheesh an over to forget for Finn.

Needed him to stick around with a massive total to chase.

[MajorRage]

No chance of us winning really, but Bracewell is playing a beautiful innings here.

Hard to underestimate my anger of learning the game is live on youtube after reading it was on ESPN only early this morning. Would have been great to watch the 200 innings.

[MajorRage]

Bracewell 103 off 57. Got there with a 6.

His IPL price just sky rocketed.

[MajorRage]

50 for Satnav

Partnership of 153 off 98 balls.

[MajorRage]

India woken up again.

Santner goes for 57, I think. Trying to slog over. 59 off 26 needed and India have relearned how to bowl balls which can't be put away.

[MajorRage]

Shipley (who??) bowled second ball.

Oh well, it was fun whilst it lasted.

[MajorRage]

Blimey ... 31 off 14 now, Bracewell still in. Only two wicks left tho ....

[MajorRage]

24 off 12 .... This has been quite something.

[MajorRage]

Ferguson goes .... 22 off now 9 with only 1 wicket in hand. Most importantly ... did the batsman cross?

Only way to win is Bracewell gets them all.

[MajorRage]

No, looks like didn't cross. Shit.