1st ODI: New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton on Feb 19, 2017

[JJ]

146/6 after 29

Only s Williamson, Brownlie and maybe Neesham getting going

Good Lord Santner is a myth the media sycophants starting with Channel 9 have pushed hard on his calm demeanour and moderate talent

 

[Bazal]

Southee and De BigMan have done a great job at the death

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

25 runs off the last over. Still advantage South Africa but it gives NZ something competitive to bowl to.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Good Lord Santner is a myth the media sycophants starting with Channel 9 have pushed hard on his calm demeanour and moderate talent

How is he higher in the batting order than degrandhomme? Or even southee in odis?

 

[Meth]

Santner is the worst kind of allrounder- up to it with neither bat nor ball.

 

[Rod]

How is he higher in the batting order than degrandhomme? Or even southee in odis?

They sent him in ahead of de Grandhomme to stabilise because there were so many overs left, which allowed de Grandhomme and Southee to go ham at the end. They nailed that call IMO.

 

[JJ]

Nah Santner needs to play some 1st class cricket, he's not proven he's up to it

Funny now they like the mature bats - Brownlie and Broom, but the same love isn't shown to mature spin bowling all rounders, there are a few in the country that would go at least as well as Santner

 

[JJ]

And why the f**k can't Sodhi bowl a red cricket ball halfway decently?!?!?!?

 

[JJ]

Fair player de Kock, not quite Wade-esque but handy

 

[Iafeta]

Inability for the top order to play cross bat shots to tall bowlers who can hit the wicket has hurt NZ. What about ABDs record. Averages over 53 at a strike rate of 100 and he would have kept in a number of those matches. Has to be up there with the likes of Sir Viv, that's quite incredible really.

 

[Iafeta]

Wow. Southee on a hat trick.

I love seeing a NZ wicket that's turning

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

4 wickets for 9 runs. That's one way to get back into the contest.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

South Africa favourites aslong as AB is out there.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Surely we only require De GrandPlod to bowl 4 overs.

 

[Iafeta]

Gee that was pretty awful batting from Morris. Another over of him supporting ABD and it was all over. Dumb cricket

 

[Iafeta]

Part time keeper. They could hurt.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Picking Sodhi to be the winning/losing of this. Just don't know which direction it will land.

 

[Iafeta]

Don't think WASP is taking into consideration how good ABD is. 33%? Please. He's GOAT material.

 

[Iafeta]

Why on the DRS do we have to go through whether he hit it when it's so abundantly clear it's missing another set? What a waste of time

 

[Meth]

Come on Southee