New Zealand (283/1) hammer England (282/9) by 9 wickets to win Match 1 of the ICC World Cup 2023

[mominsaigol]

Can we swap ravindra for Nawaz please

 

[Devadwal]

When Kane came then play Rachin at opener instead of Young

 

[TheSultan]

Ravindra is better than every single batsman in our team - including Babar

 

[jnaveen1980]

So likes starc rauf cummins will go for plenty then?

Yes. Ofcourse it depends on the pitch. Wankhede has bounce. Dharamsala has bounce. But on Ahmedabad pitch they will be cannon fodder.Everyone genuine quick i have seen has travelled.

 

[Devadwal]

NZ 81/1 In 10 Over .What a great start.

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Rachin or Sachin ? Some superb strokeplay.

Named after Sachin and Rahul Dravid, dad was a huge fan.

 

[Devadwal]

Four more

 

[Rana]

Oh God England are going to come extremely hard now in the next few games

 

[Markhor]

When Kane came then play Rachin at opener instead of Young

Yep. Use as a hard hitting opener with license to attack PP with Conway going around run a ball at other end.

 

[TheSultan]

That’s it cmon Mark!

 

[nish_mate]

Wood runs in 20 yards, only to see the ball going past him...

 

[deltexas]

As I said before kane Williamson is the weak link in NZ batting. His absence is a boon to nz. Not to worry - he'll be back and then jeopardize nz chances totally

 

[Mankaded]

Buttler is Englands answer to Babar captaincy wise.

 

[Devadwal]

Wood is taken to cleaner. Six more

 

[jnaveen1980]

They can win with singles from here on. But they are not doing that.

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Mark wood getting some

 

[Ali Active]

As i said earlier Eng with this senseless approach of throwing their wickets away won’t work especially with their weak bowling.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Very very entertaining stuff. lol Revenge time for NZ."Hey you won by number of boundaries. We are going to win with sixes"

 

[Asad T]

I think England bowlers need to bowl more slower deliveries

 

[Devadwal]

Sharma is going to take on wood short pitch bowling when Indian play England

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Ohh,the indian in me gets so happy whenever England gets hammered.

 

[TheSultan]

Wood is taken to cleaner. Six more

That was lucky

 

[Ali Active]

Eng gifted their wicketss this is easily 340 pitch

 

[jnaveen1980]

What is the point of bowling fast here I seriously don't understand. I understand he is the fastest bowler in the world. But it doesn't work here. Just move to plan B.

 

[topspin]

Game over

 

[Mankaded]

Seems now that Babar was giving Buttler captaincy tips when he was explaining something to Buttler in the captains meeting yesterday.

 

[Devadwal]

What is the point of bowling fast here I seriously don't understand. I understand he is the fastest bowler in the world. But it doesn't work here. Just move to plan B.

Pace is pace yaar . comeon

 

[mominsaigol]

So NZ beat former CT winners pakistan and former world cup winners England with their 2nd string?

Yh okay .

 

[Rana]

Honestly

I recon pakistan should open with Fakhar and Nawaz

 

[jnaveen1980]

Their required run rate is under 5. They have to build up dots to induce error. SLow things down. That is what Adil Rashid is for

 

[Devadwal]

Only Rashid is wicket taking bowler in England line-up

 

[mominsaigol]

As I said before kane Williamson is the weak link in NZ batting. His absence is a boon to nz. Not to worry - he'll be back and then jeopardize nz chances totally

Nz doesn't have a braindead management like we do, I guarantee you they'll likely either move ravindra as an opener in place of will young or just not play Williamson at all if ravidra is batting like this at 3.

Williamson isn't selfish

 

[GLORY OF '92]

350 pitch this was

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Honestly

I recon pakistan should open with Fakhar and Nawaz

Ye bhi totka kar ke dekh lein, marta kya na karta

 

[nish_mate]

Tonked... that sounded sweet

 

[Devadwal]

Wow another six to bring fifty.

 

[TheSultan]

All the “anchors’ round the world - watch and learn

 

[jnaveen1980]

Honestly

I recon pakistan should open with Fakhar and Nawaz

To be fair Conway is a proper Test class batsman who can adapt and score runs with proper shots. Ravindra by all evidence looks like a Test level batsman. Almost all their shots are proper cricketing shots.

 

[apnapind]

Pace is pace yaar . comeon

Pace works but at certain pitches it wont

 

[Rana]

Ye bhi totka kar ke dekh lein, marta kya na karta

Well. You can go with Imam and score 50 in 10 overs

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

Rachin ki ghar wapsi karwao, looks like a great bat.

 

[Devadwal]

Most over overhyped team getting destroyed by NZ

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rachin has announced himself Come on Rachin's dad move to India

 

[Asad T]

50 up for the young lad off only 36 balls. What a start for him

 

[Rana]

Why did we drop Rana Faheem Stokes?

He would bat so good on these tracks

 

[NeVerMind]

Ravindra now smashing the likes of Wood, Woakes and to a slightly less extent, Curran... suddenly the phainty he gave to our bowlers in the warm up does not look that bad!

 

[Devadwal]

NZ 99-1 in 12 over .Now time for real Bowler

 

[apnapind]

Well. You can go with Imam and score 50 in 10 overs

But babay says you need kitabi players who will win your matches not some tullybaz

 

[jnaveen1980]

Adil Rashid every now and then bowls half trackers like Shadab. These two will be all over him.

 

[Markhor]

350 pitch this was

NZL had great bowling plans. ENG pacers been too short or full.

It's all on Adil Rashid now.

 

[NeVerMind]

Why did we drop Rana Faheem Stokes?

He would bat so good on these tracks

He's had lots of chances with the bat and failed which is probably why he was dropped from the WC squad in the first place...however his bowling was superior to the likes of Wasim Jnr so should have been included....

 

[sindhiboy]

nz have unearthed another gem. england's lollipop bowling attack exposed

 

[jnaveen1980]

England batting should be blamed more lol 283 on this track against 3+ 2 part timers.

 

[Iamcoolwhiz]

50 up for the young lad off only 36 balls. What a start for him

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Looks like a desi kid stereotype

 

[Asad T]

100 up for NZ in just 12.1 overs.
Crazy onslaught from them

 

[Devadwal]

Four more and fifty from Conway

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nasser Hussain is shell shocked

 

[Devadwal]

100 up for NZ in just 12.1 overs.
Crazy onslaught from them

England is geeting test of own medicine

 

[jnaveen1980]

If you bat first score 350 and pray.

 

[jnaveen1980]

43 runs ahead at this point NZ !! whoa

 

[Asad T]

50 up for Conway as well. Gets it just 1 ball slower than Rachin

 

[Markhor]

Staggering opening partnership. Haven't seen such an onslaught at a World Cup in a long time. To do this despite WC chasing pressure takes not only skill but courage.

 

[jnaveen1980]

One of the problem for England is both of them are good against spin. THey can't target other players like Mithcell.

 

[mominsaigol]

350 pitch this was

Remember the deal for quoting between us is still on my dude.

 

[7sins]

Ravindra backing finally pays off for NZ he was crap for last year or so but nz never dropped him.

 

[Asad T]

Looks like a desi kid stereotype

Yup, but he has the swag of WI 80's batsman

 

[Devadwal]

If you bat first score 350 and pray.

England bowling is pathetic .they are playing too many bits and pieces players

 

[jnaveen1980]

Staggering opening partnership. Haven't seen such an onslaught at a World Cup in a long time.

It was blissful to watch. No Fancy, funky shots. Just proper cricketing shots. That is the beauty of Conway. He never loses shape in any format.

 

[mominsaigol]

Why did we drop Rana Faheem Stokes?

He would bat so good on these tracks

I disagree, Faheem is a nothing player. Framchise bashing means nothing when shadab and shaheen are tanking.

Ravindra is a bad bowler but he isn't a bat bat. He's not randomly slogging, he's playing proper cricket shots.

 

[Ahmed216]

Batting first looks like a massive disadvantage.
Win the toss in the final and win the trophy

 

[jnaveen1980]

You need atleast one game breaking bowler in your side.

 

[Rana]

But babay says you need kitabi players who will win your matches not some tullybaz

Then maybe he should try Saud to open with Fakhar

Saud can use pace in the powerplay

 

[GLORY OF '92]

It was blissful to watch. No Fancy, funky shots. Just proper cricketing shots. That is the beauty of Conway. He never loses shape in any format.

Pure class and entertainment

 

[IAJ]

Lol we were critisizing pakistani bowlers, what to say about England here?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Batting first looks like a massive disadvantage.
Win the toss in the final and win the trophy

I won't say that. England's batting was poor today. NZ bowling was very weak today. Yet they posted under 300 with such batting depth.

 

[sweep_shot]

These arent fast bowling pitches, something Rauf failed to comprehend in the warm up games too.

Yeah. Pacers may get tanked in this World Cup.

Should be a spinner-friendly World Cup.

 

[Devadwal]

Batting first looks like a massive disadvantage.
Win the toss in the final and win the trophy

No way. Wait for few more match and you will see batting first team won the game more often

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lol we were critisizing pakistani bowlers, what to say about England here?

England is all about posting 400 and defending it. Today they didn't getting exposed.

 

[apnapind]

England are taking a hammering this can dent their run rate big time

 

[jnaveen1980]

wow Gorgeous Conway..