Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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Watching Santner & CdG bowl in tandem is pretty uninspiring stuff.
Why the hell do they persist with Santner, he’s not a test bowler. I wish they’d go on the attack and pick a guy who’s going to take some wickets, rather than this defensive spinner bullshit.
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@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
rather than this defensive spinner bullshit.
this defensive spinner going at almost 5 an over...
Edit: Sorry, almost 5.5 an over now. fucking hopeless.
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To show how good conditions are, a bog-average player like Paine just smacked an effortless 33 at a quick clip.
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@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
I think if Aussie had won the toss and batted anyway, we'd be happy with ~250/4 at stumps.
I was going to contradict you but looking at the last few boxing day tests, the team batting first basically always made over 350. Australia did the worst with just 327 versus England. Still the odds on us winning were a lot longer at the end of day one than they were at the start.
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
I think if Aussie had won the toss and batted anyway, we'd be happy with ~250/4 at stumps.
I was going to contradict you but looking at the last few boxing day tests, the team batting first basically always made over 350. Australia did the worst with just 327 versus England. Still the odds on us winning were a lot longer at the end of day one than they were at the start.
yep, if you are going to send the opposition in, you want more in return than what we have.
When you consider we took a wicket in the first over, to only have 5 at the end of 4 sessions is not good enough.
I still think the decision to bowl was the right one. And i actually think we've bowled well for the most part, the fact the Aussies have had to earn their runs is proof of that. It's just been really tough test cricket.
It will now come down to the batsmen matching the Aussies.
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@mariner4life Spot on, I think.
The big opening was when Kane could/should have run out Labuschagne. We could have had them 79/3 with the front line bowlers still relatively fresh and Wade, Head and Paine all under real pressure to make runs.
We might have been able to mow through the middle order and get ahead of the game.
Oz well ahead now - we're already pretty much playing for a draw.
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
So which new bowler do you bring in for the Sydney test?
Ajaz Patel? A left armer, so like for like replacement, except he turns it.
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i think our choice of spinner is impacted by the fact that none of our seamers can bat for shit
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It will be Astle because he's in the squad - and he can hold a bat.
Only question is whether conditions might warrant us rolling the dice and playing a second spinner.
Santner currently getting plenty of stick from the commentary box - reminiscent of Mark Craig last time we were in Oz.
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Australia ruthless now, well done by them
I have given Colin too much shit, he's an excellent 4th seamer. He's bowled 30 overs at not much over 2 an over, and taken 2 top order wickets. Wags the same as the 3rd option, 32 overs at basically 2 with 2 wickets. Southee and Boult are the ones that needed to knock over the top order, and they haven't
The spinner only being trusted with 13 overs halfway through the 5th session is a disgrace.
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@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
3 overs for Blundell to play the batsmen in after lunch has left me perplexed and questioning what the fuck they're playing at....after inserting the opposition!
I think the first test knocked the stuffing out of us. If we'd put up a decent fight there I reckon we'd have batted first and backed ourselves to put 350+ on the board to give us a fighting chance of a win.
It's probably the biggest thing I miss about Baz. He'd always back us to play aggressive cricket and go for the win, which is what you have to do in Aus.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
I think if Aussie had won the toss and batted anyway, we'd be happy with ~250/4 at stumps.
I was going to contradict you but looking at the last few boxing day tests, the team batting first basically always made over 350. Australia did the worst with just 327 versus England. Still the odds on us winning were a lot longer at the end of day one than they were at the start.
yep, if you are going to send the opposition in, you want more in return than what we have.
When you consider we took a wicket in the first over, to only have 5 at the end of 4 sessions is not good enough.
I still think the decision to bowl was the right one. And i actually think we've bowled well for the most part, the fact the Aussies have had to earn their runs is proof of that. It's just been really tough test cricket.
It will now come down to the batsmen matching the Aussies.
We’ve bowled to a pretty good plan, but the conditions and the good Aussie batsmen in their own backyard has come to the fore. We’ve kept Oz under 3 rpo, but our bowlers are getting very little assistance.
I personally wasn’t expecting much more from us when I saw the weather forecast. Hopeful but that was about it.
