Namibia v New Zealand (THIS WILL BE A FUN GAME) at the Magnificent Sharjah Cricket Stadium-- 11/5 Friday (D), Match #36, Group 2

[SillyCowCorner1]

T20 cricket in a nutshell:

"In T20 cricket, one person can take the game away from the opposition. And if it's your day, you can stand up and be that Man-of-the-Match performance, and you never know what can happen." - David Wiese

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

He's right

 

[cnerd123]

Namibia's army of left arm seam might be NZ's undoing

 

[straw man]

Wonder if NZ will rest the drained and dried out husk of Guptill that was still left at the end of the Scotland game. Conway/Mitchell open and perhaps Chapman comes in.

 

[White Ball]

Backing Namibia here hoping the can bowl first and put pressure on them that way

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Just want a solid win. Would be nice for all the batters to have decent innings.

 

[straw man]

thought this guy was bowling right into Guptill's arc
enough sighters

 

[Gnske]

Man Jamieson was having a real snarf at his nose there

 

[Fuller Pilch]

This is not good. Worrying signs. Need Kane and Conway to go big.

 

[thierry henry]

The pitch looks horrible. Hope it is, since we seem to be aiming at 130.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Oh dear

 

[bill8164]

Not look good whatsoever. Still plenty of time and plenty of batting to come, I guess.

 

[thierry henry]

Feels like we have been overthinking the batting the last two games? We should just be bopping these guys for maximums but we’re batting like everything’s a hand grenade

 

[Meridio]

This is...not looking good. If there's one positive to that, it's that batting looks pretty hard on this pitch, there's no pace in it whatsoever. But we look a bit clueless at figuring out different ways of scoring.

 

[straw man]

I know Namibia have been impressive in earlier games and I'd seen a few highlights, but they look a good side. Scotland the other night were a mix of some very good T20 players and some a little too far below standard, whereas Namibia have a 5+ good bowlers. They do have an air of white South Africa seconds though, it must be said - most play predominantly in SA I think.

This pitch is tricky, though NZ will surely want 140 and that's tough from here.

 

[White Ball]

Namibia are right in this game

 

[thierry henry]

Pitch is hard work, but it’s like everyone is disoriented and has no idea where they are or what is required. Phillips has played this whole World Cup like he’s playing to save his spot?

 

[Ultra Instinct]

We're not beating Afghanistan, that's for sure.

Losing to Namibia is unacceptable. They've got to be favorites at this stage.

Absolutely pathetic with the bat so far.

 

[Ultra Instinct]

If we're playing Namiba's spinners like this can only imagine how we'll go against Rashid.

 

[Ultra Instinct]

Either this pitch is a lot more difficult than most think or we're playing really poorly.