Only an hour and a half to complete NZ batting. Not too bad.

Hope to be able to watch all of Aust. bat if they are quick.

RAIN....during the interval

Match delayed by a wet outfield

ETA
Inspection at 9.26pm, with a view to starting again at 9.36pm

ETA
Raining again. If there is a start it will be reduced overs and a DL calculation
NZ are praying for a complete wash-out.
If play does start Australia need to bash whatever target is set. All that is required is the minimum 5 overs

FYI
NZ performance was so piss-poor that the DL target set will be a doddle
eg If it were a 5 over game... Australia only need 18 runs (if no wickets lost)

ETA
restart time: 9.57pm with 15 overs to be bowled

Australia's revised target is 95
Req. RR 6.33

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Australia 21/2 * (3/15 ov, target 95) RR 6.33
Require another 74 runs with 8 wickets and 12 overs remaining
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Australia 36/2 * (5/15 ov, target 95) RR 7.2
Require another 59 runs with 8 wickets and 60 balls remaining
(PAST 5 overs, so it's officially a game)
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Australia 83/2 * (10/15 ov, target 95) RR 8.3
Require another 12 runs with 8 wickets and 30 balls remaining
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RESULT - 1st Tri-series T20I - Australia V New Zealand

New Zealand 117/9
Australia 96/3 * (11.3/15 ov, target 95) RR 8.34

Australia won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) (D/L method)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%8 ... Tri-Series

I can not find BP rule specific to this tournament, but a standard rule seems to be....
BP (bonus point) awarded to the winning team if their run rate was 1.25x than that of the losing team.

On RR it looks to me like Aust should get a BP? I guess it all turns to custard if its a DL calculation?

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2nd Tri-series T20I - Australia v England

Wed Feb 7, 2018 (20 ovs) 19:40 local (08:40 GMT | 21:40 NZDT)
Bellerive Oval, Hobart LIVE N

Toss: Australia win the toss and bowl

Livescorecard
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1088 ... y-2017-18/

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Australia elect to BOWL first

Australia:
1 David Warner (capt), 2 D'Arcy Short, 3 Chris Lynn, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Travis Head, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Ashton Agar, 9 Andrew Tye, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Billy Stanlake

England:
1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Sam Billings 7 David Willey, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Chris Jordan, 10, Tom Curran, 11 Mark Wood



May the best team win! (Not the Poms)

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1st Wicket
England 16/1 * (1.4/20 ov) RR 9.60
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2nd Wicket
England 60/2 * (6.1/20 ov) RR 9.72
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3rd Wicket
England 94/3 * (9.4/20 ov) RR 9.89
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4th Wicket
England 109/4 * (12.2/20 ov) RR 8.83
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5th Wicket
England 122/5 * (14.1/20 ov) RR 8.71
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6th Wicket
England 126/6 * (15.3/20 ov) RR 8.12
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7th Wicket
England 126/7 * (15.4/20 ov) RR 8.04
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8th Wicket
England 127/8 * (16.3/20 ov) RR 7.69
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9th Wicket
England 137/9 * (17.2/20 ov) RR 7.90
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Innings Break

England 155/9 (20 ov) RR 7.75




Target for Australia 156
Req. RR 7.8

If the BP rule is 1.25x opposition RR ===> RR 9.69, making 156 in 16 overs... just sayin'

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This should be VERY exciting. Hopefully a piece of cake for Australia.

I read Warner wanted to bowl and use the heavy batters to chase the target. They better come through.

I've gotta watch on my tablet so I'll peek in later or in the morning. Wait, it IS morning.

1st Wicket (2nd ball)
Warner
Australia 4/1 * (0.2/20 ov, target 156) RR 12.0
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2nd Wicket
Lynn
Australia 4/2 * (0.4/20 ov, target 156) RR 6.0

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3rd Wicket
Short
Australia 82/3 * (8.4/20 ov, target 156) RR 9.46
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4th Wicket
Stoinis
Australia 98/4 * (11.4/20 ov, target 156) RR 8.4
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5th Wicket
Head
Australia 127/5 * (15.5/20 ov, target 156) RR 8.02
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RESULT - 2nd Tri-series T20I - Australia V England

England 155/9 RR RR 7.75
Australia 161/5 (18.3/20 ov, target 156) RR 8.7

Mawell hits a six to win the game and makes a CENTURY

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%8 ... Tri-Series

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3rd Tri-series T20I - Australia v England

Sat Feb 10, 2018 (20 ovs) 19:20 local (08:20 GMT | 21:20 NZDT)
Melbourne Cricket Ground LIVE N

Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to field

Livescorecard
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1088 ... y-2017-18/

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Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Wee bit blustery at the MCG and there have been some showers around, so Warner taking the straightforward approach of making England set a target.

England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 James Vince, 5 Jos Buttler (capt/wk), 6 Sam Billings, 7 Liam Dawson, 8 David Willey, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Tom Curran

Australia: 1 David Warner (c), 2 Aaron Finch, 3 D'Arcy Short, 4 Chris Lynn, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Ashton Agar, 9 Andrew Tye, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Billy Stanlake

1st Wicket
AD Hales 3 (3) SR: 100.00
England 12/1 * (1.2/20 ov) RR 9.0
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2nd Wicket
Jason Roy 8 (7) SR: 114.28
England 16/2 * (2.2/20 ov) RR 6.85
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3rd Wicket
Dawid Malan 10 (10) SR: 100.00
England 34/3 * (4/20 ov) RR 8.50
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4th Wicket
JM Vince 21 (21) SR: 100.00
England 70/4 * (10.4/20 ov) RR 6.56
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5th Wicket
Sam Billings 29 (23) SR: 126.08
England 113/5 * (17.3/20 ov) RR 6.45
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6th Wicket
David Willey 10 (6) SR: 166.66
England 133/6 * (19.2/20 ov) RR 6.87
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7th Wicket
Jos Buttler 46 (49) SR: 93.87
England 137/7 * (20 ov) RR 6.85
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Innings Break

England England 137/7 (20 ov) RR 6.85




Target for Australia 138
Req. RR 6.9

If the BP rule is 1.25x opposition RR ===> RR 8.56, making 138 in 16 overs... just sayin'

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Thank goodness Warner showed up tonight.

Hoping he has as good at bat as he did in the field.

My announcer predicted 140 early on for some reason.?. Weird.

He also said: "The old blokes don't like the runs for 2, but a single is like a dot-ball in T20 cricket."

I think you have same announcers?

The Australian team.... in fact I doubt there is alternative commentary?

That was Kevin Pietersen saying "Single like a dot ball"
(Kevin Pietersen has South African accent.. but played for England... still playing in Big Bash etc.. but winding down his career)

The second half of Tournament will be NZ commentators... so crap

Beware... Rigor Richardson

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Oh, okay. I can barely understand him.

I don't get SkySports and have to watch BTSports so I guess they feed off of Sky.
When ESPN shows NZ games, it says SkySports.

LOL, Thanks.

I have a question (only one tonight).

A few months back I remember hearing Warner didn't like being partnered with someone in a Test. He said "he doesn't know how to turnover.." or something like that, I forgot the term. His partner was playing like Short is (was).

It makes sense now. I'm wondering if a player like Lynn loses momentum standing there waiting to bat when his partner can't get a ball in an over (or more). Or does it not really affect the batter waiting?

Hope this makes sense.

And thanks.

Yes... and no

Depends... a batsman "on a roll" might well lose "momentum". It is usually better if a batsman hitting boundaries is "fed the strike"... and so the other batsman may well be advised to score a single.. and let the scoring batsman face the bowler.

"Rotate the strike" was probably what they were talking about.

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YES, "rotate ......." rings a bell, exactly.

THANKS!

Looks like Australia has this in the bag.

May watch on tablet (if I disappear).