Black Caps tour of India - 2024
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Had a thought about nightwatchmen this morning. Siraj not only got out first ball, he burned a review doing it. Since your batting is normally ordered roughly by talent, burning a review isn't too bad, because the batters after you are generally less valuable. But burning a review in an attempt to save your number 10 while your number 4 is sitting in the shed isn't quite so good.
Now that they've gone back to 3 reviews/innings it doesn't matter so much, but it's still not a great use of resources.
@Cyclops said in Black Caps tour of India:
Had a thought about nightwatchmen this morning. Siraj not only got out first ball, he burned a review doing it. Since your batting is normally ordered roughly by talent, burning a review isn't too bad, because the batters after you are generally less valuable. But burning a review in an attempt to save your number 10 while your number 4 is sitting in the shed isn't quite so good.
Now that they've gone back to 3 reviews/innings it doesn't matter so much, but it's still not a great use of resources.
It also worked out worse than that, the player they were protecting Kolhi got run out as well.
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The Siraj review and Kohli runout were entertaining viewing
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Chapman drops Gill - a bad miss, because India are racing this morning.
Second drop of the innings - which is a change from the earlier games where our fielding was really good - and arguably one of the biggest differences from the efforts of the past couple of years.
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Chapman drops Gill - a bad miss, because India are racing this morning.
Second drop of the innings - which is a change from the earlier games where our fielding was really good - and arguably one of the biggest differences from the efforts of the past couple of years.
@Chris-B it’s a shocker given the quality of catching we have seen from the Black Caps during the series
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@Chris-B it’s a shocker given the quality of catching we have seen from the Black Caps during the series
@Steven-Harris said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Chris-B it’s a shocker given the quality of catching we have seen from the Black Caps during the series
India don't seem to be in the mood to give up more chances. You have to take the chances you are given
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
The dropped catch hasn't cost us too much in the end fortunately
On paper - but, we've dropped three, so we're going to have to construct 13 dismissals - and all three drops are top 6 batsmen.
It's substandard and a big part of the reason our results have been sliding across all formats.
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@MN5 It's a spinners track - there's plenty of assistance.
And if it's anything like yesterday it's hot as hell (looks like a bit more breeze), so the seamers are only going to have two or three over spells I'd guess - if it's worth using them at all.
Mitch Jr looked completely shattered when he was batting.
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We are just keeping ourselves in the game, but we can't let their lead get too high. If it gets above 100 it becomes difficult to set them a competitive total.
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The spinners are offering up 1 - 2 bad balls per over, relieving the pressure on India. Not quite accurate enough, must be pretty tough in the heat though
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Huge wicket!! Ajaz with 4 now
