******Cricket Thread******

[balotellishaircut]

Easier said than done against Boult and Southee.

Buttler seems to be changing gears now.

So true, them 2 bowlers are so underrated, can only hope Buttler doesn’t get out

 

[gazinho]

The Malan borefest has started early, get Livingstone up that bloody order!!!

 

[dadnlad]

Nasser backing new zealand
nothing new

 

[crooky]

We're out if we don't get 175+.

New Zealand putting the pressure on.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

We're out if we don't get 175+.

New Zealand putting the pressure on.

Average score at Abu Dhabi is 141 batting first.

 

[crooky]

Average score at Abu Dhabi is 141 batting first.

That's probably including the dodgy earlier matches with the lower teams.

Australia easily chased 161 against West Indies (16 and a bit overs) and it's the same ground India hit 210 and Sri Lanka hit 190.

We have so much power that we could still get out of this hole tough.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Just think Morgan should be higher up the order, Malan for me doesn't do what he was brought in for, smack the ball beyond the boundary.

To be fair, if NZ go on to beat us, I hope they win, after their sportmanship and grace after the 2019 final at Lords.... come on Engerrrrrrland

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Just think Morgan should be higher up the order, Malan for me doesn't do what he was brought in for, smack the ball beyond the boundary.

To be fair, if NZ go on to beat us, I hope they win, after their sportmanship and grace after the 2019 final at Lords.... come on Engerrrrrrland

You’ve got your wish now. Malan has the highest strike rate in this innings so far though…

 

[dadnlad]

got our work cut out here

 

[MillionMilesAway]

this innings seems to have gone by very quickly.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

You’ve got your wish now. Malan has the highest strike rate in this innings so far though…

How can he come higher up in the order, when he isnt in yet? BTW I like Livingstone

 

[Don Karleone]

This is better

 

[balotellishaircut]

Last over now, need 10+ off this over

 

[MillionMilesAway]

You’ve got your wish now. Malan has the highest strike rate in this innings so far though…

He went along at 136. That would be a score in the 160s across all the innings, which isn't bad.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He went along at 136. That would be a score in the 160s across all the innings, which isn't bad.

Yeah, he’s a bit like Root. Doesn’t have the big and flashy shots, but if he stays in for 30 balls, he’s somehow got 45 runs to his name.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Well played Moeen, a good fifty that.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Yeah, he’s a bit like Root. Doesn’t have the big and flashy shots, but if he stays in for 30 balls, he’s somehow got 45 runs to his name.

yes, and when he's surrounded by sloggers, it's presumably his role to some degree.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Now Livingstone has a higher scorecat 188, thing is (and my opinion only) is others should be higher up the order. For me both Mooen and Eoin are more pragmatic and deliver. But we also have a great set of experienced bowlers who can question the New Zealanders.....

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Now, which team has the bigger cojanes, I'm off for a beer....

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I'd say 170 is a winning score on here, 150 would be about par. Going to be close, one would think, chasing 167.