WC 29th Match: New Zealand v West Indies - Manchester D/N 22/6/19 (NZ win by 5 runs)

[Front-Rower]

Matt Henry probably playing his last game for NZ here

 

[TheParraboy]

25 from the over

8 from 12

Braithwaite on strike too
99no

 

[TheParraboy]

8 from 9

Nerves kicking in

 

[TheParraboy]

great ton Carlos, brilliant, 101no from 80

6 from 8

 

[TheParraboy]

kiwis win by 5 runs

another metre and it goes for 6

probably should have tried to get a single and get 4 from the last over, great effort anyway

 

[JJ]

another great sub 300 game

 

[Meth]

wow what a match.

 

[Meth]

Matt Henry probably playing his last game for NZ here

He has been good up until this point but he always has the potential to bowl a loose spell. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Southee get a run next

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Matt Henry is not a good death bowler, never has been.

With a semi spot pretty much assured it would be worth giving Southee, Nicholls etc a run to get them used to conditions.

 

[JJ]

Certainly Nicholls has to come in for Munro - they can't seriously thing that flog will offer anything useful consistently

Henry has been good until now, I wouldn't be hard on him - Braithwaite was going to get someone - he'd put all his eggs in that basket

Seriously though, Williamson, Braithwaite, Boult - how good were they?!?!?!?

f**k these 380 games, lets have proper cricket where quality batting and bowling are rewarded

 

[TheParraboy]

Come we got to had 380 decks for poms to utilise all their batting artillary, it was a pre requisite before the cup

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Or we could have a mix of both

 

[Iafeta]

Great game of cricket. Literally a metre in it.

Kane Williamson is absolutely phenomenal. Well played, master.

Munro must go.

Henry must never be used beyond the 35 over mark. He has absolutely no idea how to bowl when batsmen are going for broke. It’s not his go. He’s a new ball bowler, that’s it.

 

[Front-Rower]

Matt Henry is not a good death bowler, never has been.

With a semi spot pretty much assured it would be worth giving Southee, Nicholls etc a run to get them used to conditions.

Henry cost NZ over 100 runs with his bowling and dropping Universe Boss. He’d be on very thin ice after that performance.

On the other hand how good is Sheldon Cottrell. Had a blinder.

 

[TheFrog]

NZ, Aus and India now safe. England have 3 tough games, and need to win 2 of them to be safe, although 1 might be enough. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan still alive, but barely. The remainder are playing for pride. Pakistan playing for their life tonight.

 

[shiznit]

Just watched Kane’s innings...

Man... I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better all round kiwi batsman...

The fact he’s in this type of form at the moment at the World Cup means we have a hell of a shot to finally win this bloody thing.

We now need to see bigger contributions from Taylor & Guptil.

I don’t think I’ve truly ever seen a NZ team at a World Cup with a batsman this good.

I was too young to really get 92.. we’ve had bowlers... Geoff Allot In 99, Shane Bond In 03 and 07... Boult In 15.

But never a batsman...

 

[Front-Rower]

The fact he’s in this type of form at the moment at the World Cup means we have a hell of a shot to finally win this bloody thing.

I still think your bowling unit is more likely to win you guys the WC. Unless Guptil and Latham can support Williamson, Williamson’s wicket could mean the difference between 300 and 180

 

[TheParraboy]

Or we could have a mix of both

Can you imagine India's (demanding) preference which decks they like to play on?

Just watched Kane’s innings...

Man... I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better all round kiwi batsman...

The fact he’s in this type of form at the moment at the World Cup means we have a hell of a shot to finally win this bloody thing.

We now need to see bigger contributions from Taylor & Guptil.

I don’t think I’ve truly ever seen a NZ team at a World Cup with a batsman this good.

I was too young to really get 92.. we’ve had bowlers... Geoff Allot In 99, Shane Bond In 03 and 07... Boult In 15.

But never a batsman...

Guptill 2015 WC?

Nice guy Macca?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Kane is the greatest human in the history of the world.

 

[Iafeta]

He averages 48 in ODIs and 53 in test cricket. Outstanding bat.