Black Caps v South Africa

[Virgil]

@Mokey what are you doing posting in my private thread..
Yeah pretty shit from Roscoe, someone check to see if Hesson was smiling when he was dismissed

[Chris B.]

@Virgil said in Black Caps v South Africa:

Latham gone for...0 off...11 Balls.

The Black Caps only get to score off 32 overs, SA will have 34..

Tom is going to give Hesson a headache. When Guppy comes back, one of the openers is going to have to drop out. If it's Tom, we've got to bring in someone to keep - and that means losing a bowling option somewhere. Probably Ronchi in for Neesham or de Grandhomme?

[Virgil]

@Chris-B. said in Black Caps v South Africa:

@Virgil said in Black Caps v South Africa:

Latham gone for...0 off...11 Balls.

The Black Caps only get to score off 32 overs, SA will have 34..

Tom is going to give Hesson a headache. When Guppy comes back, one of the openers is going to have to drop out. If it's Tom, we've got to bring in someone to keep - and that means losing a bowling option somewhere. Probably Ronchi in for Neesham or de Grandhomme?

Yeah I think he will give him a few more games but at some point he will have to go.
Gah 4 down all to Morris, how many overs has he left to bowl?

[Mokey]

Ah shit. Kane gone. 108/5.

Santner in.

[nzzp]

@Mokey our run rate is low and we're losing wickets. The worst of both worlds

[Mokey]

10 overs to go. 121/5.

Santner and Neesham both on 10. Would be great to see a counter offensive, but the Saffas are bowling and fielding very, very well.

[hydro11]

Disappointing performance so far to say the least. Really missing Guptill today.

[Damo]

Going to take a top bowling performance to get out of this one.
Boult and co are capable of defending anything if they bowl well.

[Mokey]

156/7.

Just seriously shit batting.

[Mokey]

LOL. NZ remember how to bat in the last over and get 25 runs. Southee and CDG put on a show. Too bad no one else did apart from Kane.

Saffas will chase 208, which is at least something to bowl at.

[Virgil]

Best 4 balls Southee has batted since his debut.

[Chris B.]

A bit of joy at the end as Morris last over gets smashed and we get to 207.

Only thing I hope is that that isn't indicative that the pitch suddenly started to play nicely. If it stays tacky and holding, maybe that will be more foreign to the SA batsmen than us.

Southee giving a bit of credence to my theory that we possibly should promote him to have a hit when we're a wicket or two more down than we want and should be starting the charge, but can't. He apparently plays exactly the same regardless of the position of the game, so he either comes off or he doesn't.

[mariner4life]

What am I missing? The commentators are talking like we're in front? Surely in the T20 age that's like 60 too short?

[Virgil]

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v South Africa:

What am I missing? The commentators are talking like we're in front? Surely in the T20 age that's like 60 too short?

Yeah it's only de kock, Amla and AB chasing our score. No doubt we will roll them within 20 overs for an easy win

[Mokey]

If we don't get both these guys out inside of 5-10 overs, we are so fucked. They are making it look super easy.

[Donsteppa]

Looking ominously like being a home summer of two halves...

[Gunner]

Staring down the barrel of our 2nd rogering in 3 days here. Not good.

[Damo]

@Gunner said in Black Caps v South Africa:

Staring down the barrel of our 2nd rogering in 3 days here. Not good.

Our bowling seems to lack both penetration and economy. Bit concerning for the rest of the tour.

[nzzp]

@Gunner said in Black Caps v South Africa:

Staring down the barrel of our 2nd rogering in 3 days here. Not good.

It's a good SA side. No shame in losing. Shame in getting rogered.

Having said that, how the hell did Santner not get an edge the way he is bowling. He's unplayable at the moment

[Donsteppa]

Hang on a minute...