Cricket: NZ vs England
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Hooroo I have got a five day pass, def going first couple of days, and most likely some of the weekend.
Nice, let's catch up for a beer if I do pop along on Friday. Might even just pop in for a couple of hours around lunch if I'm at the Mount office
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@Hooroo I've just been in the UK for 2 weeks for family reasons - unscheduled - so that has blown my annual leave plans out of the water - planning to be there on Saturday weather and match situation permitting (meaning the test hasn't finished by then)
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Like Baron I have a five day pass - will be at the ground every day, though Thursday may be the only full day I make at this stage with a few other family things on.
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Like Baron I have a five day pass - will be at the ground every day, though Thursday may be the only full day I make at this stage with a few other family things on.
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
And be close to the loo
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
They call them "players" in this case and the groundsman calls it a "pitch" but by all means talk to him about it. They also have 2 grumpy old men already who are supposed to keep the kids off it.
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Stead is very conservative and boring...
New Zealand have resisted the urge to launch fast bowler Lockie Ferguson at England's batsmen in the first cricket test at Mt Maunganui on Thursday. Captain Kane Williamson confirmed his XI on Wednesday with regular pace trio Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner getting the nod as the pacemen and Mitchell Santner edging Todd Astle for the spinner's berth.
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Jeet Raval, Kane Williamson (captain), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.
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Of late they have tended to back their selections by local conditions, are we expecting rain? or significant movement off the deck?
From someone not based there, it looks like a bit of a missed opportunity
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@bayimports The Bay Oval will have more pace and bounce than Seddon Park so if you are wanting to play Ferguson against England this was the test to do it in.
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@Bovidae said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@bayimports The Bay Oval will have more pace and bounce than Seddon Park so if you are wanting to play Ferguson against England this was the test to do it in.
so like consistently not being able to make good calls about when to use their umpiring challenges, they potentially also make another consistent poor call on the pitch ..time will tell I guess, but I agree @Bovidae it looks like a missed opportunity already
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@Bovidae said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@bayimports The Bay Oval will have more pace and bounce than Seddon Park so if you are wanting to play Ferguson against England this was the test to do it in.
Also, Southee's record at Hamilton is great.
So, if it is going to be a Fergusson for Southee rotation (rather than for the the 3rd or 4th seamer), then Bay Oval was the place to do it.
Southee will probably go fine, though, it seems competition for his spot lifts him above his complacent default plateau. But, I wants me some PACE.
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Heard Larsen interviewed and they see Santner as a "holding spinner". Dunno why you couldn't play Ferguson and have CdG and Wagner as holding seamers.
I guess the proof will be in the pudding, but I'll be a bit pissed if we get blasted out by Archer and Satnav has a largely fresh air game.
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@Chris-B I wouldn't describe Wagner as a holding seamer. His job is to intimidate the batsmen and get wickets but he can be expensive.
The majority of the bowling attack and captain are from ND so they should know more about the pitches used in these 2 tests than anyone else. I still don't agree with their decision though.
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Whilst I agree with the discontent over the selection I am looking forward to the test and in particular the TSF crew in the crowd who are bound to draw attention to the cameras.
They shouldn't be hard to spot:
No rain cloud is going to ruin my test match.
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
No rain cloud is going to ruin my test match.
Unfortunately that is exactly what they do (unless we are losing then they are great).
It also wouldn't have to be a cloud to rile some of us old fcks. Just some grass, a weed, whatever, it's enough for a rant.
