Black Caps vs Windies Series

[booboo]

Any chance BJ can play as a batsman?

[Virgil]

A long fruitful innings from Southee coming up..

[booboo]

@virgil more discipline than you usually see from him

[canefan]

@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Test Series:

Any chance BJ can play as a batsman?

I don't see why not. He started out as a specialist bat. But who misses out?

[booboo]

Ah bugger. Blundell goes.

[booboo]

@canefan said in Black Caps vs Windies Test Series:

@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Test Series:

Any chance BJ can play as a batsman?

I don't see why not. He started out as a specialist bat. But who misses out?

Nicholls?

[canefan]

@booboo He would be the logical choice if he can't produce the goods. We know BJ can

[Virgil]

Boulty!

[Damo]

This 10th wicket partnership is potentially matchwinning. It has taken an average total to a good one. It will also be frustrating the hell out of the Windies. Brilliant stuff.

[Virgil]

Southee getting into the fun now

[Paekakboyz]

Great stuff! Has southee finally matured!? #10 agrees with him 🖒

[Mokey]

Lovely little wag from the tailenders, especially Boult. Hopefully it puts them in a positive frame of mind to come out and rip snort the Windie openers. Wagner, I expect you to take 5x as many wickets as runs you scored.

[MajorRage]

Anybody there?

Won't get any more test cricket with these crowds. Woeful

[mariner4life]

Who is the female commentator? Her accent is grating

Nice Sunday of test cricket, and there is 8 people in attendance. Not hard to see why NZC doesn't book tests. What a joke Hamilton.

[Bovidae]

@mariner4life

Debbie Hockley.

Payback for us having to listen to Healy.

[MajorRage]

She really is adding nothing. Is she over the tannoy and hence nobody there?

I miss mystery.

[booboo]

@mariner4life @Bovidae @MajorRage
Think there are two non-male commentators.

Debbie Hockley and Maia Lewis.

The former is quite good.

The latter is awful. Tokenism at it's worst.

[Chris B.]

That final wicket partnership did a lot of damage. I wondered if it was close to being the highest for NZ for number 10 and 11, but it didn't even get halfway to the effort by Bracewell and Boock (124) vs Australia (and was just short of the world record by Higgs and Snow).

Hockley is OK - about as good as Rudder.

The core team of Styris, Richardson, Smith, Cumming and Doull are all pretty good (IMO) and the bar is set high. Get someone good from overseas and it's excellent.

[booboo]

@chris-b said in Black Caps vs Windies Test Series:

That final wicket partnership did a lot of damage. I wondered if it was close to being the highest for NZ for number 10 and 11, but it didn't even get halfway to the effort by Bracewell and Boock (124) vs Australia (and was just short of the world record by Higgs and Snow).

Ahh. Misread that. Was thinking just 10th wicket. Not 10th wicket by 10 and 11. (Was about to get all uppity about forgetting Hastings and Collinge).

Good spotting.

[Bovidae]

@booboo

Hockley was commentating at that time. Maia Lewis definitely has the more distinctive Kiwi accent. Having some female commentators is obviously a new initiative by Sky and NZC.

Personally, I am not a fan of Richardson. He tries to be funny when he isn't, unless he is being mocked by one of the other comms.