Good partnership between Latham and Philips. Nice cameo at the end from Chapman. If Afghanistan took their catches could have been a different story. Pitch doesn't look that easy to bat on. Should really have enough runs to defend.
New Zealand is winning the ladder due to a combination of having a soft draw so far and the fact our team are not arrogant like other teams and we therefore don’t trip up against minnow teams while other high profile teams do
Last nights game was very exciting to watch
The difference between this New Zealand team and the 2019 and 2015 team is that our 5 6 7 and 8 are much stronger
Latham in India is a beast
Phillips is a very strong number 6 by international standards
And with Chapman we have a specialist bat at 7 which most teams do not have Santner is a highly qualified number 8 and even Matt Henry is a decent number 9
I don’t rate lockie as a number ten and think Trent is a better batsman
I don’t know who we drop when Kane comes back
Probably keep Rachin since he bowls
Starting to get into this World Cup
The ten team format is terrific
Even though I don’t like Mitchell and think his shot last night was Ill chosen
At least he got out playing his shots rather than nurdling around
Good things from a team perspective happen if you get out for being too proactive usually I have observed while the other team gets a pile of momentum from a timid dismissal