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Ultimate Geek

#2855765 24-Jan-2022 15:27

TeaLeaf:
Has been a weird 12 hours of cricket/sport.

I thought Adelaide got immensely lucky last night, thought SThunder had that game under control. West Indies got robbed IMO today, the #9 scored something like 40 of 15 but 2 of those balls were definitely wide and WI lost it by 1 run. Then the LA Rams let T Brady and the Bucs back into an extra time, letting 3TDs in he last 7 minutes, but strangely got a hail mary down field and spiked the ball to stop time to setup for the field goal and the LA Rams won with 0 time left on the clock,

Now Finn Allen is looking to be back in form after last week and today he has crushed Southee and Boult and Sodhi. 54/21,

Bracewell going with him at ~12rpo after 7

And now its Santners turn.

ND Brave, with all these BCs, hardly Brave with a stacked team getting smashed. And nothing t20 like, its just all great classic cricket shots from Finn and Bracewell.

AS win by 6 runs vs ST (ST should have won that. Unlucky with the call of Khawaja wicket. That should have been not out.
SA win by 6 runs vs India.
Eng win by 1 run vs WI.

Definitely a weird 12 hours of cricket. 3 close games.

Nice to see Wellington going after the Blackcaps bowlers in ND. Can’t wait to see the likes of Sears bowling on this pitch.

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TeaLeaf

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Uber Geek

#2855768 24-Jan-2022 15:32

Dochart:

Nice to see Wellington going after the Blackcaps bowlers in ND.

Definitely. Bracewell has been in form for Welli too. Blackcaps and ex BCs got pasted.

Blunders is trying noddle it likes hes opening a test match again. Bracewell having to hit the boundaries.

Edit: Wow what a 6 from Bracewell for his 50, over the scoreboard, thats got to be 105m+

Welli have a lot of big hitters left too.

Edit: Thank goodness Blunders is out 2/6, great hitting champ ;-p

edit: rippr catch from Jeet Raval, unlike that one for Uzi last night. They said last night the player would have felt he caught it, I dunno, it clearly bounced up when it hits the ground, how can a fielder not feel that, I get ones where you have your fingers around it. That was such a rubbish example last night of why we need to get rid of the soft call from the umpire, they will never be reasonably sure with catches like that so it should always just go up, we dont know, please let us know. And if the tech cant tell us then it goes in the batsmans favour automatically.

Now Welli are falling apart. Welli should have scored 240 after that start, lucky to get 200 now. Great innings again from Bracewell though. But it felt when Blundell came in the brakes went on hard on the run rate and hasnt stopped since.

TeaLeaf

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#2855777 24-Jan-2022 15:52

Both Ravindra and Smith are not big hitters. But hope to see Ravindra show some quality shots and steer this to 200

Last 3 wickets for 14 runs, eeek.

Edit: Oh dear Smith clean bowled by the part time spinner with extreme turn.

Van Beek can tonk it. Welli just need to go 8rpo next few overs then put the foot down again and will get 200.

I feel Finn Allen has earnt the right to be an Auckland Cricket player again, lol. Would nice, Guppy, Finn Allen, George Worker, Glenn Phillips and more.

TeaLeaf

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#2855790 24-Jan-2022 16:10

Oh dear, Santner bamboozles Ravindra. I am increasingly noting Ravindra as a nuffie and questioning his selection over Phillips in India let alone Santner himself. We could have had 3 spinners, 3 pace bowlers and batted deep to KJ. Very odd tour, not where you test your team out, its where you take your best team.

Ravindra and Vanbeek have really let this score down. Hit out or get out and not after 10 balls.

Agree with the commentary about Colin DGH not getting a bowl, using Joe Walker as a 6th even, not long ago Colin had opened the bowling in a Test and took 6fa on debut and was NZs choice bowling all rounder but scored runs too, clearly KJ is the bowling all rounder now but Mitchell is the batting all rounder.

Oh no, Peter YH gonnne. What a fail middle to tail from Welli. Thank goodness for Finn and Bracewell

Edit: Oh man now a hat trick ball for Boult.

Shame on Wellington mid-tail. Not a boundary since Bracewell. If they dont get 160 that is pathetic. 50 from 11 overs. They might get bowled out before the 20.

Dochart

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Ultimate Geek

#2855791 24-Jan-2022 16:12

At one point it looked like Wellington were going to score at least 200.

Jas777

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Ultimate Geek

#2855792 24-Jan-2022 16:17

TeaLeaf:

Definitely. Bracewell has been in form for Welli too. Blackcaps and ex BCs got pasted.

Now Welli are falling apart. Welli should have scored 240 after that start, lucky to get 200 now. Great innings again from Bracewell though. But it felt when Blundell came in the brakes went on hard on the run rate and hasnt stopped since.

Great innings from Bracewell? He got out when he needed to carry on. How is it a great innings?

TeaLeaf

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#2855796 24-Jan-2022 16:24

Jas777:

Great innings from Bracewell? He got out when he needed to carry on. How is it a great innings?

Well, in the context of his form it is. He carried them through last match with an amazing innings, he cant be the only players in the team to finish an innings off. Cant put that failure on Bracewell. In t20 nearly every player should be able to clear the fence and finish an innings off. You would hope that somebody other than 2 of the top 3 batsmen could hold a bat. Piss weak batting line up looking at the scorecard. Blundell and Ravindra too similar. N Smith has poor record to be in that early, he is a bowler to be fair more than an AR. Something is missing in there. Reminds me a lot of the NZ Test top 4, if they fail nobody performs beyond.

Edit: Welli have some good spin options, so regardless of the final 10 overs, the 168 is going to be a challenge for ND. Looking forward to Jeet Raval, hes turned into a really good t20 batsman and his traditional shot play is gorgeous to watch.

well done from Smith to get Clarke, he is the backbone of the big hitting for ND this season, looking at their lineup, there is not a lot of depth there either without Williamson.

TeaLeaf

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#2855809 24-Jan-2022 16:56

Blundell for me is too slow, thats why he grassed that thick edge from CDGH and 2 in the tests very similar. He likes to catch on the inside, Im not sure if thats what delays him moving for edges to his left or he is not moving his feet fast enough or a combo of both. He just isnt our best WK batsman. How long do we carry him, given he was only a replacement for Will Young as an Opener, should he have just automatically been given the gloves, not imo. Already contributed to a loss to Bangers, I dont want to see him continuing to make WK mistakes when the only reason he is supposed to be in the team still is as a WK. We can do better both in batting and WK'n imo.

TeaLeaf

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#2857055 27-Jan-2022 11:00

Wow WI smashing England. They were robbed in that last match, so this is karma.

Powell 107 from 52 so far. 11x6s

Pooran 70 off 43.

Eng should post 220.

Edit: Powell just caught end of the 19th. Did the catcher just grass that? Looked like it was in his finger tips and hit the grass before the catch was complete. This is getting absurd these catches with assistance from the turf being allowed. Is different if you catch it and it touches the grass, but you cannot use the ground as assistance to the catch.

WI highest total vs Eng ever, 2nd highest for them ever.

Edit: Eng will need 225. Good luck with that, they have become rubbish. After the 2019 WC final I still feel some annoyance that after international pressure Eng would not concede morally that the match was a draw regardless of the ICC absurd rules. So every time they get pasted I rejoice. NZ should go 3-0 when we tour. We certainly need a white wash either against SA in NZ or Eng in Eng, but cannot afford a loss or 2 draws.

TeaLeaf

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#2857076 27-Jan-2022 11:21

In other news the both SA tests will now be played in CCH not at the Basin. To mitigate omnicron etc.

Here is NZC logic, note all the other matches including Aus and Netherlands Cricket: NZ Cricket announces revised schedule for Blackcaps, White Ferns to limit Omicron risk | Newshub

England on course so far to chase this down 60 off 5.2ov, if you are able it might be worth watching this or keeping an eye on the cricinfo commentary/scorecard https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-2021-22-1256716/west-indies-vs-england-3rd-t20i-1256722/ball-by-ball-commentary

TeaLeaf

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#2857133 27-Jan-2022 12:47

Eng still in this 182/6, with the middle order Salt in and on 42.

End need about 15rpo next 3 overs.

Edit: Eng missed out there. Now need 41 off the 2 overs left. Not impossible but likely fall 10 runs short.

Edit: That will be it, 7 down and Salt at the other end 44 from 19, needed to be the man facing this over. More than 4 runs per ball needed now. Eng goooone.

Dochart

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Ultimate Geek

#2857135 27-Jan-2022 12:49

Super Smash good so far even with the loss of early wickets of Allen and Blundell.

I reckon on this pitch need to have at least 220 to be safe but need 200 min from the Firebirds.

TeaLeaf

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#2857153 27-Jan-2022 13:40

Dochart: Super Smash good so far even with the loss of early wickets of Allen and Blundell.

I reckon on this pitch need to have at least 220 to be safe but need 200 min from the Firebirds.

Gotta say Bracewell HAS to be in the BC t20i selection thinking. Has had some massive innings the last month or so. Scores big again today.

I cant see Cant chasing this down, unless the top 4 perform.

Thats the thing with t20, if you bat first and can put 190+ on board, you should win 19/20 (guess) games or some ridiculously high stat.

Edit: that is if your captain has your bowlers aiming yorkers 6" from the wide line. Restrict runs in the first 10 and its down hill from there. Keep them under the required rate for a few overs and they will chase a ball they shouldnt and get out.

Ben Sears with wind behind him will be pushing mid 150kph.

Dochart

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#2857160 27-Jan-2022 14:03

Bracewell definitely deserves to be part of the Blackcaps T20 squad. He been in fine form this season. Only problem is who would you swap him out for. If Williamson hasn’t recovered I would move Conway to 3 and slot Bracewell at 4.

If the T20 World Cup squad was selected today these are the players who I would select:
Blackcaps T20 XI:
1. Guptill
2. Mitchell
3. Williamson
4. Conway (wk)
5. Phillips
6. Neesham
7. Santner
8. Southee
9. Ferguson
10. Sodhi
11. Boult

Reserves:
12: Milne
13: Munro
14: Latham (wk)
15: Chapman

TeaLeaf

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#2857163 27-Jan-2022 14:11

Dochart: Only problem is who would you swap him out for. If Williamson hasn’t recovered I would move Conway to 3 and slot Bracewell at 4.

I have no issue leaving Williamson out of our t20i fit or not fit. We have plenty enough players who can hit SR160-200 from the first ball.

Very hard to leave Cleaver out given he was the highest scorer until Bracewells last innings and todays Bracewell will be well out in front.

Id definitely play Allen as well, given he still has the highest SR. He is the match winner if he comes off, but he is flip a coin of you either get 80 @ sr200 or he is out early swinging. If you can get 12rpo for 10 overs, that is game over. Finn Allen and Guptil would provide that. He also has opened with Guppy for Auckland so not a huge change to Conway. Id then have Allen WK.

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