New Zealand [281/9] defeat Australia [257] in the 3rd ODI; win series 2-0

[Justcrazy]

by Taylor.

 

[Justcrazy]

239 / 6

24 balls left

 

[Aman]

I reiterate it's incredibly difficult to accelerate against this attack. They've got three bowlers hitting the top of the splice every ball at length, then Faulkner varying his pace with cutters, seam balls, back of the hand slower balls that bounce on you and Zampa is a quite skilled wicket to wicket bowler. Who do you target?

To score against them you need to play quality cricketing shots which is impossible to do every ball. The odds will always be against you. If you successfully connect two, you're likely to mistime or edge the third. Eventually one will have your name on it because you're trying to put away very good deliveries with extra bounce every ball. And that's how they trap batsmen, they relentlessly attack the stumps or just outside. They don't have any bowlers batsmen can target. Faulkner and Zampa are the weaker links but they also excel at their own craft which is to restrict.

The Aussies were bowling excellent but no doubt we would have been better off with them trying to hit a few away for some much needed runs than sit there and block out it.

 

[Justcrazy]

Taylor gone ........

247 / 7

 

[Chief Destroyer]

The Aussies were bowling excellent but no doubt we would have been better off with them trying to hit a few away for some much needed runs than sit there and block out it.

You would've been bowled out. Best option is to score run a ball against their trio and target Zampa and Faulkner or have supreme hand-eye like De Villiers/Warner/Sharjeel.

 

[Justcrazy]

251 / 7

12 balls left

 

[Aman]

You would've been bowled out. Best option is to score run a ball against their trio and target Zampa and Faulkner or have supreme hand-eye like De Villiers/Warner/Sharjeel.

We may have, but we would have gotten more runs no doubt. Instead of scores of 8(12), 3(12) and 1(7).

 

[Justcrazy]

Brilliant save by Stonis , almost a six.

 

[Justcrazy]

Southee gets away

 

[Justcrazy]

By santher

265 / 7

six balls left

 

[Justcrazy]

A high pace yorker from starc

 

[Justcrazy]

Starc you a Beauty , another yorker , searing pace

 

[Justcrazy]

Santher gets that away

 

[Justcrazy]

Santher finishes on high

 

[MMHS]

Just about per score considering that Smith & Warner is not playing, neither Khwaja (who is a beast, if you don't have genuine spinners to bowl). But, I do believe Sodhi could have won this match today, still it'll be very, very close.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Starc's over-excitement is going to cost Australia.

 

[shaz619]

Great finish by NZ, this is a defendable total

 

[Justcrazy]

282 runs is the target

 

[Chief Destroyer]

We may have, but we would have gotten more runs no doubt. Instead of scores of 8(12), 3(12) and 1(7).

Easier said than done. If they're struggling to put bat on ball while defending, what chance do they have attacking?

 

[Chief Destroyer]

If Pakistan finished the innings like this after a solid platform, there would've been ten wrist-slitting threads criticizing the lack of "power hitting" by the foolish bunch.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Southee bowls pies when it doesn't swing.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Williamson as usual will react after the pressure's been released. Lockie should've been bowling this over.

 

[Justcrazy]

Run out

Bonus for kiwis

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis need more wickets , the pitch is good.

 

[Justcrazy]

Boult strikes !

Kiwis back in the hunt

 

[Justcrazy]

44 / 2

8 overs

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Rapid with bounce.

 

[Justcrazy]

Ferguson starts with a maiden

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis should look for more wickets here

 

[Justcrazy]

Ferguson bowling with real pace here

 

[Justcrazy]

57 / 2

12 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

66 . 2

13 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate 5.69 currently.

 

[Justcrazy]

Good partnership 42 runs already

 

[Justcrazy]

Finch approaching his fifty

 

[Justcrazy]

for finch

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Williamson making the mistake of bowling 50 overs instead of taking 10 wickets.

 

[Justcrazy]

williamson gets finch

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Williamson making the mistake of bowling 50 overs instead of taking 10 wickets.

We Pakistanis can now spot that mistake instantly

 

[Aman]

Maxwell is Chris Martin in NZ )

 

[Aman]

Maxwell's scores against NZ in NZ

1,0,6,0, 20 and 0.

3 ducks

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Danger man here.

 

[MMHS]

Still, it's a 50-50 match. Kiwis would have won it with Sodhi for sure.

 

[Aman]

Easier said than done. If they're struggling to put bat on ball while defending, what chance do they have attacking?

Er... they were getting bat on ball, they weren't able to find the gaps for singles and were blocking straight deliveries.

 

[Justcrazy]

159 from 26 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Can stonis play another such innings

 

[Justcrazy]

stonis hits that one

 

[Justcrazy]

5 wides , Kiwis leaking easy runs here

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies back in the game here , Kiwis need a wicket here

 

[Justcrazy]

head gone

 

[Justcrazy]

Boult gets two in an over , Faulkner gone

 

[Justcrazy]

108 from 17 overs , 4 wickets in hand

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Boult changes the game

 

[Justcrazy]

Southee starts a crucial second spell.

 

[Justcrazy]

175 . 6

34 overs

Great over by Southee , just one run

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

NZ grounds never ceases to irritate. 58 m boundary is a farce

 

[160KPH]

Stonis seems like a good investment, played some gorgeous shots today.

Now if the bowlers can somehow chase this total down..

 

[Belawal2014]

Game on.

 

[shah_1]

honestly Faulkner bats like a tail ender thesedays

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

honestly Faulkner bats like a tail ender thesedays

He needs Vinay 'Marshall' Kumar and Ishant 'Garner' Sharma to score runs

 

[Belawal2014]

5 wickets for Boult.

 

[Messiah]

honestly Faulkner bats like a tail ender thesedays

I don't think he was ever a good technical batsmen. More of a slogger. If he connect he looks awesome otherwise looks like a tailender

 

[Messiah]

Boult is a beast. Few days ago some kiwi guy here was saying how boult is living off past glory. Rubbish

 

[Belawal2014]

6 for Boult.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Six for Boult. Wins them the game. What a performance

 

[Silverlion]

what a great game of cricket. Boult was lightening!

 

[MenInG]

Australia fail to win a single game

2-0 to New Zealand

6/33 for Boult

 

[Syed1]

This OZ side is very mediocre. SA walloped them and NZ chewed through them. It is only us minnow Pakistan that made them look any good.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

This OZ side is very mediocre. SA walloped them and NZ chewed through them. It is only us minnow Pakistan that made them look any good.

TBH, they were without Warner,Smith and Khawaja

 

[Chief Destroyer]

This OZ side is very mediocre. SA walloped them and NZ chewed through them. It is only us minnow Pakistan that made them look any good.

They were only missing their two best players. No biggie.

 

[Ellipsism]

This OZ side is very mediocre. SA walloped them and NZ chewed through them. It is only us minnow Pakistan that made them look any good.

In SA they went with a third string bowling line up in Boland, Tremain and Mennie.

In NZ they don't have Warner nor Smith.

 

[Ellipsism]

Boult is a beast. Few days ago some kiwi guy here was saying how boult is living off past glory. Rubbish

One performance doesn't change the fact that he's been absolutely rubbish after his injury.

 

[volcyz]

Last year at near full strength they still lost in NZ.

 

[Syed1]

They were only missing their two best players. No biggie.

Doesn't change the fact that we are beyond bad.

 

[Rayyman]

Boult is one of my favorite bowlers. I still rank him as the best in the world in terms of ability and skill not on current form. This was an ATG performance by him. Good to see the Aussies lose.

 

[Thivagar]

Home track bullies.

 

[Rayyman]

Home track bullies.

I reckon that every team besides SL, Zim, and WI would beat Aus outside of Aus.

 

[Thivagar]

I reckon that every team besides SL, Zim, and WI would beat Aus outside of Aus.

AUs just lost 3-0 to SL minnows in Test, regularly got beaten by SL in T20s even at home when SL wasn't a minnow. Lost to Zimbabwe the super minnow in 2014 and WI with the likes of Gayle, Pollard, Narine, Sammy and Bravo would eat the current Aussies alive in ODI and T20 cricket.

 

[aloo paratha]

One performance doesn't change the fact that he's been absolutely rubbish after his injury.

He's bowled well in tests vs Bangladesh too. After the India tour he's been at his best.

 

[Snatch]

I reckon that every team besides SL, Zim, and WI would beat Aus outside of Aus.

Pakistan wouldn't have a chance, even at home. They're the worst ODI team in the world currently, not counting Zim.