Yeah just a stone cold dropped catch. Diabolically bad umpiring but entirely unsurprising for county umps who make our domestic officials look first rate.
I liked what Ponting had to say about that, heād be telling them to expect the absolute worst and if it isnāt thatāll be a bonus.
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Yeahā¦Iād sort of assumed that he hurled it in the air then dropped it on the way down. But it was a looped hit back from the batsman.
Iāve got to say I dropped an easy c&b like that once in a granny, but didnāt claim Iād caught it. Luckily he got out the same over.
Hope you ā ā ā ā ā are ready for more of this!!!
Practice game at Allan Border field today. Australia a pretty strong team. NZ basically a second XI.
Cummins 2 wickets in the first over, but NZ have recovered to about 2-40 off 10
Big chunk of the Black Caps squad still at the IPL I think.
Australiaās XI today (not sure of batting order):
Warner
Finch
Khawaja
Smith
Marsh
Carey
Stoinis
Cummins
Coulter-Nile
Bherendorf
Zampa
Easy catch just dropped.
By some guy in the crowd
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World record ODI opening partnership overnight by the Windies against Ireland
John Campbell and Shai Hope put on 365 for the opening wicket before Campbell was dismissed for 179 in the 47th over. Hope was dismissed for 170
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Using 12 players today. Richardson has bowled as well
Yes Guptil and Williamson were playing for the Sunrisers yesterday. We must be putting more value in these games than the Kiwis.
With two key players to reintegrate I can see why weāre taking seriously. Equally, I can see how the Black Caps canāt afford to enforce pulling their players out of other well paid commitments.
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NZ got 216. Australia cruised to victory with a couple of overs to spare. Oh, and 1 wicket
Let me guess, Finch out cheaply, LBW or Bowled
I think he top scored with about 50.
Warner 39
Smith 22
Marsh 15.
Thatās about all I know
Finch made 52
Story of the day Warnerās well compiled 39 according to cricket.com.au
Thatās good to hear.
Finch is probably our most important batsmen this tournament if he hits a good patch of form thereāll be some big big scores posted.
A lot riding on the top 4 to be consistently posting scores and no falling cheaply or batting too slowly.
You misspelled Glenn Maxwell.
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Maxwell, you pretty much know what youāre gonna get. With the way they use him, they need that solid start otherwise he is left with too much to do, with not a lot of support.
That is the very antithesis of Maxwell for basically forever until the last ~6mths. Youāve never known what youāre gonna get. Heās shown maturity and poise now, he can do any job required, not just slog at the end.