Woke up at stupid o clock this morning. Bloody birds wake up early in British summer. So thought I’d set it up for gumboot.
How many boundaries did NZ get during the tournament?ScarfaceClaw wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:00 am What happens if it is a draw? Do NZ claim a moral victory when the ICC bow to pressure from BCCI and award it to India?
Onya, mate.Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:28 am Woke up at stupid o clock this morning. Bloody birds wake up early in British summer. So thought I’d set it up for gumboot.
I will claim a moral victory if that happens. Look at our poor guys in the OP - six of them don’t even warrant having faces.ScarfaceClaw wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:00 am What happens if it is a draw? Do NZ claim a moral victory when the ICC bow to pressure from BCCI and award it to India?
Good read.Thor Sedan wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:27 am Good article about the rise of NZ cricket.
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story ... to-the-top
Mature Bazz is pretty impressive Bazz.
To be honest it sounds like one of the key differences to now, was in replacing the pitches.Asked once what it was like to bat with McCullum during one of McCullum's most explosive innings, he replied: "I kinda felt like I was the library in a theme park."
Eventually, NZC began to understand the inadequacy of their first-class surfaces and relaid most of them. It was almost as if only upon finding Williamson that it occurred to them that it might be helpful to have more like him
Very much this.Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:10 am
To be honest it sounds like one of the key differences to now, was in replacing the pitches.
Eventually, NZC began to understand the inadequacy of their first-class surfaces and relaid most of them. It was almost as if only upon finding Williamson that it occurred to them that it might be helpful to have more like him
What.a.cock
Speaking 24 hours out from the game in Southampton, in which India take on New Zealand after a two-year cycle that was nearly derailed by the pandemic, Kohli was asked whether this was the biggest Test match of a career already assured of its place in history.
“No, for me this is another Test match that has to be played,” Kohli replied. “I think these things are very exciting from the outside, where there is so much importance and so much extra stuff attached to one game. It sort of becomes do or die.
“But for us as a team, we have been on a quest for excellence for a while now and we will continue to be on that path regardless of what happens in this game. It is no different for us, no more important for us than the first Test we played together as a young group of players. The mindset remains the same.”
The location makes it lame. Southampton is a shite ground. If it was Lords, MCG or even a packed Wanderers it would be a much bigger event.Ymx wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:15 amWhat.a.cock
Speaking 24 hours out from the game in Southampton, in which India take on New Zealand after a two-year cycle that was nearly derailed by the pandemic, Kohli was asked whether this was the biggest Test match of a career already assured of its place in history.
“No, for me this is another Test match that has to be played,” Kohli replied. “I think these things are very exciting from the outside, where there is so much importance and so much extra stuff attached to one game. It sort of becomes do or die.
“But for us as a team, we have been on a quest for excellence for a while now and we will continue to be on that path regardless of what happens in this game. It is no different for us, no more important for us than the first Test we played together as a young group of players. The mindset remains the same.”
Stupid question mind.
Should be ok tomorrow but every other day looks dodgy
I could imagine this as the haunted face of a captain (too shocked to have removed his pads and helmet) who has just seen his side bowled out for 25.Monkey Magic wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:17 am Simple, knock india off in the 30min of cricket available in the next 2 days - at the same time removing NZ from the lowest test total record - open with cdg slogging for an hour. Bowl them out in the last 20min of the sixth day.
Total match time 1hr 40min, images of kohli pulling angry facials 3820.
Oh to dream. If he is that quiet there is serious damage being done to him.Jb1981 wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:44 amI could imagine this as the haunted face of a captain (too shocked to have removed his pads and helmet) who has just seen his side bowled out for 25.Monkey Magic wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:17 am Simple, knock india off in the 30min of cricket available in the next 2 days - at the same time removing NZ from the lowest test total record - open with cdg slogging for an hour. Bowl them out in the last 20min of the sixth day.
Total match time 1hr 40min, images of kohli pulling angry facials 3820.
Which is why they’ve also scheduled six days of rain.Gumboot wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:08 am First session washed out so the toss has been delayed. Looks like the whole day's a goneburger. As my wise old uncle used to say, never trust an English summer.
Bugger.
On the bright side, there will still be five days of play scheduled after this.
ScarfaceClaw wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:16 amWhich is why they’ve also scheduled six days of rain.Gumboot wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:08 am First session washed out so the toss has been delayed. Looks like the whole day's a goneburger. As my wise old uncle used to say, never trust an English summer.
Bugger.
On the bright side, there will still be five days of play scheduled after this.
