**Official** Group D Discussion - Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh
 

Fri Sep 21
5th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v New Zealand
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sun Sep 23
9th Match, Group D - New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Tue Sep 25
12th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Preparing for ignominious defeat to Bangladesh, before Pakistan miraculously forget how to play cricket-ball and we beat them. They go on to beat Bangladesh convincingly and NZ & Pakistan advance.

Group D summary:

Match 1
The inconsistent dark horses take on the unpredictable charcoal horses!! Will the underhorse rise above the other underhorse?!!

Match 2
The mercurial night-coloured horses of the competition are tested by the capricious dark horses!! Who will win this battle for equine supremacy?!!

Match 3
The charcoal and night-coloured horses jockey for position coming into the final lap!! Who will surprise us all?!!

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Final Group Standings :

1.Pakistan
2.Bangladesh
3.New Zealand

Expect Pakistan to run through the group fairly comfortably,while Bangladesh will own New Zealand to come 2nd.

If New Zealand get out of their group (50/50) they'll make the semis again bcos of easy super 8s - always too good for Windies and Poms (both are NZ's bunnies) in big tournaments regardless of lead-in form

Soooo, it sounds like New Zealand's lineup for the first match will be:

Franklin
Guptill
McCullum
Taylor
Nicol
Watling
Oram
Vettori
NcCullum
Mills
Southee/Milne (if Southee isn't fit)

Well, if the ball swings we should have a chance against Bangladesh.

Interesting move if they do open with Franklin - didn't he do that in the IPL? Had good strikers at the other end though.

Apparently Nicol and Southee scoring the wrong sort of runs so quite possible they'll both miss the opener v Bangas. Would mean Milne and Williamson likely play, which is not any better or worse.

Our bowling should be ok vs Bangas but can see our batsman struggling.

Um.... no Williamson? :unsure:

McCullum has been passed fit to keep wicket, so I don't see any point in playing Watling ahead of Williamson.

Bangladesh paying $3.00 is very juicy even though I rate this NZ team.

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I don't see much point in playing Nicol if he isn't going to open. To me, he's a boundary hitter on the 2 out of 5 times he will come off. Doesn't look to me to be one to rotate the strike during the middle overs, even if it is just Twenty20.