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#2798525 21-Oct-2021 10:21

TeaLeaf:
Ish Sodhi the standout yet again, much like last season with the white ball.

25 runs and 3 wickets in a t20, not bad.

NZ had that game won, still cant believe the slide, forget how many runs but the middle essentially gone for not many. Still, considering the players not in the team, if the middle was bolstered, good to know we competitive with Eng.

Really need to take the pressure off Jamo as his batting is now being impacted, hes a far better batsman than this, in fact he was an opener. Dont want to see him go the way of Southee, even though he has more batting talent than Southee had, southee was a real all rounder at the start of his career.

NZ selections over Munro have come to haunt us imo, Id have Munro and Guptill opening if he was in the squad, if not Finn Allen, one of the two needed to be picked. Showing a real lack of batting ability with preference for very average all rounders. Given both Phillips and Williamson are as good a spinners as Santner, I do not see why the need for Astle to take a slot in the 16 man squad.... just my 2c.

Clearly 8 bowlers is too many all rounders. It will be between Santner and Astle for the big games, not sure which way they will go but based on this non event Id errr on the side of history and go with Santner's accuracy even if somewhat predictable, he can get it in the slot consistently I'd slide Jamieson up to 7 and have the Nesham come in after him. Tough choice between Boult and Lockie, Im going Fergusson who was up there with Sodhi last season before injury and rotate southee and boult

Tough group, Pak and Ind, but I think if we are good enough we should be able to beat one of them with our best team.

Full Scorecard of England vs New Zealand Warm-up 2021/22 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com

Middle order not doing too well. I’m glad Guptill has been doing well in the 2 warm up games so far. It would have been nice to have Munro in the playing 11, think he could have help the Blackcaps win a world cup.

This is the playing XI I want:
1. Guptill
2. Mitchell
3. Williamson
4. Conway
5. Philips
6. Siefert (wk)
7. Neesham
8. Santner
9. Ferguson/Southee/Milne
10. Sodhi
11. Boult

Depending on the situation Conway and Mitchell can be switched around.
As much as I want to pick Jamieson he has not been doing too well since the IPL in both India and the UAE and could be a big risk to select him in the team as he has been leaking a lot of runs in the T20 games so far in India and UAE so that’s why I have Neesham instead.
I think it’s better for Siefert to be the wicketkeeper and bat at No 6 so Conway can focus on his batting as he hasn’t played much in sub continent conditions.
Since Boult is a left arm fast bowler he is an automatic selection in the team so it would be a battle between Ferguson/Southee/Milne for the Right arm fast bowler position. My money is on Ferguson but if they think a fast medium bowler is better for the conditions then pick Southee.

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#2801909 27-Oct-2021 11:50

Today was not a good day for the Blackcaps. Pakistan played really well and they pulled through in the end of their batting innings when there was a chance that the Blackcaps might win. I don’t know what the Blackcaps were thinking by bringing in Neesham in at 4 before Conway. At that time they still needed to have a solid batting partnership and I would still have bought in Conway and Philips before Neesham.

Ferguson is out for the whole tournament. At least they selected Milne as backup.

If the Blackcaps don’t beat India on Monday I think Blackcaps chances of making the semis will be extremely low.

The match on Monday against India is going to be played at Dubai International Stadium. The previous two games in the IPL at this ground have been high scores with batting and fast bowlers doing the work for the team. The par winning score on this ground is 180-190 runs.

My XI against India at this ground.

1. Guptill
2. Mitchell
3. Williamson
4. Conway
5. Philips
6. Siefert (wk)
7. Neesham
8. Santner/Sodhi
9. Southee
10. Milne
11. Boult

If they don’t want to risk playing one specialist spinner for this match then they could play this XI instead with either Mitchell or Neesham being our medium bowler. Batting wise my money on Mitchell but bowling wise Neesham.

1. Guptill
2. Conway
3. Williamson
4. Philips
5. Siefert (wk)
6. Mitchell/Nessham
7. Santner
8. Southee
9. Sodhi
10. Milne
11. Boult

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#2802027 27-Oct-2021 14:38

Based on the bowling attacks of the 12 countries in the T20 world cup I can't go past England, Australia, India and Pakistan being the 4 semi finalists.

I think it will be a bowlers tournament and their attacks are the best by a margin in my opinion.

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#2802029 27-Oct-2021 14:43

Jas777:
Based on the bowling attacks of the 12 countries in the T20 world cup I can't go past England, Australia, India and Pakistan being the 4 semi finalists.

I think it will be a bowlers tournament and their attacks are the best by a margin in my opinion.

If we somehow beat India on Monday, the Blackcaps still have a chance at making the semis if they can win every single game from now on. The Blackcaps need to make sure they score a lot of runs and get teams out cheaply if they want to avoid a situation that we might not get through to semis due to net run rate.

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#2804533 31-Oct-2021 08:16

I just got back from seeing England pump Australia by 8 wickets.

It’s very apparent the effect the toss is having on this World Cup. It’s not quite win the toss - win the game but it’s close. I think 2 games have been won out of 14 matches by the side batting first.

You can feel when the dew comes in and it changes the game. It’s really introducing a huge element of luck into the game.

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#2805016 1-Nov-2021 06:57

That was great. It was another win by the side batting second but we were on the right side of the toss this time.

There was a great atmosphere at the ground and the Indian supporters are wonderful. Friendly, generous and very gracious in defeat. I am really glad I went and it was a special win from a very special team.

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#2805023 1-Nov-2021 07:40

I also must add that the mostly Indian crowd gave Mohammed Shami a huge spontaneous ovation when he came on to bowl. After the vile Islamophobic stuff he has copped this week it was very cool.

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#2809448 8-Nov-2021 16:58

Another very competent display to book a place in the semis. Despite some of the posts on here NZ has an extremely well run set up and are very consistent these days. I took the kids to the Namibia game which they mostly enjoyed.

England still look the pick of the teams but if we can bat second in Dubai we've got a great chance of tipping them up.

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#2809449 8-Nov-2021 17:02

Handle9:
Another very competent display to book a place in the semis. Despite some of the posts on here NZ has an extremely well run set up and are very consistent these days. I took the kids to the Namibia game which they mostly enjoyed.

England still look the pick of the teams but if we can bat second in Dubai we've got a great chance of tipping them up.

If NZ are sent in to bat first they need to get at least 190-200 runs to have a chance at winning the match against Eng.

Who do you reckon will be in the final. I hope it will be NZ vs Aus in the final like the 2015 ODI World Cup.

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#2809542 8-Nov-2021 19:03

I'll be watching live. Ugh 3am. Part of me thinks its like the AB's, beat the low teams then struggle against real teams. Im not sure if the bat second is as strong now as it apparently has been, @Handle9 will know that. But with India out (I think) it does look like a real opportunity. We have plenty of batters that can shine

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#2809543 8-Nov-2021 19:05

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I'll be watching live. Ugh 3am. Part of me thinks its like the AB's, beat the low teams then struggle against real teams. Im not sure if the bat second is as strong now as it apparently has been, @Handle9 will know that. But with India out (I think) it does look like a real opportunity. We have plenty of batters that can shine

It's still very humid here. Batting second at night is a huge advantage.

India is about as "real" a team as there is. They lost two crucial tosses and are knocked out.

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#2809547 8-Nov-2021 19:22

Handle9:

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I'll be watching live. Ugh 3am. Part of me thinks its like the AB's, beat the low teams then struggle against real teams. Im not sure if the bat second is as strong now as it apparently has been, @Handle9 will know that. But with India out (I think) it does look like a real opportunity. We have plenty of batters that can shine

It's still very humid here. Batting second at night is a huge advantage.

India is about as "real" a team as there is. They lost two crucial tosses and are knocked out.

Tks for that. If its humid there, does that burn off at night? Leaving the second batting side having an easier job and the bowlers less assistance?

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#2809549 8-Nov-2021 19:27

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Handle9:

It's still very humid here. Batting second at night is a huge advantage.

India is about as "real" a team as there is. They lost two crucial tosses and are knocked out.

Tks for that. If its humid there, does that burn off at night? Leaving the second batting side having an easier job and the bowlers less assistance?

It's the other way round. It's a white ball so it stops swinging quickly.

Dubai particularly is a bit two paced batting first. At night as it cools down the dew comes in and the ball skids and is hard for the bowlers to grip. You'll see them wipe the ball constantly in the last 10 overs.

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#2809567 8-Nov-2021 19:44

Handle9:

It's the other way round. It's a white ball so it stops swinging quickly.

Dubai particularly is a bit two paced batting first. At night as it cools down the dew comes in and the ball skids and is hard for the bowlers to grip. You'll see them wipe the ball constantly in the last 10 overs.

Ah, ok, it never made sense, but I get it now, tks again

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#2810905 10-Nov-2021 22:57

Well here we are lads, with an opportunity to make right the WC2019 draw.

We clearly missed Guppy game 1, but I had Pak as top 4 from the start and I think will beat Aus, despite Zampa.

The big thing for us has been Boult, Sodhi has had some good games too, but Boult is the stand out (aside from Guptils 95)

Im a bit torn, I wanted Mitchell in our team a long time ago, but I prefer Conway opening, especially as its not likely a huge spin attack. Need two openers who can take the pace apart and put 200 on the board.

Also conflicted over Santner, that was the worst bowling Ive ever seen from him against Afg. but hes very much rocks or diamonds with accuracy, he could come back strong.

Personally Id play Jamieson, yes hes struggled in t20, but he can bat, he should be up near phillips not down the order. His long leavers, he has a glorious drive, in fact hes a very similar batsman to Guppy, If he has a couple of bad overs, easy, replace him with Phillips who is prob our 2nd best spinner and Williamson as we know is always under bowled. I say stack the team with batsmen. With Boult being the only outright bowler (southee can tonk).|

They won 4 in a row as is, so likely Santner will stay, which is too defensive imo.

1 Martin Guptill, 2Devon Conway (wk) , 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Jamieson 7 James Neesham, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult.

Thats how Id go, we need the extra batting of Jamieson. Big call, but some matches a suited to certain players. I think his bouncer off a good length would freak some of the Eng batsmen out who havnt seen too much of him yet.

If we stick with Santner, lets hope like anything that we do not need batting services in the middle-tail. In saying that think our bowling will either win or lose this match, so Santner finding miracle form with ultra pace off low Econ could be a winner as well.

Cricinfo;
"with three first-innings totals of 189 or more in the last five games - including India's 210 for 2 against Afghanistan, the highest at any of the three grounds in the main event. More of the same might be in prospect on a pitch that Santner has already predicted will be "tough" for bowlers."

Anybody staying up or you got the alarm clocks on? Im going to see it through I think.

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