Australia [96/3] defeat New Zealand [117/9] by 7 wickets (DLS method) in first match of tri-series

[MenInG]

Teams:

Australia (From): David Warner(c), D'Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey(w), Billy Stanlake, Ashton Agar, Kane Richardson, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis


New Zealand (From): Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson(c), Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell(w), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Anaru Kitchen, Colin Munro, Seth Rance, Ben Wheeler

 

[MenInG]

Australia have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[wrongun]

Billy Stanlake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[angeldsoul]

and again Billy!!!


why is the stadium just about half full for a big match ??

 

[Convict]

and again Billy!!!


why is the stadium just about half full for a big match ??

what big match?

 

[Titan24]

If Billy can keep himself fit, he might get a berth for world cup 2019.

 

[Aman]

God we're so rubbish.

Going after their best bowler and trying to smash him with the ball moving around, talk about planning

 

[angeldsoul]

First time Nz playing a t20 match against aussie in australia since 2009, start of a first ever t20 tri nation cup, thought there would be some very good interest!

Ps Billy again!!!

 

[Azeem Zafar]

Its a T20 match on saturday in Australia & the ground is barely half full. Strange, wonder what could be the reason..

 

[Titan24]

God we're so rubbish.

Going after their best bowler and trying to smash him with the ball moving around, talk about planning

He wasnt their best bowler until the start of the match

 

[Aman]

First time Nz playing a t20 match against aussie in australia since 2008, start of a first ever t20 tri nation cup, thought there would be some very good interest!

Ps Billy again!!!

Nah, NZ always crumble in Aus.

Can't remember the last time there was a competitive game there.

I can only think of the one involving Sinclair's great catch, Hobart Test and the first D/N Test.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Stanlake clocking 151 kph. Australian bowling attack for the world cup.

Starc
Hazelwood
Cummin/Richardson
Stanlake.

Relentless!

 

[Aman]

He wasnt their best bowler until the start of the match

He bowls 150 clicks and can swing the ball...

 

[Aman]

Its a T20 match on saturday in Australia & the ground is barely half full. Strange, wonder what could be the reason..

NZ don't draw and it's a T20.

 

[Alter_Ego]

Same Billy whom Sharjeel made a toast of.

 

[Titan24]

He bowls 150 clicks and can swing the ball...

Yeah these are the traits he posess but without showing them in a match he couldnt be said “best bowler”. A threat, yes.

 

[AAli98]

NZ getting whipped away frm home.. Guptill & co should imagine theyr playing in Auckland on there 30 metre boundrys.

 

[Aman]

Funnily enough I think we could have won this if we batted first.

Aus would have crumbled against the moving ball and we would have been more careful in our innings.

 

[angeldsoul]

I can only imagine what this aussie lineup woyld do to pak batting in these conditions! lolol

 

[Aman]

Get it to 140 and who knows, the Aussies could fold to Boult and Southee if there's still swing around.

 

[Aman]

Billy has a great yorker.

Man Australia are going to be so OP for the WC

Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins/Pattinson/Billy

 

[Aman]

We could have been 6 or 7 down if Starc was playing.

 

[Aman]

This must be the best track Australia have produced all summer, for a T20 no less

 

[Aman]

And there goes the worst T20 batsmen in the world.

I actually hope we get rolled for an embarrassing score.

Not gonna win this nor will a fightback do us any good.

 

[Titan24]

Stanlake clocking 151 kph. Australian bowling attack for the world cup.

Starc
Hazelwood
Cummin/Richardson
Stanlake.

Relentless!

And still they were able to win just one match out of 5 against England. Yes some of the bowlers were resting but still they were playing at home

 

[Madplayer]

Kiwis batting like Pakistanis.

 

[wrongun]

Its a T20 match on saturday in Australia & the ground is barely half full. Strange, wonder what could be the reason..

Australia still doesn't quite know what to make of t20i yet (as players or fans, I think we are rank 7 despite some clear talent).

The market has been saturated with BBL every day leading into this match, plus BBL final tomorrow + bilateral ODI vs England AFTER a full Ashes campaign. + PMXI t20 vs England in Canberra (nearby city) today.

Looks like 25 000/30 000 crowd to me at the SCG. Got to remember we have some huge stadiums here with a smallish population. I think this will be about what CA expected for a crowd. It's February now, back to school, back to work, Australia Day on 26 Jan usually signals the end of the "summer holiday season". People are all partied out.

Interestingly also that BBL TV viewers + crowd attendances are both down for the 2nd year running. T20 is potentially just a passing craze in Oz, not the bedrock of an IPL or South Asian in general obsession.

 

[Aman]

Kiwis batting like Pakistanis.

This team is just terrible.

We should be loading it with hacks/sloggers, not Kane Williamson and Blundell..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

And still they were able to win just one match out of 5 against England. Yes some of the bowlers were resting but still they were playing at home

That's just the insane quality and depth of the English batting that did them in. But this pace attack and Warner/Smith is a good team . If they can get a couple of batsmen like the Englishmen have, they will be a force at the World Cup.

 

[Aman]

NZ getting whipped away frm home.. Guptill & co should imagine theyr playing in Auckland on there 30 metre boundrys.

We got smashed at home against Pakistan, so I don't know what you're talking about )

We're a pathetic T20 side who somehow made it to number 1 in the world.

 

[Convict]

Australia still doesn't quite know what to make of t20i yet (as players or fans, I think we are rank 7 despite some clear talent).

The market has been saturated with BBL every day leading into this match, plus BBL final tomorrow + bilateral ODI vs England AFTER a full Ashes campaign. + PMXI t20 vs England in Canberra (nearby city) today.

Looks like 25 000/30 000 crowd to me at the SCG. Got to remember we have some huge stadiums here with a smallish population. I think this will be about what CA expected for a crowd. It's February now, back to school, back to work, Australia Day on 26 Jan usually signals the end of the "summer holiday season". People are all partied out.

Interestingly also that BBL TV viewers + crowd attendances are both down for the 2nd year running. T20 is potentially just a passing craze in Oz, not the bedrock of an IPL or South Asian in general obsession.

Imo its just that Melbourne and Sydney teams were pretty bad this year plus Ashes taking attention off it.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Each of the wickets so far has fallen on the first or second delivery of the over. New Zealand should defend for the first 2 balls and go hell for leather on the last four. That should be a perfect strategy!

 

[Aman]

This is why you need a second team to follow as a NZ cricket fan.

 

[DRsohail]

We got smashed at home against Pakistan, so I don't know what you're talking about )

We're a pathetic T20 side who somehow made it to number 1 in the world.

last time u said u dont care about t20i.

 

[Aman]

last time u said u dont care about t20i.

Most of this side will play in the WC next year, if they're not performing and crumbling here when out of their comfort zones, it only indicates we're not going to go far or fare well.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

De granhomme has to be the hardest hitter of the ball going around....devastating power...

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[Oligochaetes]

I'm Liking the look of Colin, Should be a good middle order bat for RCB

 

[Convict]

Tye will be in the world cup team. Not this all fast boys attack.

 

[Aman]

Tye will be in the world cup team. Not this all fast boys attack.

Why?

I'd take Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Billy and Pattinson as the pacers.

All of them are quality.

 

[Convict]

Why?

I'd take Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Billy and Pattinson as the pacers.

All of them are quality.

Because he is a better limited overs bowler than Cummins and Pattinson.

And Billy will breakdown.

 

[wrongun]

Imo its just that Melbourne and Sydney teams were pretty bad this year plus Ashes taking attention off it.

Yeah certainly possible. But 2 years running is a concern for CA imo. Remember the basketball fad in the 90s that threatened to gobble all other sports but died just as quick? I'm not convinced the BBL will grow ever stronger just yet. I don't think it will do a basketball disappear but t20 is yet to become the institution/annual lifestyle event that Tests or even some ODI's have become.

For example I live in Canberra and it's not unusual if Sydney has an ODI or for a Test anywhere but Perth (unaffordable) for one of my friends to be trying to gather a gang of a dozen or so lads to head up & watch. But that has never happened for a BBL or T20 ODI (yet even the odd A League derby gets a suggestion in Summer).

I think CA have some serious thinking to do about their scheduling

 

[wrongun]

Yeah, Billy will have a lot of 4 day cricket to convince anyone he is anything but a perfect 4 over bowler, maybe 10 overs at a stretch. Got Bruce Reid written all over him.

 

[Aman]

We play better in India than we do in Aus.

 

[Aman]

Hope rain doesn't save Australia.

 

[UN talkz]

Hope rain doesn't save Australia.

Haha, wth
If Aus are given just 10 overs to chase this down, they will do it with 3 balls remaining

 

[UN talkz]

Haha, wth
If Aus are given just 10 overs to chase this down, they will do it with 3 balls remaining

Taubah Taubah, kuch zyaada hee hogayaaa

 

[Aman]

Captain useless not understanding that we need wickets, this isn't the moment to be gettint overs out of the way.

Bowl the specialists, using the part A/Rs now is useless and will only finish the game.

 

[Aman]

I'm annoyed at myself for watching this rubbish.

 

[Aman]

3 straight losses, likely to be 6 by the time the series is over.

Team should be realistic about their chances and hope to be competitive in the remaining games.

 

[asadee]

Wow how was this team #1??

 

[Aman]

Wow how was this team #1??

I told you the rankings were flawed, we did nothing to get to number 1.

Hell, we've never even made a T20 WC Final.

 

[asadee]

Well at least ur consistently good in ODIs

 

[Aman]

Well at least ur consistently good in ODIs

Consistently fourth or fifth best is nothing to be proud of. We've achieved nothing in the sport.

 

[in_cutter]

NZ are very good in home conditions but bunnies abroad. Like most teams I guess.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Aussies already eyeing elusive T20 crown

The next ICC World T20 tournament is still more than two-and-a-half years away but Chris Lynn has revealed Australia have already begun formulating plans to snag the only major piece of major silverware to elude them.

Australia have squandered all six of their attempts to claim the WT20 title, missing the semi-finals on three occasions and making the decider just once, as rivals India, England, West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have all lifted the trophy at least once.

Australia's struggles in the shortest format – they currently rank a lowly seventh on the International Cricket Council's T20I rankings – have mystified players and fans alike given they, notwithstanding some notable recent troughs in the other formats, are among the world's best in the Test and ODI arenas.

Those poor returns remain even more puzzling considering the strength of the KFC Big Bash League, arguably the world's best domestic T20 league, with the lucrative Indian Premier League its only real competitor.

They will have no better chance to change all that when the next WT20, to be held Down Under for the first time, is contested in October-November 2020.

And although that tournament remains a distant speck on the horizon, Lynn says preparation for 2020 has already begun.

"Realistically, we are talking about it because you don't just win a World Cup a month before," the Queenslander said after leading the Aussies to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the Gillette T20I tri-series opener on Saturday.

"Preparation starts now and we want to build a nucleus of a side now.

"That was only my sixth T20 for Australia. (With) every game I play, I'm going to be more relaxed and be more familiar with the guys. I've always been in and out of the side and generally most of the guys can say that, bar a couple.

"So if we can familiarise (ourselves) with everyone, we'll just go from strength to strength."

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/chr...n-tri-series-highlights-scheudling/2018-02-04

 

[Aman]

NZ are very good in home conditions but bunnies abroad. Like most teams I guess.

Nah, we suffer from minnow mentality/inferority complex.

We crumble like Pakistan do when they face India, difference is Pakistan at least have a CT against India. We have nothing but one humilation after another at the hands of Australia, especially when it matters most.

The most significant win we probably hold over Aus is probably some Chappelle Hadlee series win, after that there's Hobart and not much else. If we go further back there's a Test series Hadlee won us in Aus against an extremely weak Aus side.

That's not a diss, but you can't help but notice the parrallels both crumble against Aus/India. Both teams are mentally weak, but at least you conquered it with the CT. We've got nothing but a humilating defeat on the grandest stage to go with the other million times these losers have rolled over.