New Zealand v India | 2nd ODI | Hamilton | Jan 22, 2014

[Space Cat]

Game due to start in 15 minutes time.

India won the toss and elected to bowl first.

 

[Space Cat]

Lovely flat pitch with a bit of turn prepared

 

[Space Cat]

India unchanged.

Mills in for Milne for NZ.

 

[Space Cat]

Nice to see the Indian fans embracing the 100k catch promo.

 

[Saeed]

NZ must show the same aggression as last time, I want to see India lose again.

 

[Space Cat]

Hope Jesse gets going today.

 

[hafeezrocks]

Hows the crowd

 

[Aman]

Lovely flat pitch with a bit of turn prepared

Why?

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Argh. Got up expecting us to bat but we're bowling again. Need a few early wickets or another 300+ score on cards.

 

[Saeed]

B kumar diving in middle of the pitch.

 

[Aman]

India will chase in every game, we have to send them in to bat whenever we get the chance.

They're just too good chasing.

 

[Aman]

Argh. Got up expecting us to bat but we're bowling again. Need a few early wickets or another 300+ score on cards.

No surprises really.

 

[Mr Consistent]

1st run of nz

 

[Cricfan4eva]

How big(small) is the ground? The inside edge almost ran away to boundary.

 

[Saeed]

2 runs on 3rd ball.

 

[Aman]

Argh. Got up expecting us to bat but we're bowling again. Need a few early wickets or another 300+ score on cards.

300 today is really 250-260 5-10 years ago. #par

 

[Saeed]

How big(small) is the ground? The inside edge almost ran away to boundary.

Anderson is going to score break his own record today.

 

[Aman]

There goes Ryder, c'mon Ryder we want to see a masterclass today.

 

[Space Cat]

How big(small) is the ground? The inside edge almost ran away to boundary.

Pretty small ground.

 

[Saeed]

7 runs of the 1st over.

 

[Aman]

Anderson is slowly becoming the best hitter in the game. #gaylewho

 

[Mr Consistent]

1st ball :4 by rayder 7/0

 

[Space Cat]

Windies managed to rack up 360 on this ground. That says something.

 

[Aman]

Pretty small ground.

Need to go after Ashwin and Jadeja, we can't let them settle.

 

[Space Cat]

Hows the crowd

Pretty good for 2pm on a wednesday. Id expect it to be almost a full house eventually.

Mostly Indians though

 

[Saeed]

If India doesn't get early wickets they are going to chase huge target.

 

[Space Cat]

Pitch is a bit slow. First bouncer by Shami just lobbed through.

 

[Aman]

Pretty good for 2pm on a wednesday. Id expect it to be almost a full house eventually.

Mostly Indians though

Just wait for Eden Park

Most kiwis prefer to watch the game home, India don't tour often so Indian fans have turned up in their massive numbers.

 

[Saeed]

Almost edged it.

 

[Aman]

Pitch is a bit slow. First bouncer by Shami just lobbed through.

We should go with bouncy quick wickets for the Tests we might get rolled on green wickets lol

 

[Space Cat]

Very good first over by Shami

 

[Mr Consistent]

good over for india 8/0 after 2 overs

 

[Stark]

So.. Who are backing NZ to take away this game as well?

 

[Space Cat]

Guptill struggling for form.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Just feel Bhuvan is pitching it a bit short, at his pace and primarily being a swing bowler he needs to make batsman drive on the front.

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And as I say, he does just that and unplayable!

 

[Aman]

So.. Who are backing NZ to take away this game as well?

I see us losing 1-4 or 2-3.

 

[jattafridi]

India will win today for sure

 

[Space Cat]

So.. Who are backing NZ to take away this game as well?

If we can put up a big score i will back us to defend it.

 

[Saeed]

2 good overs for india.

 

[Mr Consistent]

median over by bhuvi

 

[Aman]

If we can put up a big score i will back us to defend it.

We won't, we can't field like that again.

That was the difference last time.

We'll need 360-370 to have a good chance.

 

[Mr Consistent]

2 runs taken by ryder

 

[Saeed]

Why is Ishant sharma playing?

 

[Stark]

If we can put up a big score i will back us to defend it.

Just want another cracker of a game.

I still feel that opener's slot prolly should go to Gambhir, and Raina should be replaced by somebody else like (Yuv/Pujara).
Only his fielding efforts seem to be saving him.

 

[Mr Consistent]

:4 by jessi

 

[Saeed]

4 by Ryder

 

[Aman]

Another 4 from Ryder

 

[Stark]

Why is Ishant sharma playing?

A mystery people ll never be able to solve.
Maybe Sherlock Season 4 will have this as the pilot ep.

 

[Saeed]

Another 4 by Ryder.

 

[Aman]

Ryder is just brilliant to watch when he's in this mood.

 

[MarkCooper]

Hoping for NZ whitewash in all forms.

 

[Mr Consistent]

again powerful stroke :4 by jessi ryder

 

[Aman]

A mystery people ll never be able to solve.
Maybe Sherlock Season 4 will have this as the pilot ep.

Pace bowlers will come onto the bat easy. That being said Ishant is pretty ordinary.

 

[Mr Consistent]

this time its

 

[Space Cat]

Jesse bats with a free spirit. Lovely to watch.

 

[Saeed]

Wide, this over released all the pressure.

 

[Mr Consistent]

goood over for nz 12 from it 20/0 after 4overs

 

[MarkCooper]

 

[Mr Consistent]

martin guptill in tuk tuk mood

 

[Aman]

Guptill playing way too defensively, it's fine if he can go on with it and score big but he's only gone on with it once and that too against the Windies.

 

[Saeed]

Guptill is tuking every thing, dude rotate the strike.

 

[Space Cat]

Guptill really struggles to rotate the strike. Hes just waiting for the bowler to pitch it up so he can smoke it.

 

[Mr Consistent]

where is danny morrison i m missing him

 

[Aman]

where is danny morrison i m missing him

He never works for Sky

 

[Space Cat]

where is danny morrison i m missing him

He doesn't commentate for NZ.

 

[Mr Consistent]

21/0 after 5overs guptill 4 runs from 21 balls

 

[Aman]

Lucky there Ryder.

 

[Mr Consistent]

:4 by ryder

 

[Space Cat]

urgh dumb shot Jesse.

 

[Mr Consistent]

He doesn't commentate for NZ.

why bro

 

[Mr Consistent]

JESSE ryder agaim by shami

 

[Aman]

Guptil has to take some blame for that.

Mindless batting

 

[Space Cat]

why bro

He went to aussie years ago. Commentates mostly in the sub continent these days.

 

[Saeed]

Guptill was the reason he got out, just like misbah he is putting pressure on other batsman.

 

[Space Cat]

Jesse has just been a bit to aggressive in this series. Although he wouldn't have to if Guptill could rotate the strike.

 

[Aman]

Ryder was striking it over 180 and we're still going under 6 an over..

 

[Aman]

Jesse has just been a bit to aggressive in this series. Although he wouldn't have to if Guptill could rotate the strike.

Back to McCullum and Ryder?

Anderson and Ronchi down the order.

 

[HASHAM2]

NL Has Producte Slow Wicket Why?

is this the BCCI Fear?

 

[Mr Consistent]

nz 28/1 after 6 overs

 

[Space Cat]

Back to McCullum and Ryder?

Anderson and Ronchi down the order.

Guptill is one of the better ODI openers the world recently. He just needs to find his form again.