RossTaylorsBox
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They're gonna select Braceface.
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1st Semi Final | NZ vs Pak | Sydney, 09 Nov 2022
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Honestly, I wouldn't be mad. Genuinely bowled well against Pakistan in the tri series, as baffling as that was.
RossTaylorsBox
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I hope they do, if we lose I'm blaming it all on him.
anil1405
International Captain
The 'Cornered Tigers' story is too strong to overtake. Guess every WC win will be under the shadow of that 1992 victory.
ashley bach
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I don't think they will but certainly wouldn't mind if they did. Who for would be the question, Jimmy or Ish?
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Ish, I reckon.
Apex Predator
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NZ has to play Bracewell ahead of Sodhi I reckon.. Pakistan has handled Sodhi well over the years.
It's Finn Allen vs Pakistan pace battery in the end. A fast start & NZ will win this.
Rest of them will struggle vs Rauf especially.
Shadab is MVP for them. They need lefties to negate him somehow. Won't be easy in SCG.
It's Finn Allen vs Pakistan pace battery in the end. A fast start & NZ will win this.
Rest of them will struggle vs Rauf especially.
Shadab is MVP for them. They need lefties to negate him somehow. Won't be easy in SCG.
Moss
International Vice-Captain
can’t see them dropping Sodhi, he’s had a pretty good tournament so far (as with last year except for the finals) and they’ll always believe he has a higher ceiling than any other spinner bar Santner.
But yes he’s tended to go missing against Pak whereas Shadab tends to do pretty well against NZ. If Conway doesn’t last long, NZ should consider bringing Neesham in earlier. Otherwise an in-form Kane is NZ’s best bet for negating the Shadab threat, and that’s a big if.
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Apex Predator
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Shadab indeed is winning games for Pak & constantly going under the radar.. Probably best wrist spinner going around considering he was superb in last WT20, Asia Cup & now here where spinners tend to struggle.
Right handers would be especially worried as his flippers & googly is tough to negate. Markram in SCG found the same.
Bracewell is a option vs Babar & Rizwan. Both like pace on the ball & don't like facing spin in PP... Especially babar
ParwazHaiJunoon
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Osman Samiuddin with an interesting take
Remember Arshdeep Singh's first ball at the MCG that Babar tried to flick across to get some runs? He may have played it straighter had Rizwan not batted out six dot balls the previous over, the game's first.
Data from the PSL and all T20Is since the last World Cup shows that Babar's been dismissed in the Powerplay playing an attacking shot (as recorded by ESPNcricinfo) six times in 28 innings batting with Rizwan. In 11 innings with other openers, he's not fallen once in that phase playing an attacking shot.
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Remember Arshdeep Singh's first ball at the MCG that Babar tried to flick across to get some runs? He may have played it straighter had Rizwan not batted out six dot balls the previous over, the game's first.
There's a significant difference in sample sizes but in the two years before Rizwan was opener, Babar was striking at 140 in T20Is and averaging 46; in nearly two years since, the strike rate is down to 127 strike rate and the average 33. For all their successes then, it's worth asking if the partnership is hurting Babar.
Data from the PSL and all T20Is since the last World Cup shows that Babar's been dismissed in the Powerplay playing an attacking shot (as recorded by ESPNcricinfo) six times in 28 innings batting with Rizwan. In 11 innings with other openers, he's not fallen once in that phase playing an attacking shot.
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Moss
International Vice-Captain
Allen’s been a much needed addition to the side but that’s a lot of responsibility for him to carry. When the fast start doesn’t happen the gameplan seems to be take the innings deep and count on an assault at the end - let’s see how things go.
Apex Predator
State Vice-Captain
Interesting thread about why Pakistan's style of play troubles teams like NZ & SA in ICC tourneys.. Shadab might trouble Phillips according to him.
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I don't reckon. I wouldn't have been surprised if he played from the first game but I would now. Sodhi has been very good this tournament
ashley bach
International Captain
In actual fact, a blood red moon hovering above the SCG would have been quite the spectacle, peaking with about an hour of play remaining.
Wonder if it even came into consideration though, perhaps the players would be looking up too much when they shouldn't be.
Just about to head out soon and catch a glimpse, normally this kind of thing turns out i bit anti climatic though.
Adorable Asshole
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Most of the team.
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Sodhi, Santner, Boult has great records against India and our out of form top order means if Kohli and SKY has a bad day then it's gonna be pretty bad for us. Plus the embarrasement of losing to a country with 1/1000 of our population.
Moss
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India at a packed MCG should really be favourites if they make the final, they know the ground better than either possible opponent.Most of the team.
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Sodhi, Santner, Boult has great records against India and our out of form top order means if Kohli and SKY has a bad day then it's gonna be pretty bad for us. Plus the embarrasement of losing to a country with 1/1000 of our population.
ashley bach
International Captain
Allen and Phillips please