West Indies tour of NZ

[Gollum]

Dhoni was way too chill and laid back, very good defensive tactics as well, be it in white ball or the 8-1 field against Aussies in 2008 Mohali. Great trait to have in white ball, but need to be more proactive and aggressive to pick 20 wickets in tests. 

[Lord]

12 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Ind and Eng have the most jingoistic, chest thumping sports media. Big turn off for true sports lovers. 

 

Eng still take the cake imo. Even hyping mediocre.

 

Indian media picks few 'stars' and ignores other performers

[The Hound]

Highest Score in 4th Innings of a Test match - at each batting position

 

1 - Sunil Gavaskar (221)

2 - Joe Darling (160)

3 - George Headley (223)

4 - Babar Azam (196)

5 - Nathan Astle (222)

6 - Justin Greaves (202 Notout) - Today

7 - Adam Gilchrist (149 Notout)

8 - Daniel Vettori (140)

9 - Mitchell Johnson (61)

10 - Tim Southee (77 Notout )

11 - S Shillingford (53 Notout)

[KV244]

WI 175 For 4

[Gollum]

183/6. Not bad after being inserted first. Many teams including mera desh mahaan would have folded below 150 here. 

[Gollum]

Next year we will be the bakras waiting for slaughter. 

[Suhaan]

On 12/6/2025 at 11:35 AM, Lord said:

That's true. No one even remembers Kusal Perera's 153 in SA and still hype Stokes' greatest knock.

Knocks vs SA are mostly forgotten

This doesn't match with SA's cricket domination

Eng media is quite melodramatic,they paint a knight level picture for their cricketers to engage masses,it's a failed attempt though

[Suhaan]

On 12/6/2025 at 11:12 AM, vvvslaxman said:

People get confused about that. He is still the best street smart captain ever to play cricket in the LOI format.  He was not really blessed with great bowling unit like we had in the last 2 world cups.

Dhoni wouldn't have have played or showed confidence on that many pacers anyway in the first place 

[Nikhil_cric]

 NZ are forced to dig deep into their pace reserves . O Rourke, Matt Henry, Matt Fisher, Nathan Smith are all out. Jamieson doesn't play Tests anymore. 

 

And now, Blair Tickner is out with a shoulder dislocation and they are down to 3 bowlers for this match. Also dropped 2 catches on day 1.

 

Dropped multiple catches against England as well. 

 

When India tours, their best, quickest fast bowlers will be fit and they'll be taking screamers left, right and centre 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Nikhil_cric

[Lord]

34 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

 NZ are forced to dig deep into their pace reserves . O Rourke, Matt Henry, Matt Fisher, Nathan Smith are all out. Jamieson doesn't play Tests anymore. 

 

And now, Blair Tickner is out with a shoulder dislocation and they are down to 3 bowlers for this match. Also dropped 2 catches on day 1.

 

Dropped multiple catches against England as well. 

 

When India tours, their best, quickest fast bowlers will be fit and they'll be taking screamers left, right and centre 

 

What happened to Ben Sears. Santner isn'y playing too.

[The Hound]

 

A bald guy with a white headband might be the best look for a fast bowler 

 

[nitinbwj]

West Indies need to get a lead of atleast 200 to make a match of it.

[Lord]

9 hours ago, The Hound said:

 

A bald guy with a white headband might be the best look for a fast bowler 

 

 

Chris Martin

[LordPrabhzy]

West Indies go from amazing Test match results - draw in the 1st test and win in Gabba to gutless collapses like this. Its really a team of you never know what youre gonna get

[Nikhil_cric]

15 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

West Indies go from amazing Test match results - draw in the 1st test and win in Gabba to gutless collapses like this. Its really a team of you never know what youre gonna get

Only reason they were competitive in the first match was because they were batting against a 2 man attack. 

[KV244]

3 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Only reason they were competitive in the first match was because they were batting against a 2 man attack. 

Whatever the reason is still it is very good result for weak team like WI

[AKane]

West Indies back to their level. Jayden Seales etc are overrated. Grandpa Roach bowling........  Hey Holding, Lloyd, Richards how is thy team doin?

 

It is a good feeling when teams find their level.  yuk yuk...

[AKane]

Beautiful day of test cricket in NZ/WI series. NZ 334-1,  just one wicket to grandpa Roach and none for the overrated Seales.

 

How is WI cricket doing Lloyd, Richards, Holding? yuk yuk..... Enjoy!

[KV244]

WI 110 for zero

[Suhaan]

22 minutes ago, KV244 said:

WI 110 for zero

We will be 110 for 10 next year,apna alag hi swag hai