Kane Williamson out of odi worldcup

[Nikola]

 

 

Huge miss for NZ. Was most likely going to be his last odi worldcup too i guess. Played finals in his last 2 odi worldcup. What a way to end his career.

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

What a tragedy. Saw images of him walking to airport. Looked real bad. He should have learnt from chahal. Buttler injured his finger taking a catch. I think Topley also injured. I was surprised Wood was able to land well after taking a very tough catch. 

[Gollum]

Bummer, hope he somehow recovers in time. 

[Gollum]

5 months away and already two mega stars in Pant, Kane ruled out. Not sure about Bumrah either. 

[Stan AF]

Bad news. Really unfortunate.

 

All that acrobatic stunts near boundary lines finaly scalps a good player.

[Tillu]

1 hour ago, Nikola said:

 

Huge miss for NZ. Was most likely going to be his last odi worldcup too i guess. Played finals in his last 2 odi worldcup. What a way to end his career.

 

 

 

He's 32. He can still play the next world cup in 2027.

 

[Nikola]

30 minutes ago, Tillu said:

 

He's 32. He can still play the next world cup in 2027.

 

Doubt he would have given up test captaincy if he was planning to playing for more 5 years. Also he has been injury prone in recent years.

[zen]

Injuries are unfortunate and can happen on the field or off the field ... Wishing him a speedy recovery! 

[Nikola]

If he plays then surely it reduces some % chance of winning the worldcup. It was already not that high though.

Edited June 26, 2023 by Nikola

[Nikhil_cric]

Michael Bracewell out as well. NZ's WC hopes are getting slimmer by the day.

[vvvslaxman]

5 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Michael Bracewell out as well. NZ's WC hopes are getting slimmer by the day.

 

They never had any hopes anyway.  It is astonishing to know Kane williamson has never played a ODI in India in 6 years !! His average is 33 at a strike rate of 72 in India.  Kane williamson's strike rate in Austrlaia 63. His strike rate in Srilanka 68.

[Nikhil_cric]

18 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

They never had any hopes anyway.  It is astonishing to know Kane williamson has never played a ODI in India in 6 years !! His average is 33 at a strike rate of 72 in India.  Kane williamson's strike rate in Austrlaia 63. His strike rate in Srilanka 68.

If they had Bracewell, I would have backed them to reach semis by beating out at least one of IND/PAK. SA have no chance anyway. But NZ have made it out of the first round in every World Cup since 1992. No other team has actually done that. It's in the knockouts that they get beaten. 

 

But this time, even getting into semis looks tough.

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

If they had Bracewell, I would have backed them to reach semis by beating out at least one of IND/PAK. SA have no chance anyway. But NZ have made it out of the first round in every World Cup since 1992. No other team has actually done that. It's in the knockouts that they get beaten. 

 

But this time, even getting into semis looks tough.

 

They are a fighting unit. Santner can be beasts on spinning tracks. Devon Conway is going to be their main player given how he adapted himself to these pitches. Guys like Mitchell, Neesham,  Philips have to play supporting role. Real problem with fast bowling. There is no real death bowling resourcecs.