Australia vs New Zealand 2nd T20 at Christchurch

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Dan won the toss and he has elected to bat first...

 

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From Cricinfo:

Hello and welcome to Christchurch for the 2nd T20I between New Zealand and Australia.

Daniel Vettori has won the toss and will bat first again. In team news, Tim Southee comes in for Daryl Tuffey, which is a slight surprise.

While for Australia, Travis Burt is in for Shane Watson and Ryan Harris is in for Mitchell Johnson, who was MOM in the first match in Wellington.

The weather is fine with some high cloud. We are headed for a maximum of 28 degrees C and the surface is in pristine condition.

The pitch has played well in the curtain raiser between the two women's teams even though there were only 210 runs scored. New Zealand won the match to take the T20I series 5-0 after losing the ODI series 5-0 - remarkable turnaround.

 

[itduzz]

Franklin just confirmed that Akhtar is faster than Tait

 

[imranhk786]

australia won= this thread will be opened after exactly 2.30 mins

 

[Rizie]

good start from mcculum

 

[sada90]

good start from kiwis... i hope they win this one...
when aus starts winning its very hard to stop them..

 

[Rizie]

Peter Gone

 

[imranhk786]

bowld

 

[Rizie]

verry small ground

 

[Cover Drive]

Nannes is being hammered by McCullum

New Zealand 60/1 (5.4/20 ov

 

[Rizie]

62/2 Guptill gone

Taylor and McCullum should be something special

 

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New Zealands run rate slightly declining after Guptills wicket

 

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McCullum just 90 runs away from 1000 T20 runs

 

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Taylor gone as well

run out...

 

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Here comes Franklin. He did good in first game solets see how he does today.

 

[sada90]

wow what a shot by Mcullum

 

[iZeeshan]

70 runs in the last 5 overs!

Who is this Hopkins dude!?

 

[sada90]

wow what a fantastic 100 by McCulum only 17 more to reach highest score in 20/20

 

[kingusama92]

Century for McCullum ...brilliant!

) ) @ the commentator... he yelled out "YEAAAAAAA... WOO HOO" ) )

Unbiased ... maybe not.

 

[tauseefm]

McCullum scored 100 on 50 balls. Great hitting by McCullum.
OMG HE JUST HIT AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOT TO TAIT

 

[kingusama92]

DILSCOOP for Six!!! MCCULLUM!!

 

[kingusama92]

11 away from tying the highest score in T20 cricket by Gayle.

 

[pak-admirer]

one of the great international t20 innings i've seen, congrats to mccullum well played!

 

[sada90]

one of the great international t20 innings i've seen, congrats to mccullum well played!

same here...

 

[tauseefm]

HAHAHAHA another one. This guys is an amazing player.

 

[sada90]

5 more to go....................

6 needed...

 

[taaveez]

This is unbelievable stuff from McCullum

 

[kingusama92]

A dream innings. Luckily I decided to watch.

 

[afridi_captain]

Tait is getting hammered hard so as every other bowlers

 

[taaveez]

And this is Tait the real bowler. Sprayer.

 

[afridi_captain]

mcullum is 3 runs short of all time high score

 

[afridi_captain]

I think he is gonna miss out on the high score

 

[pakistani]

stayed up to watch bond bowl but got the treat of watching mccullum

 

[afridi_captain]

Too bad he couldn't break the record. Brilliant innings though

 

[sada90]

ah .....................................

 

[Rizie]

gem of innings by McCullum

 

[kingusama92]

Sadly did not get to the final score but still... what an innings!

Well played.

It will be interesting to see Warner in this stadium.

 

[afridi_captain]

Im actually happy that Ryan Harris got the treat. He is not that good of a bowler that Pakistan made him look.

 

[Poison]

T20 is all luck

 

[afridi_captain]

In the T20 you gotta master the scoop shot to make a 100. I think Mcullum made at least 40% of his runs off the scoop shots which most of em were perfect yorkers really.

 

[iafzal]

well well well what is Aussies gonna do now?

All that pace and what it gets you is 10 runs per over.

Bring in Akhtar he will solve our bowling problems

 

[taaveez]

And then people get surprised that there are ODI 200s.

 

[taaveez]

Bring in Akhtar he will solve our bowling problems

You might wanna put the sentence in double quotes. For greater clarity.

 

[taaveez]

Im actually happy that Ryan Harris got the treat. He is not that good of a bowler that Pakistan made him look.

Except for MJ and maybe the Dougy bunnynger the Australian bowling attack is WYSIWYG. In this case, what you saw today.

 

[iafzal]

Warner show starts with a 6 and a 4

 

[taaveez]

Good bowling by Bond. This looks to be Warner's weakness.

 

[Fawad_Bhai]

boundaries flying so easily in this ground!

 

[iafzal]

on this pitch ground Bonds figure are amazing when rest of them are going 10-12/over

 

[Random Aussie]

And this is Tait the real bowler. Sprayer.

Don't think anyone ever claimed he was accurate. Just fast.

 

[taaveez]

Don't think anyone ever claimed he was accurate. Just fast.

Thanks, I'll stick with "sprayer".

 

[kingusama92]

OH WHAT A SHOT FROM WHITE!

Flicked Bond with disdain. Shot of the match for me.

 

[afridi_captain]

A tie

 

[afridi_captain]

Are they gonna play super over

 

[sada90]

wow wow wow wow.......................what a match....................

 

[Khabri420]

Wow...great stuff from Southee

Must say though Aussies are lucky a run out that NZ should have taken advantage of.

 

[sada90]

Are they gonna play super over

yep................
remember pak vs india............

 

[ali_ed2006]

Super over time.

What a match!

White is great to watch.

 

[kingusama92]

Yup... Super Over coming up.

I would send in Warner and White if I was Australia. McCullum and Hopkins for NZL.

Not sure about the bowlers.

 

[afridi_captain]

Warner White and Hadin For Aussies
And southee is gonna bowl for NZ

 

[afridi_captain]

2 off 1

 

[sada90]

how many players are fielding?

 

[Ryankhan]

What a great match. awsome suspense. great bowling by Southee. Great Excellent batting by White, man he is a very dangerous batsmen. missed NZ innings but saw ffew of mccullum shots and he was impressive. Im with Kiwis, too bad they post such a huge total and still didnt mange to win it as they should have been. Clarke proved that he is a 20-20 player aswell and showes another class that in 20-20 you can still go for singles-2's and fours, its not that if u dont hit a 6 your not a 20-20 batsmen.....so super ove southee go for it

 

[afridi_captain]

Southee is gonna get smashed by warner i reackon

 

[sada90]

did they change super bowl...
i remember pak vs india.. u just have to hit the wickets?

 

[afridi_captain]

3 from 3

 

[afridi_captain]

Warner Gone

 

[afridi_captain]

did they change super bowl...
i remember pak vs india.. u just have to hit the wickets?

The rules are changed

 

[sada90]

so only two batsman (wicket allowed)?
11 fielders?

 

[afridi_captain]

If NZ hit a 6 then they don't need another run

 

[OZGOD]

What's happening. Just got back from the pub. Apparently we have a tie?

 

[sada90]

What's happening. Just got back from the pub. Apparently we have a tie?

u missed one of the best matches..
almost...

 

[Couch Cricketer]

I know Mcullum hit a great hundred but I think southee should get the man of the match
for his overs. He more or less got NZ back in the match

 

[sada90]

so how many fielders are allowed?

 

[Couch Cricketer]

all the rest is the same just both team get to play one extra over

 

[sada90]

all the rest is the same just both team get to play one extra over

thx

 

[afridi_captain]

NZ win what a thriller

 

[sada90]

newzeland wins.....................................................................................what a night................................

 

[Khabri420]

NZ win! YES!!!

Bowling Tait was always gonna be risky!

 

[d0gers]

nice win in the end but they should've won inside the 20 overs.

 

[Ryankhan]

Great win for KIWIS> very happy for them, stupid bowling by TATU as i call him. NZ deserved a win and they did. to me MOM should be Brendon n SOutheee