New Zealand in Australia
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sohum
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Haha. Well I guess you could say that Australia's second-string bowling, well 1.5-string bowling, ain't that good.
angryangy
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Kasper was fine until he went stupid for his last three overs, Lee created some good chances (Ponting dropped him at slip. Ponting!) and Watson bowled surprisingly good pace. 246 isnt that much to bowl at and Aus probably could have set a bigger total if Symonds didn't get the bright idea of chipping the ball to mid-on, or even if Hayden had a fraction more luck at square leg. In other words, I think the bowling would have looked better if the Kiwis were under a bit more pressure.
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
angryangy said:
yeah aussies first slipped when they lost those important wickets in quick succession and then perhaps lacked experience in bowling to save a medium sized total...Kaspro's one over that I saw costed the aussies the match...21 runs...happens...has happened to India umpteen times...nice to see it happening to the very best too,..
angryangy
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Mark Taylor suggested that because there were so many batsmen in the lineup, the top order might have been thinking "if I don't do it someone else can," which might explain how they went from probable domination to fighting to bat out the innings.
Anyway, it was a good match, good for cricket, good for spectators and good for the series.
Anyway, it was a good match, good for cricket, good for spectators and good for the series.
sohum
Executive member
That basically sums up the mentality of the Indian cricket team. Maybe the old one more than the one now.
nik
International Cricketer
sohummisra said:
especially his 4 in the last over!
vibs89
School Cricketer
I hope NZ win this 1 day series now i'm tired of Auz winning all the series. Comeon NZ
australia did'nt lose the match in the 38th over they lost it when the let sinclair and astle put together a big partnership aussie was stuck between a rock and a hard place they were unsure whether to slow the run rate or take wickets, the further sinclair and astle frastruted them the further it hurt, because they knew Oram and Cairns were still to come. the first slip up nz made on its chase was styris getting caught he turned on the rocket boosters slightly to earlie. styris and marshall could have done it easy from that point alone. it was 6 rpo at that stage. marshall played a bevan innings and oram camero help but mccullum is g.turner trained and they bought it home.
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
well for me the most unforgettable moment of the match was Sinclair's catch to dismiss Hayden...it was an exceptional effort...though I wouldn't go as far as the commentators some of whom give titles like "Catch of the century" very easily away...but still it definitely was one of the most spectacular ones...
sohum
Executive member
Yeah that was an amazing catch and I agree with the thing about the commentators too. Just this year during the Asia cup, someone supposedly bowled the ball of the century. Or maybe that was another series. Anyway the ball pitched on leg and hit the top of off stump. Was a left-arm spinner. That's all I remember.
sachinisgod
International Cricketer
yeah commentators just try to dramatize it a little bit more than needed...Sinclair's catch was great...but I can remember a few others in pretty recent history which can come very near to this one...anyway...hope Kiwis make something out of this series...now that they have won the first one...
vibs89
School Cricketer
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