Australia v New Zealand | World T20 2016 | Mar 18, 2016 | Match discussion thread

[Aman]

NZ batting first.

 

[JaDed]

Smith: "We would have also batted. It looks pretty dry. It is exciting to start our World Cup campaign here today. We have played against them recently and hopefully we can do well today. We have a very strong 15-man squad and have picked a side that will do well against New Zealand. Usman and Watson (will open the batting)."


Pitch report: "Stunning conditions here at Dharamsala. Thankfully we have some sun. The ground has been under covers since yesterday 10:00 local time. This wicket won't spin that much. Captains like to chase when there is rain predicted," assesses Scott Styris

-CB

 

[street cricketer]

Need some banter between [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] and [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION]..

 

[JaDed]

Kiwis imo have messedup the selection,Mitchell McClenaghan is in and Sodhi ,Santer playing should had gone for Southee

 

[Aman]

Finch out for Khawaja.

Mitch in for McCullum.

Big Daddy Kane being ruthless once again by leaving out Boult and Southee.

He's been winning tosses too

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Watson and Khawaja will open. Australian bowling looks weak so chasing isnt a bad option for them

 

[Aman]

Kiwis imo have messedup the selection,Mitchell McClenaghan is in and Sodhi ,Santer playing

Boult and Southee have been useless.

Boult picked up wickets off rubbish deliveries in the series against SL, Pakistan and Aus.

It was clear he's no longer a top 2 or 3 pacer for us in LOI's.

 

[JaDed]

Who is Adam Zampa why does Aussie T20 teams always look a massive let down(on paper) eventhough they do well.

 

[JaDed]

Boult and Southee have been useless.

Boult picked up wickets off rubbish deliveries in the series against SL, Pakistan and Aus.

It was clear he's no longer a top 2 or 3 pacer for us in LOI's.

Should had gone for Southee instead of Sodhi.

 

[Aman]

Should had gone for Southee instead of Sodhi.

Hell no, Ish is a much better option than Southee in the SC.

Both Southee and Boult went for plenty of runs in the warm ups.

Trust me, they aren't up for it.

 

[JaDed]

Hell no, Ish is a much better option than Southee in the SC.

Both Southee and Boult went for plenty of runs in the warm ups, trust me, they aren't up for it.

Not in Dharmsala but lets see.

 

[Convict]

Finch out?

Good

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Aus batting easily the best in the tournament though their bowling is weak both in pace and spin department

 

[Gayle_Force]

From Pakistani perspective which win is better? Aus or NZ?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Its Friday why is the crowd so small?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

From Pakistani perspective which win is better? Aus or NZ?

Aus I think

 

[Madplayer]

From Pakistani perspective which win is better? Aus or NZ?

Australia winning would mean pak, aus and Nz all have a win and means India's chances become weaker

 

[JaDed]

Australia winning would mean pak, aus and Nz all have a win and means India's chances become weaker

NZ can't defeat Pakistan and they might lose to Bangladesh too who knows,so its better for Aus to win if India wants a chance to qualify by beating other teams.

 

[JaDed]

Ashton welcomed by a

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Two knee high full tosses, batsman is Guptill, in the power play on a short ground.... Result = 2 sixes

 

[Adil_94]

Agar getting a phainty

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[marlonbrowndo]

Ashton welcomed by a

Will there be more crowd later on?

 

[Adil_94]

Dharamsala is a beautiful place. Sad that Pakistan couldn't play there

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[JaDed]

Damn looks like Guptill is in the mood.

 

[street cricketer]

Agar gets a good welcome to India from Guptill.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Haha 3 sixes.. I woulda played Hazlewood or Hastings

 

[Adil_94]

is there any cleaner striker of the ball than Guptill apart from Gayle probably.

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[JaDed]

Will there be more crowd later on?

Local crowd yeah some might but because most matches here have been washout plus working day today there ll not be much.

 

[JaDed]

Guptill not able to play Watto that well.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Williamson amazing off his pads

 

[JaDed]

Faulkner taken to cleaners now.

 

[JaDed]

These two are really good for Kiwis but they should aim higher unless the ball spins for Kiwis ,Aussies will play at a much faster rate.

and

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Guptills straight hits are among the best things in cricket right now

 

[street cricketer]

Good first over from Zampa.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

This match is going to be a CRACKER ONE...Someone mentioned Pak vs India match should have been held here, actually NO - capacity is 15,000 which doesn't do justice to the arch-rivals game.

 

[Adil_94]

very good catch by Maxwell.

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[Madplayer]

Brutal Munro comes to the crease.

 

[RamLakhan]

NZ can't defeat Pakistan and they might lose to Bangladesh too who knows,so its better for Aus to win if India wants a chance to qualify by beating other teams.

NZ may actually win this game, but they may lose to both Pakistan and Bangladesh (at least one of them) because they may lose the toss and choke batting second!

 

[JaDed]

This match is going to be a CRACKER ONE...Someone mentioned Pak vs India match should have been held here, actually NO - capacity is 15,000 which doesn't do justice to the arch-rivals game.

Capacity is 23 k and its a good ground but more for a test match.

 

[Madplayer]

Australia have the poorest bowling attack in the group of death

 

[JaDed]

NZ may actually win this game, but they may lose to both Pakistan and Bangladesh (at least one of them) because they may lose the toss and choke batting second!

That's why it will be good if they lose this because they ll defn lose one either to Pak or Bangla.

 

[RamLakhan]

That's why it will be good if they lose this because they ll defn lose one either to Pak or Bangla.

Well it does look so

 

[battler]

Munro has been hacking away to glory ever since he's come in.

 

[Adil_94]

Maxwell turning this game in Australia's favour.

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[JaDed]

Kiwis have messed it up.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Finch out for Khawaja.

Mitch in for McCullum.

Big Daddy Kane being ruthless once again by leaving out Boult and Southee.

He's been winning tosses too

Both aren't good T20I bowlers.

 

[Convict]

Thread's gone a bit quiet

 

[JaDed]

Not sure why Ross Taylor stays on.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Need NZ to win today somehow.

 

[street cricketer]

Maxwell has been impressive here. His spell was the turning point.

Thought he would be smashed, but fair play to him. Choked NZ there.

 

[90MPH]

150 might be a tough target to chase on this pitch.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

This is a 180 pitch, Aussies have done quite well, it seems like the pacers have done well. Why didn't Smith bowl Zampa more, looks a good prospect for Australia.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Does Ronchi every play well?

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Oh Man Aussies need a better keeper than Nevil

 

[marlonbrowndo]

What is Maxwell

 

[Convict]

Does Ronchi every play well?

For Western Australia about 5-8 years ago

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Nzl blew it. They had a good chance to get to 160 but poor shot selection cost them.

 

[JaDed]

143 target should be easy for Aussies.

 

[Sherlock]

Fantastic bowling from Australia. NZ scored less than a 100 in the last 15 overs. Excellent.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Hell no, Ish is a much better option than Southee in the SC.

Both Southee and Boult went for plenty of runs in the warm ups.

Trust me, they aren't up for it.

Yeah Sodhi bowled beautifully against India, I was following the black caps page, Sodhi said he is a Believer :Asif
Also his favourite romantic movie is The Notebook. I thought he would have picked Kuch Kuch Hota Hain

 

[Aman]

Probably 20 runs off a good total.

But there's enough in the wicket to keep it interesting.

Need the pacers to bowl their cutters every 2nd ball, seems difficult to get away.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Australians will get this in 15

 

[JaDed]

Need NZ to win today somehow.

Why?

 

[Aman]

Can't believe the ball got that roughed up after 16 overs, this must be a very abrasive pitch.

 

[Adil_94]

Aussie heavy favourites to win this one. I expect a comfortable win for them

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[Nikhil_cric]

Why?

If NZ beat Australia,Pakistan and BD won't that make qualification for us pretty straightforward? Our NRR is pretty poor so if it comes to three teams with the same number of points we might get knocked out.

 

[street cricketer]

Expect Aus to chase this comfortably, barring an incredible choke.

 

[street cricketer]

If NZ beat Australia,Pakistan and BD won't that make qualification for us pretty straightforward? Our NRR is pretty poor so if it comes to three teams with the same number of points we might get knocked out.

I think NZ has more chances of losing to Pak and Bang than Australia. Just my feeling.

 

[Aman]

Expect Aus to chase this comfortably, barring an incredible choke.

Aus couldn't chase 240 in NZ on a wicket that was better than this.

 

[RamLakhan]

Look at the Aussie Side, so many new faces! Compare that to India, we still need players like Yuvi & Nehra and we can't get rid of somebody like Pandya & try out another guy in the bench (in spite of big IPL). Same applies even more to Pakistan!

 

[JaDed]

If NZ beat Australia,Pakistan and BD won't that make qualification for us pretty straightforward? Our NRR is pretty poor so if it comes to three teams with the same number of points we might get knocked out.

Pak(in current form and Mohali historically) is beating Kiwis for sure and Kiwis might end up losing to Bangla as well so with this loss against Aus and one more against a desi team we actually need to beat all 3 remaining teams to qualify after that and no constraints.

 

[street cricketer]

Aus couldn't chase 240 in NZ on a wicket that was better than this.

Let's see. They have an army of power hitters.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Look at the Aussie Side, so many new faces! Compare that to India, we still need players like Yuvi & Nehra and we can't get rid of somebody like Pandya & try out another guy in the bench (in spite of big IPL). Same applies even more to Pakistan!

Pandya is a talent, watch him smack Amir tomorrow.

 

[Gilly]

Khawaja, Agar, Marsh, Zampa and Coulter-Nile playing their first T20I match for Australia tonight.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Australia is the last team i want to see win. I hope it was in Nagpur Nzl would have beaten them with ease.

 

[Executioner]

If Bangladesh played on more sporty pitches like this we could have done better.

Fact is we don't have flat track bullies and blind sloggers who can take advantage of flat tracks.

 

[Gayle_Force]

Have to say ICC has done a poor job "standardizing" the pitches for the World Cup.

 

[Aman]

Khawaja, Agar, Marsh, Zampa and Coulter-Nile playing their first T20I match for Australia tonight.

Khawaja's 2nd
Marsh's 7th
Zampa's 2nd
Coulter Niles 13th

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Pandya is a talent, watch him smack Amir tomorrow.

OK anything else, Great Bowlers like Steyn was taken for a cleaner, so i wont be surprised if he had a bad game, T20 is no place to judge a talent like Amir or Anyone with good bowling abilities. So yah fine you are right he will be taken for cleaner.