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Cricket World Cup 2015 (and build up to)

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  • edited March 2015
    At last after what seems like an age of miss-matches and embarrassing performances by us, this ridiculously long tournament actually reaches a significant stage.
    Everyone knew these were the best four teams by miles so why we needed all the other matches is beyond me. Anyway it's NZ v SA and the Springboks have won the toss and elected to bat, very positive move but I'm sure the Kiwis won't fear chasing anything under 350.
    I might actually watch my first game of this World Cup. Starts in 15 mins.
  • Looking forward to this. Come on NZ.
  • edited March 2015
    Can't believe SA are favs.
    At Eden park, New Zealand chased 152 to beat Australia by one wicket and South Africa fell 29 runs short of chasing 231 against Pakistan.

    SA won toss and will bat 1st
  • Eden Park? Should be Choker Park considering these two nations history in sporting semi finals!
  • Amla and De Koch look like nervous kittens. Almost out three times between them in the first three overs.
  • Yes. Amla gone at last - played on to Boult.
  • edited March 2015
    25-1 off 4.
  • Boult is almost unplayable.
    He's got to be the best 1 day bowler in the world at the moment.
  • With Boult, Southee, Vettori and Anderson taking a remarkable 61 wickets between them in this W C, South Africa will no doubt target Matt Henry - a player who all came into the squad yesterday to replace the injured Milne and selected in front of McLeghan and Mills.
  • De Koch gone now.

    Frustrated by Southee and Boult he gets a top edge to third man off Boult - caught by Southee!

    31-2 off 7.5
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  • 5 slips LOL
  • Boult now has four slips and a gully for the new bat Rossou!
  • 39-2 after 10
  • 39-2 off the power play 10. The Saffers really don't look like they've got the pace of the wicket though, at times, Boult especially has been unplayable.
  • With Boult, Southee, Vettori and Anderson taking a remarkable 61 wickets between them in this W C, South Africa will no doubt target Matt Henry - a player who all came into the squad yesterday to replace the injured Milne and selected in front of McLeghan and Mills.

    Henry is looking pretty decent. Just shows how far behind we are.
  • edited March 2015

    With Boult, Southee, Vettori and Anderson taking a remarkable 61 wickets between them in this W C, South Africa will no doubt target Matt Henry - a player who all came into the squad yesterday to replace the injured Milne and selected in front of McLeghan and Mills.

    Henry is looking pretty decent. Just shows how far behind we are.
    0-3 off two and the second one a maiden too. Boult now bowling his 6th over.
  • Hadn't realised Elliot is South African born. That's a bit unfair isn't in? At least we only play English players through and through ;-)
  • Henry bowls another maiden so has figures of 3-2-3-0.

    43-2 off 13.

  • Boult's 7th over is one too far in this spell as he goes for 12.

    55-2 off 14.
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  • 77-2 off 20.

    The average score in the last 10 ODIs here is just 234 so N Z probably wouldn't want to be chasing much more than 270.
  • 108-2 off 25

    Du Plessis 40 (71)
    Rossouw 36 (48)

    S A playing a very English game. Generally allowing the N Z bowlers to dominate in the hope that they can go to town in the last 15 or so overs. Except they do have the likes of Miller and ABV and we don't of course.
  • feel SA have been a bit lucky to have the runs they have.
    Vettori has bowled very un-vetori like.
    Think they are going to post 250-270 which really will be game on.
  • What a one handed catch at gully by Guptill at gully to dismiss Rossouw for 39 in Anderson's first over.

    114-3 off 26.1

    ABV enters the arena.
  • 129-3 off 30.

    The lull before the storm.
  • 33 off the next 3 overs without any real effort.

    N Z need to get ABV out fast because he really looks impossible to bowl at. And their 5th bowler(s) have to bowl 7 of the last 17.
  • Just missed running him out.
  • 184-3 off 35

    S A will be looking for 325 plus now
  • ABV dropped!!!
  • And ABV makes N Z pay with 14 off the next 3 balls off Anderson.

    That was the first over of the PP. N Z bring Southee back.
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