***Official*** New Zealand in Australia ODIs and Australia in New Zealand T20Is

[SteveNZ]

One thing I've noticed is how much I rely on the crowd clapping to tell me if a well hit shot is gonna run to the boundary or be stopped easily by a fielder.

Haha, this I noticed as well. Many times I had to wonder whether the point sweeper was in play or not.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I have now ordered one of these retro jerseys on the nz cricket store site.

Behind the times, wore mine to the boxing day test.

 

[SteveNZ]

oh thank god nathan lyon is gone from commentary

I have to admit a good deal of schaudenfraude over Lyon's horrendous commentary. ****y swagger doesn't help get the words out when the pressure is on.

 

[Burgey]

What a ****ing terrible innings this has been by australia. Wicket isn’t the fastest but they’ve been woeful again. No one goes on and the middle order has been trash again

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Haha, this I noticed as well. Many times I had to wonder whether the point sweeper was in play or not.

The commentators seemed very low key as well, which isn't giving many hints as to whether the fielder is there. Guess it makes sense, they would feed off the crowd too, usually.

 

[Spikey]

boo them off the field burgey

 

[Nintendo]

Still don't get why we decided to send D'Arcy short in at 4 over marnus, he soaked up balls, got out cheaply and sucked all the momentum out of the innings.

 

[straw man]

Weird innings, reminiscent of a lot of NZ ODI efforts at blowing a platform over the last several years. Well shy of the 300 they looked like getting.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Always reckon the SCG is the surface that suits NZ best (in ODIs at least) ... slightly slower, our bowlers feel a bit more at home and our batsmen are free to graft a bit more.

 

[Shady Slim]

someone at the women’s world cup final tested positive to the virus

 

[Nintendo]

Most runs for AUS after 6 ODI inns
316 - Ian Chappell 1974
305 - MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE 2020
284 - Marcus Stoinis 2017
278 - Phil Hughes 2013
247 - Alan Turner 1975
247 - Peter Forrest 2012

Interesting lost.

 

[morgieb]

Most runs for AUS after 6 ODI inns
316 - Ian Chappell 1974
305 - MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE 2020
284 - Marcus Stoinis 2017
278 - Phil Hughes 2013
247 - Alan Turner 1975
247 - Peter Forrest 2012

Interesting lost.

That is....not a particularly optimstic list for Marnus.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Why on earth wasn't that a wide?

 

[SteveNZ]

3 an over and Nathan Lyon talking makes for a painful start

 

[jcas0167]

I have now ordered one of these retro jerseys on the nz cricket store site.

I picked one up at the T20 against India at the Stadium. Have worn it every casual Friday since.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I picked one up at the T20 against India at the Stadium. Have worn it every casual Friday since.

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Absolute staple of casual Friday.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Still don't get why we decided to send D'Arcy short in at 4 over marnus, he soaked up balls, got out cheaply and sucked all the momentum out of the innings.

Obviously they weren't planning on that to happen were they

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Guptill really blazing away here.

 

[Moss]

Looks like this will be quite the uphill chase, quite the struggle to get the ball off the square right now. Think Australia are a good 20-25 runs above par?

And yes, Lyon is proving to be an excruciating listen.

 

[SteveNZ]

You just can't be 20 off 50. We've gone back to Gup's World Cup mode of chewing up a shitload of balls and making little attempt to break up bowlers' lengths.