2015 World Cup Day 15 - NZ v Aus & India v UAE

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20th Match, Pool A: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland
Feb 28, 2015 (14:00 local | 01:00 GMT | 02:00 CET)

KevIRL

Should be a cracker.

Rjd2

KevIRL wrote: »

Should be a cracker.

Lets hope so, not one close game between the test sides so far and already 3 weeks in.

Gillespy

Game of the group stage. The opening bowlers vs the openers on both sides is going to be fascinating. Australia's batting lineup is relentless, Starc and Johnson can be as destructive as any middle order batsmen. Impossible to call.

Looks like it's Bailey to miss out for Clarke, awfully tough on him.

Dan man

Hope this one is as good as it seems on paper. I'm calling an Australian victory.

spiralism

Gonna side with the Kiwis, Eden Park's aura even extending to Cricket teams :pac:

spiralism

Interesting start, Finch and Warner punishing them with 30 off the first two overs, then a 6 by Finch to start the 3rd before being clean bowled

Is1ldur

Anyone know where I can listen to this online. I assume BBC is region locked as usual. On my phone so can't really watch a stream.

Tigerandahalf

TuneIn radio app. Stations from around the world.
Click on Cricket Radio channel. Listening to what sounds like Aussie commentary.

spiralism

Great ebb and flow here, after a really nervy start NZ steady the ship by bowling Finch, then leak a ton more runs to the point where NZ bring in Vettori to stem the bleeding, before dismissing Watson and Warner in consecutive balls.

Dan man

97-6 now.....coming off the rails for the Aussies :eek:

spiralism

Aussies crumbling totally. McCullum's looked an absolute genius again today and bringing Vettori early was a masterstroke

Dan man

Clarke out, Australia lose a 7th wicket. Looks very bad for them now. Could be all out for less than 150.

ItsChecoTime

106-8 now. Wow

Dan man

8 wickets down, 2 to go.
7-26 in last few overs..... it's NZ v Eng all over again!

ItsChecoTime

Make that 106-9!!

Sparks43

This is unbelievable


WTF is going on :eek:

Dan man

This is glorious bowling.

Rjd2

Australia were bloody lucky that their match v Bangladesh got rained off. :P

Sparks43

Bang all gone for 151

I did not see that coming

Do we still have the 45 min break between the innings?

Sparks43

So the only way we will see competitive ODI matches in the ICC WC is if we only allow the full test nations to play in a 10 team tournament

Yeah Good luck with that :mad:

suffering golfer

Is the game actually cricket?

80-1 to 106-9 and 11 off first ball for NZ... I thought cricket was supposed to be boring?

Surreal stuff.

suffering golfer

NZ wobble coming up?

Giggsy11

We have India Vs UAE also today, starts in another 90 mins.

bigtimecharlie

suffering golfer wrote: »

and 11 off first ball for NZ....

11 of first over not ball....I think, 17 of over 6.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/match/656437.html

bigtimecharlie

Another wicket gone, 79/4.

suffering golfer

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

11 of first over not ball....I think, 17 of over 6.

Nope... 11 off 1st ball as it was a no ball (hit a 4) and got a free hit for 6.

Rjd2

No issue with Mc Cullum batting like a maniac, but if he does, the rest have to bat somewhat sensibly, some very stupid shots here.

dfx-

130/4 now, but I wonder how McCullum's arm is.

Chant in the ground "you're worse than England":pac:

KevIRL

Just as well the associate teams are there to make this world cup interesting. Too many one sided landslides in games between test playing sides.

Sparks43

KevIRL wrote: »

Just as well the associate teams are there to make this world cup interesting. Too many one sided landslides in games between test playing sides.

Oooops


Enjoying this though

KevIRL

Greatest comeback ever?

Lovely Bloke

this is funny

dfx-

15/5. Why did Williamson take the single and expose them to Starc...

booth70

Not for nothing is cricket a game of glorious uncertainties......

Just like that from Williamson!!!!!!!

What a match!

KevIRL

UAE will bat first v India after winning the toss. That game just starting. Pity there wasn't more d/n games in Perth, altogether more respectable hour for us

Sparks43

That was not the way i thought that game would go

Smiling though

KevIRL

UAE down a couple of wickets already...

KevIRL

41-4 this is gonna be a cakewalk for India

KevIRL

61-7 now

KevIRL

UAE make 100. Didn't look likely for a long time

KevIRL

102 all out

KevIRL

Some catch that for dhawan wicket

positron

Dhawan must be kicking himself for that. Out to UAE, trying to reach mere 102..!

KevIRL

Wish they could apply common sense in these instances and not have the interval.

pajor

KevIRL wrote: »

Wish they could apply common sense in these instances and not have the interval.

But it's dinner time. Nom nom. :pac:

Just seen the scoreline for the Aus and NZ match. What.. how.. why? Some scoreline.

pajor

India wrap things up in another 2 or so overs. 104/1

holidaysong

Went to bed after the Australian innings. Ridiculous to see NZ only just scrape across the line.

Gillespy

I finally gave up when McCullum got hit by Johnson and didn't Sky + the second part thinking it wasn't needed. It's why I love watching Australian cricket, first with Haddin and then Starc. Someone just needed to stick around with Clarke, I think he watched four or five fall at the other end. Williamson showed his class again. Both teams will be better for this game, get the obligatory collapse out of the way. I really hope that was a rehearsal for the final.

bigtimecharlie

suffering golfer wrote: »

Nope... 11 off 1st ball as it was a no ball (hit a 4) and got a free hit for 6.

Stand corrected, just after watching the highlights.

Some game, great finish.

suffering golfer

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Stand corrected, just after watching the highlights.

Some game, great finish.

yeah, it was a ridiculous game really... but fun in a nightmarish sort of way!