Off Topic Cricket Thread
- Thread starter sb_73
- Start date
-
Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
-
Aussies set Pakistan 450 odd with 4 and a half sessions to play. Uneven bounce in the Perth pitch will make it very difficult.
Cricket Update….. Marvellous that.
You must log in or register to see images
Black Caps beat Bangladesh by 44 runs in ODI series-opener in Dunedin
Ian Anderson19:46, Dec 17 2023
Ian Anderson19:46, Dec 17 2023
- here for full scorecard
A win for New Zealand, a ton from Will Young and a 0-0 draw between Rachin Ravindra and Henry Nicholls.
The Black Caps opener – and skipper Tom Latham – were each in imperious touch during the latter stages of their innings to set up an imposing target for Bangladesh in a rain-disrupted game one of the ODI series in Dunedin on Sunday.
ADVERTISING
New Zealand made 239-7 from their allocated 30 overs, with Young’s 105 from only 84 balls – his third ODI century – part of a third-wicket partnership with his skipper worth 171, after an alarming start from the hosts.
More from Stuff:
* Live: New Zealand vs Bangladesh - first one-day international in Dunedin
* Rachin Ravindra missing from Black Caps T20 squad to play Bangladesh
* Let's Get Wellington Moving grinds to a halt
In reply, the visitors needed 245 in a total determined by the DLS method, but fell well short as the Black Caps bowlers shared the spoils.
Young cracked four sixes and 14 fours in a display of impeccable timing which brightened the gloom, and the majority of it was only witnessed by a sparse crowd after many gave up on the chance of a completed match following rain mid-afternoon.
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertise with Stuff
That meant most of the original crowd weren’t at the University of Otago Oval to witness Young cap off his day by pulling off a spectacular catch on the boundary – after initially misjudging the flight of a slog from Shoriful Islam at cow corner, he dived backwards and held on with his right hand while landing centimetres away from the boundary markers.
You must log in or register to see images
JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES
Will Young of New Zealand on his way to a century during game one of the ODI series versus Bangladesh at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin.
Skipper Latham was a calming presence, and the duo put the accelerator down when the innings was reduced to 30 overs following the major rain break.
He was dropped by Soumya Sarkar at slip off Mustafizur Rahman when on 18, trying to force though the offside off the back foot. The left-handed veteran made Bangladesh pay for the error, passing 4000 ODI runs on his way to 92 from 77 balls, featuring three sixes and nine fours in a regularly-interrupted stand for the third wicket as the touring side’s bowling fell away under the assault.
While spin dictated proceedings in the drawn test series between the two combatants in Bangladesh, seam and swing dictated terms early among the showers.
After the visitors won the toss and opted to bowl, a sensational opening over saw Young clip the first ball for four before Shoriful struck back twice to remove the two most-talked about batters in the country at present.
You must log in or register to see images
JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES
Tom Latham of New Zealand gets creative during his innings.
Standout World Cup batter Ravindra found the juicy pitch tougher to conquer as a beautifully-placed outswinger drew an edge to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim on the second delivery he faced.
Under-fire team-mate Nicholls fared no better, also succumbing for a second-ball blob with an outside edge to second slip, after making just 25 runs in four innings in the test series.
The duo are rivals for a place in the test side for the upcoming series against South Africa and Australia later this summer, with no first-class games between now and early February for them to display their red-ball wares, and neither will feature in the three-game T20 series between Christmas and New Year.
A home side bowling unit without Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson from the World Cup side skilfully bowled to the conditions to restrict their rivals’ pursuit.
Visiting captain Najmul Hossain Shanto looked more like a Christmas panto as he was bowled when missing a woeful reverse sweep off Ish Sodhi, while the experienced Litton Das was another to fall softly.
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertise with Stuff
You must log in or register to see images
JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES
Josh Clarkson of New Zealand celebrates a wicket on debut.
Opener Anamul Haque (43 from 39 balls), Towhid Hridoy (33 from 27) and Afif Hossain (38 from 28) all chipped in but the Bangladesh chase lacked the big scores Young and Latham accomplished.
Debutant allrounder Josh Clarkson faced just one ball with the bat but showed his ability with the ball in taking 2-24 from four overs, while also in his first ODI, quick bowler Will O’Rourke went for 14 from his first over before settling into a better rhythm and picked up his first international wicket with the last ball of the day.
Game two will be in Nelson on Wednesday, with the final match of the series in Napier on Saturday.
Surely he's gotta open in the T20 world Cup
What are they complaining about? Have the Aussies been cheating again?
Captain Cummins does it again. Well on his way to being an all time great.
Jandals-wearing fan makes off with match ball after huge six by Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman
Stuff sports reporters12:00, Jan 15 2024
Stuff sports reporters12:00, Jan 15 2024
- Two apparent crimes were committed at Hamilton’s Seddon Park on Sunday night – one of theft, and the other against fashion as a mysterious, jandals-wearing fan made off with the match ball during the Black Caps’ 21-run win over Pakistan in the second T20 international.
The bizarre incident occurred in the sixth over of Pakistan’s run chase with the visitors 55-2, requiring a further 140 runs off 85 balls to level the five-match series.
A belligerent Fakhar Zaman had already struck 18 off 12 as he prepared to face the final ball of Ben Sears’ over. He duly punished the young seamer’s loose delivery with a massive six that sailed over the boundary and out of the stadium, much to the delight of the noisy contingent of Pakistan fans.
ADVERTISING
“Big. Real big! That has gone!” exclaimed TVNZ commentator Scotty Stevenson as the TV cameras scrambled to find where it had landed.
More from Stuff:
* Fake house viewing: When reality TV veers into 'magic'
* Man charged after fire at historic Waimate homestead
* Name suppression for three charged with murder of teen
But just as the director zeroed in on the ball on the road outside the ground, a man wearing a blue T-shirt and flip-flops emerged from the darkness – his identity obscured by a conveniently-placed tree – picked it up and sprinted off into the distance.
You must log in or register to see images
SCREENSHOT/TVNZ
A jandals-wearing fan, left, sprints off with the ball during the T20 between the Black Caps and Pakistan.
“There he goes! He’s got his jandals on as well!” said former White Fern Katey Martin in commentary as the comical scenes unfolded.
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertise with Stuff
“And he’s running, he’s off! He tucks around the corner and he says ‘see ya later’”
“It looked like a Toyota Corolla that was chasing him. I don’t know who would win that race,” joked Stevenson as the umpires were forced to pull another ball out of the case with Pakistan 61-2, four runs shy of New Zealand’s total after the powerplay.
Security were unable to catch up with the opportunistic thief, though NZ Cricket confirmed to Stuff that the man later returned the ball of his own accord and no further action will be taken against him. They’re not cheap: the Kookaburra Turf White, official ODI and T20I ball, retails in New Zealand for over $200.
WOMEN IN SPORT
HE WĀHINE HĀKINAKINA
Full coverage
Zaman eventually fell for 50 off 25 balls as Pakistan were skittled for 173 in 19.3 overs to come 21 runs short of the Black Caps’ imposing total.
Opener Finn Allen was the star of the show, blazing 74 off 41 deliveries, while quick Adam Milne finished with tidy figures of 4-33 from his four overs to put the hosts 2-0 up in the series.
They can take an unassailable 3-0 lead by winning game three in Dunedin on Wednesday.