4th ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland March 11th 2010

[JJ]

Unless we drop the ball, NZ will get their asses kicked in the test matches

They need a couple of blokes to stand up big time, especially that Bond wont be there, cant keep relying on Vettori

Bollingers form a bit of a worry for us

We were never a serious chance in the test matches, but our batsmen have been pretty ordinary in the odi series... overall, I still maintain it's a series we should have won (given it's at home), and to have lost it by the fourth game isn't good enough....

On Duckworth Lewis, I give up... on that ground, it's hard to defend any score - but just as we were harshly treated by the equation in the other game, Aust were here. You bowled us out in 44 overs.... FFS, you should have been given every advantage, it was a comprehensive effort - and aside from some late hitting by Tuffey and Bond the score might have been about 200 anyway - how you ended up having to chase 200 off 34 puzzles me - I have't looked into it, but do they treat the NZ innings as 44, rather than 50 (which surely they should, not Aust's fault we were too inept to bat 50)

 

[Bracko]

Unless we drop the ball, NZ will get their asses kicked in the test matches

They need a couple of blokes to stand up big time, especially that Bond wont be there, cant keep relying on Vettori

No sh*t. We've won about 2 tests in 3 years.

 

[ozbash]

that was disgraceful, the series was there for the taking...

 

[TheParraboy]

No sh*t. We've won about 2 tests in 3 years.

Im actually worried if we under perform like we did in a couple of WI tests over the summer (who have won 3 tests out of their last 35), and that SCG test vs Pakistan (who are in a rabble).

Everyone knows your sh*t O

 

[TheParraboy]

We were never a serious chance in the test matches, but our batsmen have been pretty ordinary in the odi series... overall, I still maintain it's a series we should have won (given it's at home), and to have lost it by the fourth game isn't good enough....

On Duckworth Lewis, I give up... on that ground, it's hard to defend any score - but just as we were harshly treated by the equation in the other game, Aust were here. You bowled us out in 44 overs.... FFS, you should have been given every advantage, it was a comprehensive effort - and aside from some late hitting by Tuffey and Bond the score might have been about 200 anyway - how you ended up having to chase 200 off 34 puzzles me - I have't looked into it, but do they treat the NZ innings as 44, rather than 50 (which surely they should, not Aust's fault we were too inept to bat 50)

yeah D/L is a bit weird to work out for sure. Maybe batting 2nd you always know the target your chasing so when its re-calculated it makes it harder, but you still know what your chasing? if that makes sense? Dont know, I think most of us just accept it, as bemuzzling as it is. Not many complaints coming from the players, which might be an omen its probabaly the fairest option in shortened games