England v New Zealand ODI Series (Aug 25-Sept 15 2023)

[Moonwatcher]

It's a pity, looked on for a good innings.

 

[NYRB]

Ben Stokes 182 surpasses Jason Roys 180 at the MCG in 2018.

 

[NYRB]

Amid the carnage , Boult has been the pick of the bowlers today with his 3 wickets and economy rate.

 

[NYRB]

Make that 4 wickets for Boult , with an economy rate below 6 an over. A chance for a Michelle Pfeiffer.

 

[NYRB]

I actually Lister has bowled alright amid the carnage with figures of 67/2 going into his final over.

 

[NYRB]

Can Atkinson bat?

 

[NYRB]

England should look to bat their full 50 overs and NZ have pegged this back.

 

[NYRB]

Trent Boult with a 5 wicket haul. His inclusion back in the white ball format is a huge coup.

NZ Need 369 to win the 3rd ODI.

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Great bowling from Boult when everyone else was getting tonked

 

[NYRB]

NZ All over the shop at 28/3 in pursuit of 369

 

[NYRB]

Make that 37/4 and its a matter of how much now.

 

[NYRB]

The best 3 batting sides in ODI cricket by a fair margin are: India, Australia and England.

Im still skeptical of this English pace attack though against better batting lineups.

 

[NYRB]

England lead the series 2-1 , with 1 more game to go.

 

[Belnakor]

The best 3 batting sides in ODI cricket by a fair margin are: India, Australia and England.

Im still skeptical of this English pace attack though against better batting lineups.

their attack is going to get absolutely tonked in the WC, not sure how they are going in second favourites tbh.

 

[ioppolo]

their attack is going to get absolutely tonked in the WC, not sure how they are going in second favourites tbh.

Being reigning champs helps. Their bowlers could concede 340 and you'd back their lineup to chase it too.

 

[Belnakor]

Being reigning champs helps. Their bowlers could concede 340 and you'd back their lineup to chase it too.

Yeah I mean we've said that with India for basically every world cup and they've won it once

Batting is for statistics, Bowling is to win matches

 

[akkaps]

Yeah I mean we've said that with India for basically every world cup and they've won it once

Batting is for statistics, Bowling is to win matches

Pakistan's plan is in reverse. They are a lot stronger in their bowling, and put priority on Shaheen Shah and Naseem to do the brunt of the work. This is so Babar and co and chase the runs down at their own pace. The Pakistani batsman don't make runs quickly, unlike the big three, they settle themselves and hope not to lose too many wickets up front for a quick dash to the finish

 

[corbies]

Yeah I mean we've said that with India for basically every world cup and they've won it once

Batting is for statistics, Bowling is to win matches

*twice

 

[corbies]

Pakistan's plan is in reverse. They are a lot stronger in their bowling, and put priority on Shaheen Shah and Naseem to do the brunt of the work. This is so Babar and co and chase the runs down at their own pace. The Pakistani batsman don't make runs quickly, unlike the big three, they settle themselves and hope not to lose too many wickets up front for a quick dash to the finish

A team should try bowling well and keeping the opposition to a low score but also scoring lots of runs and quickly. I reckon that would be a good strategy.

 

[Belnakor]

*twice

good call forgot about their 80s win!

 

[akkaps]

A team should try bowling well and keeping the opposition to a low score but also scoring lots of runs and quickly. I reckon that would be a good strategy.

In an ideal world.

Last nights Pak v Sri game is a good example of what I explained Pak do. Shafique 52 off 69, Babar 29 off 35. With Rizwan only kicking on after 50 to score 86 off 73, leaving Iftikar and the bowlers to try and score the runs quickly.
No Naseem or Rauf in the bowling line up either.

 

[NYRB]

In an ideal world.

Last nights Pak v Sri game is a good example of what I explained Pak do. Shafique 52 off 69, Babar 29 off 35. With Rizwan only kicking on after 50 to score 86 off 73, leaving Iftikar and the bowlers to try and score the runs quickly.
No Naseem or Rauf in the bowling line up either.

For a rain reduced over game, Pakistan batted quite slow in the first 20 overs of the match. I think Englands batting is the new benchmark of cricket, looking at 5 over blocks whilst looking to tick runs over.

Sri Lanka ended up winning last night but chasing around a run a ball, I know which position I would prefer in a rain reduced match.

 

[Santana]

their attack is going to get absolutely tonked in the WC, not sure how they are going in second favourites tbh.

If anything they should be favourites. No one else out there is that great