Black Caps v England Test series

[Virgil]

Do you suppose when Kane won the toss and put England into bat he expected to reach stumps just 9 runs short of his 18th test ton..

[MN5]

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Do you suppose when Kane won the toss and put England into bat he expected to reach stumps just 9 runs short of his 18th test ton..

These are bloody good times for a BC fan Virg. Four potential chances for KW or Rossco to claim the record outright.

[booboo]

Very satisfactory day of test cricket.

Essentially NZ get 4.5 days to play v Eng with two innings while the Poms get one only.

Bat till stumps tomorrow would be awesome.

[Donsteppa]

A perfect day of cricket.

[Virgil]

[No Quarter]

@donsteppa said in Black Caps v England Test series:

A perfect day of cricket.

As close as you'll ever get!

And necessary given there's a fair amount of rain in the forecast the next 4 days.

[Virgil]

Fucken raining btw

[nzzp]

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Fucken raining btw

Not any more. Showers, and it'll be glorious. I'm bouncing around like before a proper All Blacks test match - can't wait to get down to the ground.

[nzzp]

MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi

not much about - just a shower or five

[MN5]

Still trying to get my head around a NZ Cricket test starting at 2pm. It's confusing for an old tradionalist like me.

[Paekakboyz]

@mn5 yeah as soon as we reached stumps I was wishing we could resume in the morning. But it was pretty cool to be watching local test cricket at 9pm. If we'd been getting shat on I may have felt differently tho!

[JK]

Think will be rain on and off today and tomorrow pretty much washed out. Sunday and Monday much better

Jumped on the draw at $8.50 yesterday when England were 8 down. Will happily lose my money but also want something in return if the weather gods steal away a famous NZ victory

[nzzp]

@jk at the ground now getting ribs. Windy but blue skies. Mildly warm. Plenty of play in store I hope.

[JK]

@nzzp said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@jk at the ground now getting ribs. Windy but blue skies. Mildly warm. Plenty of play in store I hope.

Awesome! Heard pissing down out West. Fine in city

[nzzp]

There is rain around but hopefully stays away. Anyone know what happens to pink balls in the wet? That's a serious question by the way...

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Black Caps v England Test series:

There is rain around but hopefully stays away. Anyone know what happens to pink balls in the wet? That's a serious question by the way...

All going well it'll make our bowlers quicker than Brett Lee while spinning it more than Murali all at the same time.

[nzzp]

Sun's out, so it's started to rain. Auckland, eh

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Anyone know what happens to pink balls in the wet?

[Virgil]

dont want to jinx him..but Nicholls is looking very solid. Cant fault his defensive technique so far.

Shit just as im typing that...

[nzzp]

@virgil just had a big heave outside off