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Hopefully they beat the West Indies.

the key is getting Gayle out early.

Reply #900 Posted: September 30, 2012, 06:08:40 pm

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congrats to the west indies for winning the icc world t20.

Reply #901 Posted: October 08, 2012, 02:43:00 pm

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96/8 in the second innings of a test

Another fun summer ahead

Reply #902 Posted: November 19, 2012, 08:03:16 pm

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Reply #903 Posted: November 30, 2012, 08:24:51 am

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NZ win the 2nd T20.

Century for Guptill.

Good game, good watch.



Another headline.

Reply #904 Posted: December 24, 2012, 09:11:50 am

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Certainly was a close one. Surprised guptill put so much faith in munro, but it definitely paid off. Those 2's at the end were perfectly timed. A bit worrying to see both mccullum and guptil failing to clear the boundary off what seemed like pretty average bowling. I mean a few full tosses and a few that seemed to be in the slot to hit straight back down the ground, and all it produced was wickets, and near misses.

Reply #905 Posted: December 24, 2012, 10:06:27 am

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Reply #906 Posted: December 27, 2012, 06:05:25 pm
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Go the mighty black caps.

Good call McCullum putting them in against the best seaming attack on a greenish wicket

Reply #907 Posted: January 03, 2013, 07:49:55 am

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So with the leaked Shane Bond letter to the NZC board what do you think of the state of NZC is currently and do heads need to roll?

Reply #908 Posted: January 18, 2013, 08:49:38 pm

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I think there is also just an aspect of us just not being very good at cricket these days.

Bond was an anomaly of an amazing fast bowler, we haven't really produced a world-class batsman since Crowe, and spinners? fuggedaboutit.

Our cricket culture seems to churn out medium-pacers, and I don't think that's the national team coach's fault.

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Looks as if the coach is compromised.

Was a poor candidate anyway.

Reply #910 Posted: January 18, 2013, 10:14:14 pm

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NZ win 1 day series... wtf !

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NZ win 1 day series... wtf !
Yeah...

What just happened.

Reply #912 Posted: January 23, 2013, 10:35:13 am
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match fixing is what happened

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Reply #914 Posted: January 23, 2013, 11:23:49 pm
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match fixing is what happened

The devil's working through Hansie Cronje again. Obviously NZ winning matches in SA is the first sign that Armageddon is upon us.

Reply #915 Posted: January 24, 2013, 11:41:27 am

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Pretty epic game last night.

Reply #916 Posted: February 18, 2013, 11:42:06 am
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match fixing is what happened

That is an issue. I was thinking the same, particularly when Stuart Broad bowled a slow ball which was dispatched for 6 on the first ball of the 49th over. You just don't know, therefore leading to suspect thoughts. Is a shame really, as I doubt there is any match fixing but it does linger, which is a pitty.

Reply #917 Posted: February 18, 2013, 01:25:45 pm

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Pretty epic game last night.

Sure was, you can't beat the drama of a close one dayer.

How good was Guptil. Really looking forward to todays game

Reply #918 Posted: February 20, 2013, 11:04:26 am

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OK Reality check.

England made that look easy, even tho we were 30-40 runs short.

We were Rooted

Reply #919 Posted: February 21, 2013, 01:04:40 pm

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Well that was 10 overs of quality bowling by England at the start, 100 overs of NZ stuggling to be mediocre. (sorry 80 something overs)  
Lack of depth, a couple of injurys and we find no amount of grit and good luck would get us a win.

I wonder if any of the tests will run 5 days?

Reply #920 Posted: February 24, 2013, 09:16:05 am
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^^ Not a chance

They will cream us

Reply #921 Posted: February 24, 2013, 09:34:30 am

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Enjoying the cricket today.

I know we're not as good as the other guys, but at least we're trying.

Reply #922 Posted: March 16, 2013, 04:30:20 pm

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Enjoying the cricket today.

I know we're not as good as the other guys, but at least we're trying.


Not sure if Southee was trying though?

Edit: I enjoyed today's play also ,except Southees 4 ball gritty stand to try and avoid the follow on.

Reply #923 Posted: March 16, 2013, 07:19:21 pm

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Not sure if Southee was trying though?

Edit: I enjoyed today's play also ,except Southees 4 ball gritty stand to try and avoid the follow on.


Southee is one of the most frustrating guys to watch bat. He has so much talent but he bats so brainlessly. Surely its time to send him down the order.

However i am hoping we can hold on. Supposedly there is bad weather on the way (and a cyclone threat), so it might be a case of seeing out day 4 with a few wickets in hand.

Reply #924 Posted: March 17, 2013, 10:14:53 am