New Zealand v West Indies

[Godder]

Cricinfo introduced Boult as the most entertaining batsman in the world...

[booboo]

@Godder said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Cricinfo introduced Boult as the most entertaining batsman in the world...

Aaaand gorne

[booboo]

460 is a decent score

[Godder]

@booboo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

460 is a decent score

Especially considering 297/6 at stumps and 72/3 at lunch yesterday. Props to Nicholls and the lower order for the fight back.

[booboo]

@booboo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Ball 1 goes for 6

Off on another tangent.

Why did we need to wait to check if the ball went for 6?

It was over the boundary so it was either 4 or 6.

Play could have continued as there was no need to change anything, just let the Third Umpire alert the scorers when they've checked and confirmed it.

[Donsteppa]

Wags! Left stranded by the tail 34 runs short of his first test hundred!

[booboo]

Timmah Rosscoe double act removes Brathwaite

0 for 1

[Damo]

Great ball. Right on 4th stump with just a bit of movement.

[MN5]

@Donsteppa said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Wags! Left stranded by the tail 34 runs short of his first test hundred!

I was busy eating a homemade chicken wrap when I read this and just about spit it everywhere. Outstanding ferning

[Damo]

Jamieson is awesome. Bowling average of less than 16 and batting average of 50 odd (quick calculations based on todays results).

[Gunner]

Oh wow 29/4 and Jamieson on a hat trick

[Damo]

@Damo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Jamieson is awesome. Bowling average of less than 16 and batting average of 50 odd (quick calculations based on todays results).

For clarity, the above post was after the first wicket.

Now the post goes doubly so.

[Damo]

Missing leg I think.

[Damo]

Waste of a review, but everyone just got excited, and perhaps understandably.

And now another review. Bloody hell.

[Damo]

What an amazing over. Unless I am wrong, there were 6 deliveries 2 wickets and 4 appeals.

[MN5]

Windies showing as much spine as a jellyfish.

I know the BCs are excellent at home but bloody hell....

[Snowy]

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

I know the BCs are excellent at home but bloody hell....

We have decades of "conditioning" and "expectation management".

This is better than the opposite (which is happening with the ABs).

It is hard to adjust.

[Bovidae]

Veteran batsman Ross Taylor’s Twenty20 international cricket career is in limbo after he was dropped from the Black Caps squad to face Pakistan.

Taylor’s absence was a major talking point of the 18-man squad named for three matches starting next Friday in Auckland, along with star fast bowler Lockie Ferguson who is awaiting further medical advice after suffering a bone stress injury in his back in a potential major blow for the side.

Fellow pace bowler Hamish Bennett was also ruled out of the series after suffering an abdominal muscle tear.

Good news about the omission of Bennett but is this the end of Taylor's T20 career?

Black Caps Twenty20 squad to face Pakistan:

Game one: Mitchell Santner (captain), Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Jimmy Neesham, Doug Bracewell, Todd Astle, Ish Sodhi, Scott Kuggeleijn, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner.

Games two and three: Kane Williamson (captain), Guptill, Seifert, Conway, Phillips, Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, Astle, Sodhi, Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.

Schedule:

Friday: 1st T20 at Eden Park, Auckland, 7pm

December 20: 2nd T20 at Seddon Park, Hamilton, 7pm

December 22: 3rd T20 at McLean Park, Napier, 7pm

[nzzp]

KJ nails it. Bowled.

outstanding effort. Our thrid and fourth seamers are something to behold

[ARHS]

Well done Jacob Duffy. Deserves a chance. Very surprised with inclusion of Todd Astle though