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Garbage ball by Milne. Why try that 1st ball up in the over?

Think that Malan & Ali partnership has evened things up.

Worried about how high this total will go - Livingston and Ali both big hitters.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:26 pm Garbage ball by Milne. Why try that 1st ball up in the over?

Cause he is trying to be Lockie.....I wish he would just bowl fast.

Thor Sedan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:28 pm Think that Malan & Ali partnership has evened things up.

Worried about how high this total will go - Livingston and Ali both big hitters.

Good wicket. 180 is gettable.

Be nice if Livingstone could middle one...

FM. This is hurting NZ! Just bowls right into Livingstone's strength. Poor.

Mahoney wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:30 pm Be nice if Livingstone could middle one...

Thanks, appreciated.

Mahoney wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:31 pm

Mahoney wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:30 pm Be nice if Livingstone could middle one...

Thanks, appreciated.

Thank Milne!

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:26 pm Garbage ball by Milne. Why try that 1st ball up in the over?

Adam ‘Britney Spears’ Milne. Hit me one more time…

Lockie has been such a huge loss for NZ. Milne just isn't able to get the same kind of accuracy on yorkers and slow balls.

Oh lord....Neesham to bowl the last over?!?!?!

Hides behind hands.

Already past Black Vaps ability. England can declare

Pie goes for 4.

Heavily coaching group work in the training I'm running with the aim of getting to the pub for the second innings

166/4

Good total, makes it anyone's game here.

double post...

Looks 15 short. Decent total though.

Well the Neesham over went better than I thought it would.

167 to win.

Southee bowled well....and perhaps I was a little harsh on Milne considering he had a better economy rate than Boult and Sodhi.

Going to be a feckin' hard chase with the English bowling though.

We won’t get to 120.

Like to have had a few more than 99 from the second ten given the wickets in hand. A few bad balls not punished.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:44 pm We won’t get to 120.

I know it is cliche'd - but 2 of the top four need to bat big. If we are a couple down in the first few overs then we are done. I don't think our middle order and tail can get us home.

BCs probably a bit happier than England with that total.

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:47 pm BCs probably a bit happier than England with that total.

I am surprised that they didn't kick on in the last half of their innings considering the wickets in hand. Pitch a bit difficult?

Has to be a bit of Death or Glory somewhere in the opening overs or we won't get there.

Thor Sedan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:49 pm

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:47 pm BCs probably a bit happier than England with that total.

I am surprised that they didn't kick on in the last half of their innings considering the wickets in hand. Pitch a bit difficult?

Made 99 off the final 10, but because it didn't come with a flurry of sixes it didn't seem like it. I think England messed up earlier on, Bairstow was not comfortable. People seem to be giving Malan some grief but his strike rate was almost identical to Moeen's and better than the openers by some way - him getting out when he did might have cost us a bunch of runs. Moeen at the time was scratching around so I'm not surprised it happened. Still, it's not an awful total.

Not the start we wanted

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:44 pm We won’t get to 120.

Maybe

It's been 3 or 4 minutes, but not a mention yet ... is everyone pretending it didn't happen?

shocker, shit ball on the legs and he leading edges it to mid-on

13/2 Williamson gone!!!!!

game over.

Everyone - EVERYONE - has looked a twat trying to do unorthodox stuff today.

Maiden wicket over

This one's in the record books.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:04 pm 13/2 Williamson gone!!!!!

game over.

Time to go to sleep now and dream of a BC victory.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:05 pm Everyone - EVERYONE - has looked a twat trying to do unorthodox stuff today.

Bizarre really. Why change what got both sides here in the 1st place?

Ah well.....England will provide a better final as a spectacle than NZ will.

Shame that we appear to be spinning away meekly.

A bit disappointed.

Mitch to the rescue

ScarfaceClaw wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:44 pm We won’t get to 120.

Love how you optimistically nominated a three-figure total

... but then again Mitchell is still there.

I think it all comes down to whether the kiwi-Saffa (Conway) can out perform the Eng-Saffa (Malan 41 from 30)

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:14 pm I think it all comes down to whether the kiwi-Saffa (Conway) can out perform the Eng-Saffa (Malan 41 from 30)

Saffa ump to decide

When is a Powerplay not a power play....?