Molehill
International Captain
The Afghan NRR is very poor, although they could boost it against Netherlands on Friday. But win that and beat Aus and it would be very interesting again.
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***Official***Match #32 - New Zealand vs South Africa - November 1st - Pune (D/N)
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thundaboult
International Debutant
Not defending the poor performance but our boys must be drained from the aus game, neesham was in tears at the end of that match and boult nearly started crying there.... (hell i nearly did)
Anywho, so we won the toss here and elected to bowl first....if we don't make the semis or crash badly in the semi game against a top team again....we deserve it, that is a monumentally terrible call from our management to make this SA team bat first
lol and the injuries ay...ouff
Anywho, so we won the toss here and elected to bowl first....if we don't make the semis or crash badly in the semi game against a top team again....we deserve it, that is a monumentally terrible call from our management to make this SA team bat first
lol and the injuries ay...ouff
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thundaboult
International Debutant
this is actually insane and braindead
Tom Latham: Not our best performance. We were put under massive pressure by QDK and Rassie. To be five down early was disappointing with the way it panned out. I don't think I'd bat first had there been another chance. It was a decent surface. If we'd restricted them to 330-340 it'd have been better. We weren't able to capitalise with bat either. Injuries are adversities, gotta see how they shape up. Small turnaround, so we gotta reflect now and move on to Bangalore.
This idiot still won't admit his blunder, on top of that he is saying 20 less runs would have made the difference in the end. What a leader! Good luck NZ with this guy as your leader.
This idiot still won't admit his blunder, on top of that he is saying 20 less runs would have made the difference in the end. What a leader! Good luck NZ with this guy as your leader.
Molehill
International Captain
Modern sportspeople innit - always back their decisions but say they executed poorly. I suspect they wouldn't do it again...
Third_Man
U19 Cricketer
It's not just that, Pakistan have the chance of boosting their NRR against England in their last game as well.
Likewise the NZ NRR could have an effect in their game against Sri Lanka.
This is a bigger problem than the defeat itself today
King Kane
International Debutant
Yeah the captains never admit that they stuffed up with their decision at the toss, it always comes down to them not executing their plans.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Debutant
This is their first bad game of the tournament, NZ are a great side they will bounce back. I think they underestimated SA a bit. Don't really think they appreciated how good this SA pace attack is with their decision to bat first ..And of course we've clearly shown in this tournament that we are a nervous side batting second.
Bahseph
State Captain
Bro.
Heboric
International Debutant
Well done lads good performance especially because it was easier to chase and dew and all... 
England has @chris.hinton South Africa has the complete opposite in @Kenneth Viljoen the toughest critic in the business
England has @chris.hinton South Africa has the complete opposite in @Kenneth Viljoen the toughest critic in the business
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Lack of South African rejuvenation of the NZ player pool from 2017-2023 is starting to make itself felt. You never want to see a cricket scene fall into a state that it's in some ways turning Scott Kuggeleijn into a talismanic figure on scorecards underneath the top tier.
Skyliner
International 12th Man
Stuff
i.stuff.co.nz
‘Eight hours after the toss, as the beaten Black Caps shook hands with their South African conquerors in Pune, it still didn’t make any sense.
Why would you invite a team that has looked imperious batting first so far at the Cricket World Cup to do just that once more?
The Proteas were stunned by the Netherlands in one of the two matches where they had to chase. In the other, against Pakistan, they squeaked home with a single wicket in hand.’
Kenneth Viljoen
International Debutant
I can be a bit grumpy yes , don't mind me ..but I love SA cricket as much as anyone win or lose.Well done lads good performance especially because it was easier to chase and dew and all...
England has @chris.hinton South Africa has the complete opposite in @Kenneth Viljoen the toughest critic in the business
