1st ODI | New Zealand vs South Africa | October 21, 2014 | Mount Maunganui (NZ)

[PB]

Should be a decent match up, New Zealand are missing some key players while the South African XI looks to be very threatening.

New Zealand (probable): 1 Jimmy Neesham, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Dean Brownlie, 4 Brendon McCullum (capt), 5 Tom Latham, 6 Corey Anderson, 7 Luke Ronchi (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Mitchell McClenaghan, 11 Trent Boult/Matt Henry

South Africa (probable) 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 Ryan McLaren, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir

Just under two and a half hours to go.

 

[Zaad]

what channel will be showing this?

 

[hussain.r97]

Should be interesting. How will the Blackcaps fare without key middle order players Williamson and Taylor?

 

[PB]

Maiden by Steyn to start the proceedings.

 

[KarachiKing]

world cup semi finalists in action

 

[Jabo]

Looking forward to this game, shame no Ross Taylor though, want to see what CJ can do also

 

[Ahson8]

Go SA!

 

[PB]

Cautious start by the NZ openers.

 

[Aman]

looking forward to this game, shame no ross taylor though, want to see what cj can do also

cj?

 

[Aman]

Guptills been struggling since his remedial work to his technique for a while now...

 

[Boi]

What a lovely ground.

 

[PB]

Beautiful pitch and outfield! How many metres far are the boundaries? [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

 

[Aman]

Thank you Jimmy

Making up for Guptills tuk tuk

 

[Aman]

Beautiful pitch and outfield! How many metres far are the boundaries? [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

No clue, it's the first time NZ have played here.

 

[Aman]

2(18)

The lack of intent from Guptill is frustrating.

Neesham now gone.

 

[PB]

Neesham gone, he looked good out there though.

 

[blackanhyellow]

why isnt williamson playing? injured?

 

[Ahson8]

Neesham

 

[Ahson8]

why isnt williamson playing? injured?

Yup. Him & Taylor both injured.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Philander bowling beautifully

 

[Aman]

Brownlie at 3 and McCullum at 4..

 

[RehanG]

NZ is playing with more bowlers then batters..

 

[hussain.r97]

How long has Guptill been showing this form We're going to miss Williamson and Taylor really badly...

 

[blackanhyellow]

Yup. Him & Taylor both injured.

oh man thats like india playing without kohli and dhoni.

or pakistan playing without misbah.

 

[Mamoon]

Philtrundler should bowl 7/8 overs up front. No point in keep him for the middle and death overs.

 

[Aman]

How long has Guptill been showing this form We're going to miss Williamson and Taylor really badly...

4, 1 and 15 are his scores since the start of October.

 

[Mamoon]

Guptill hasn't done anything significant since the 180 in England just before the 2013 Champions Trophy.

Really good player though and his shots in the V are pretty remarkable.

 

[PB]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION], [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

How good is Brownlie? Worthy of representing NZ at 3?

 

[Aman]

Playing with 2 frontline pacers, I guess they're still unsure over who should be the starting spinner.

 

[Arsal_AK]

Guptill a lovely 3* of 20. Leaving even Misbah behind with this one.

 

[Aman]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION], [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

How good is Brownlie? Worthy of representing NZ at 3?

He's been scoring a load of runs on A tours.

 

[hussain.r97]

[MENTION=133865]hussain.r97[/MENTION], [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

How good is Brownlie? Worthy of representing NZ at 3?

I haven't seen much of him, but he's been racking up runs on tour games and A games...

 

[Mamoon]

Rossouw is a very good batsman. Will keep Miller on his toes in the long run. Should eventually replace Duminy in the Test team as well who isn't getting any better in that format.

 

[hussain.r97]

Thoughts on the new uniform?

It's blue from behind...

 

[Ahson8]

Guptill 3(24) )

 

[Aman]

Guptill hasn't done anything significant since the 180 in England just before the 2013 Champions Trophy.

Really good player though and his shots in the V are pretty remarkable.

Scored 100 against India as well.

 

[Mamoon]

Too much blue.

 

[hussain.r97]

Rossouw is a very good batsman. Will keep Miller on his toes in the long run. Should eventually replace Duminy in the Test team as well who isn't getting any better in that format.

Good prospect but had a horror start to his career. Needs to score here.

 

[Ahson8]

Thoughts on the new uniform?

It's blue from behind...

Looks good from the front.
Btw, you're from NZ ?

 

[Mamoon]

Hmmm. Taylor dominated that series though so his effort might have slipped under the radar.

 

[hussain.r97]

Too much blue.

Yeah personally prefer the one before this.

 

[Aman]

Knew the jerseys looked different.

Liked the other ones better.

 

[hussain.r97]

Looks good from the front.
Btw, you're from NZ ?

Pakistani, but I live in New Zealand...

 

[Aman]

Hmmm. Taylor dominated that series though so his effort might have slipped under the radar.

His slowish starts with Ryders quick ones are hard to forget.

 

[Aman]

Belted by Brownlie

 

[Aman]

Dropped by Faf

 

[hussain.r97]

Brownlie dropped?

 

[Aman]

Awful running between the wickets.

Should have been gone.

 

[PB]

Wow nice shot by Brownlie!

 

[hussain.r97]

Commentators saying its a slow pitch. This is the first time they've played here right? [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

 

[PB]

Awful running between the wickets.

Should have been gone.

They were both in the middle together for at least 3-4 seconds ball watching

 

[Aman]

Commentators saying its a slow pitch. This is the first time they've played here right? [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

Yep, Netherlands and Canada played the only other game there earlier this year.

 

[Ahson8]

Pakistani, but I live in New Zealand...

Ah, okay.

 

[Mamoon]

Guptill has to make this count.

 

[Mamoon]

Finals in 9 days and I'm up at 3 am watching NZ vs SA.

Cricket will ruin my life.

 

[Aman]

Rubbish innings by Guptill.

 

[hussain.r97]

Wow Guptill Bad run of form continues...

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Guptill's misery ends. useless innings

 

[Aman]

McCullum in now lol

 

[PB]

What was going through Guptills mind Wasted a good 5 overs worth of balls. Didn't look like his innings were going to go anywhere.

 

[hussain.r97]

Finals in 9 days and I'm up at 3 am watching NZ vs SA.

Cricket will ruin my life.

Same, I'm in the middle of my finals

 

[Mamoon]

Morkel always has a rubbish over up his sleeve. Really has no idea how to keep the pressure on the batsmen and put them on the back-foot. Has had a good career, but IMO he'd go down as a wasted talent. Could have been a legend had he had more aggression and control.

 

[Aman]

Losing the stability of Williamson and Taylor at 3 and 4 really exposes the lower middle order.

 

[Mamoon]

Brainless knock by Lord Guptill.

 

[PB]

Finals in 9 days and I'm up at 3 am watching NZ vs SA.

Cricket will ruin my life.

Wow Guptill Bad run of form continues...

That truly sucks, reading week for me

 

[hussain.r97]

Losing the stability of Williamson and Taylor at 3 and 4 really exposes the lower middle order.

Yeah, McCullum being forced to do something that's not his role. Maybe they should have sent Latham first?

 

[Mamoon]

Surely Devcich would be hot on Guptill's heels? Looked really good to me in the CLT20 and pretty ideal for ODIs.

 

[Ahson8]

Guptill goes after a beastly 5(29)

 

[Ahson8]

Finals in 9 days and I'm up at 3 am watching NZ vs SA.

Cricket will ruin my life.

I have an exam tomorrow

 

[Saurav]

Why did Neesham open?

 

[hussain.r97]

Morkel always has a rubbish over up his sleeve. Really has no idea how to keep the pressure on the batsmen and put them on the back-foot. Has had a good career, but IMO he'd go down as a wasted talent. Could have been a legend had he had more aggression and control.

Morkel comes across as a friendly giant. Not as much as Irfan though.

 

[hussain.r97]

Brownlie looking good

 

[Mamoon]

I have an exam tomorrow

Which paper?

 

[Ahson8]

Which paper?

Locomotor
Upper & Lower Limb Anatomy is crazy.
Gotta go study...

 

[hussain.r97]

Shot McCullum

 

[khalil1986]

Philander bowling some Jaffas.

Just as I type that McCullum launches him for six LOL

 

[Mamoon]

Lol, very tedious. Last night study won't help.

 

[hussain.r97]

NZ getting back on track.

 

[khalil1986]

Another six

 

[KarachiKing]

Which paper?

soja bhai. its 330 am in Pak

I don't know why but Neesham reminds me of Meecham from House of Cards .