Cricket: NZ vs Aus

[Siam]

@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Only the back foot being outside is a no ball right?

I'm a bit confused about that. I know the back foot only has to touch the return crease, the one that runs parallel to the pitch, for a no ball. But not sure about the front foot, other than it can touch the return crease.

Staggered that a whole foot out of the white painted crease " box" is legal in any way shape or form.

Anyone got the oil on that?

[Chris B.]

@kev I don't think the batting is an Achilles heel - it's just a different game when you're facing up to 6 ft 5 bowlers who can hurl it down at 145+kmh in Perth.

[Siam]

@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

When did they change the rules so that caught off the helmet was out?

Well done ICC, you just created a situation where your DRS system was deemed completely pointless.

You can't allow and not allow on the same piece of evidence. The cameras and technology are either right or they are not. Rewarding a wrong decision is a ludicrous situation

The cricket on display in the world lately has been exemplary, the umpiring principles have been so erratic and flawed that one wonders if the outcome of the contest runs second fiddle to the hype and entertainment package.

[kev]

@Chris-B For this series it already is. You can’t win or draw if you post 160 odd runs. So we have to make adjustments quickly. The quality of the bowling attack will not change.

[Chris B.]

@kev I guess I look at it a bit differently - in that I'd say our batting line-up is much-of-a-muchness with Australia's.

The problem is that on this sort of pitch (and in fact most pitches) their bowlers are better.

We can certainly bat better than we did in the first innings - but, our bowlers also need to find a way to bowl them out much faster.

[Chris B.]

Santner misses a run out and now Colin drops a catch.

Got to be taking everything!!!

[voodoo]

@Chris-B does it really matter at this stage? I can't see how it matters how many wickets they lose on the way to putting us back in with 600 runs needed?

[Chris B.]

@voodoo Pride.

We're going down, but at least take as many of them with us as we can!

[NTA]

Shit review

[Donsteppa]

That was a desperate review....

[voodoo]

I really like this Isa Guha

[voodoo]

TPC rolling them down at 117km/hr, surely we run over the top of these Aussies soon

[voodoo]

TPC and Santner, is there a more uninspiring combo in test cricket???

[NTA]

Kane should bring himself on

[Donsteppa]

Santner now with a test bowling average of 43. That'd be handy with the bat...

[NTA]

[NTA]

Kiwis trying to disable the umpires now

[Mokey]

@NTA could have come from anywhere.

[mariner4life]

@voodoo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

I really like this Isa Guha

She's fucking great. Probably my favourite cricket commentator since the world cup

We're being fucking embarrassed by the way. This is terrible.

[mariner4life]

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@kev I guess I look at it a bit differently - in that I'd say our batting line-up is much-of-a-muchness with Australia's.

The problem is that on this sort of pitch (and in fact most pitches) their bowlers are better.

We can certainly bat better than we did in the first innings - but, our bowlers also need to find a way to bowl them out much faster.

We lack the pace and bounce for Australia. Boult is good enough to get wickets anyway, but we're very samey, especially with Ferguson broken.

This Australian quartet is actually fucking brilliant.

But getting rolled for 160 with our best ever batting lineup is actually a disgrace.