WC 1st Semi Final: India v New Zealand - Manchester 9/7/19 (NZ won by 18 runs)

[Bazal]

"Let's take you back to Sanjay Manjrekar...."

Do you have to?

 

[mozza91]

New Zealand’s only hope is getting Dhoni in early and have him play a typically selfish innings.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

In all seriousness...

Are all the commentators reading this pitch way wrong??

They are all adamant that this is a great batting wicket but we are treating it like a slow sticky wicket.

The fact that Kane decided to bat first would probably say the booth is probably more on the money here..

Nah I've seen this game before.

NZ score just enough runs to make me stay up to see how they bowl in the first 10.

They take a couple early wickets just to get me to stay up that little bit longer.

They end up losing after keeping me up all night and I feel ratshit in the morning.

 

[shiznit]

Whatever happened to Roscos slogsweep?

He used to throw the motherf**ker out any chance he could...

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

FFS Taylor just get out

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Nah I've seen this game before.

NZ score just enough runs to make me stay up to see how they bowl in the first 10.

They take a couple early wickets just to get me to stay up that little bit longer.

They end up losing after keeping me up all night and I feel ratshit in the morning.

Aaaaah yes - the cruel lure of hope. I know it well..

 

[mozza91]

Ross Boycott and Kane Lawry.

 

[Bazal]

That's pretty poor from Bradmanson.

All on Taylor now really

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Could see that coming.

He wouldn't have been playing shots like that and forcing it if the guys at the other end were doing a half decent job.

 

[shiznit]

That was Taylor’s fault... he wouldn’t up the scoring rate so it forced Kane to play rash shots...

 

[mozza91]

14.4 overs of steadying the ship coming up here

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Dhonis going without headwear again... Swag...

 

[edabomb]

I wonder if NZ had any plan? Or just try your hardest?

 

[shiznit]

Ahh f**k this... World Cup semi final or not...

I ain’t wasting more hours of sleep on this rubbish...

I’ll just roll the dice on a good sleep and peek at the scores on cricinfo in the morning....

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Ahh f**k this... World Cup semi final or not...

I ain’t wasting more hours of sleep on this rubbish...

I’ll just roll the dice on a good sleep and peek at the scores on cricinfo in the morning....

Understood.... but in years to come...

Will you remember the lovely sleep you had tonight or...

Will you remember the time you watched NZ battle to a competitive total on a tricky pitch and then defend it with brilliant bowling to make a World Cup Final ...

 

[Bazal]

Understood.... but in years to come...

Will you remember the lovely sleep you had tonight or...

Will you remember the time you watched NZ battle to a competitive total on a tricky pitch and then defend it with brilliant bowling to make a World Cup Final ...

Foxtel IQ....por que no los dos?

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Understood.... but in years to come...

Will you remember the lovely sleep you had tonight or...

Will you remember the time you watched NZ battle to a competitive total on a tricky pitch and then defend it with brilliant bowling to make a World Cup Final ...

Sounds like sleep because you're clearly dreaming.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I blame the kiwis shit collars for this performance

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Foxtel IQ....por que no los dos?

Aus vs SA 99 semi... no Foxtel iq then and no sleep either...defending a modest total at best... and stayed up to watch us win it... one of the best sporting moments I’ve experienced...

Who knows how this game turns out but for mine if the kiwis win this it will be one of the great NZ sporting moments ... it’s worth foregoing sleep on...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Mark Nicholas has decided to be even more boring than this kiwi batting effort