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    Rugby season officially started after the first test so who cares about this one aye…

    Did we bowl badly? Not really. We just lacked a bit of venom. But this was always going to be a batters test because of the pitch and conditions. We didn’t score enough in the first innings and the Proteas second innings was superb.

    Get on the Crusaders 😉

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    @act-crusader said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    Rugby season officially started after the first test so who cares about this one aye…

    Did we bowl badly? Not really. We just lacked a bit of venom. But this was always going to be a batters test because of the pitch and conditions. We didn’t score enough in the first innings and the Proteas second innings was superb.

    Get on the Crusaders 😉

    Yeah, a lot depends on how well you bat in the 1st innings in any test.

    Nah, go the Canes 😀

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    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

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    @nzbloke said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

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    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @nzbloke said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    England in England isn't the West Indies on debut.

    Plus, he was an absolute run machine at domestic level. Someone must have the comparable records of the two to compare

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    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @nzbloke said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    He's nothing like a Mathew Sinclair type of player - Conway has far more composure, he's shown that in tests & the white ball stuff... Williamson & him would have to be the first two batsmen selected in any format of the game.

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    @nzzp said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @nzbloke said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    England in England isn't the West Indies on debut.

    Plus, he was an absolute run machine at domestic level. Someone must have the comparable records of the two to compare

    Sinclair had a first class batting average of 48.64 so it’s fair to say he underachieved a bit after an amazing start.

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    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mn5 said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @canefan said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    @bayimports said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    England in England isn't the West Indies on debut.

    Plus, he was an absolute run machine at domestic level. Someone must have the comparable records of the two to compare

    Sinclair had a first class batting average of 48.64 so it’s fair to say he underachieved a bit after an amazing start.

    It's a big step up to test level though... that's where you find out whether a batsman has the mental toughness or not.

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    @nzbloke said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

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    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    England in England isn't the West Indies on debut.

    Plus, he was an absolute run machine at domestic level. Someone must have the comparable records of the two to compare

    Sinclair had a first class batting average of 48.64 so it’s fair to say he underachieved a bit after an amazing start.

    It's a big step up to test level though... that's where you find out whether a batsman has the mental toughness or not.

    Definitely, and I certainly hope you’re right about Conway given how much we need him to be amazing.

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    This will be over by lunch.

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    This will be over by lunch.

    If not we will certainly not survive the day

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    About the only certainty today is that Southee can't play the Martin Snedden role alongside Conway's required Greatbatch.

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    f we can survive to remain three down at stumps, I give us an outside chance of surviving tomorrow, but that is a big whopping "if"

    holy shit sunshine and rainbows that's some level of optimism there!

    yeah in a peverse justice sort of way I still have hope, given the fern has mercilessly mocked moon head junior and CDG on many occassions it would be fitting for most of us to be served humble pie.

    although if we have to rely on Southee though to bat out one over though, we are dead already

    I guess we are going to keep waiting for that maiden test series victory over SA

    That 100% depends on @nzzp s boy Conway.

    Pretty much that simple. The rest are guys to bad for a good time but not a long time

    Conway doesn't often miss out twice. We are going to need serious contributions from Blundell and CdG at least

    I have more faith in the former to get set and grind it out.

    He's still living off that landmark innings on the aussie tour. Hasn't been as good since

    What really sucks is the dread as a fan that we’re essentially potentially half a session away from a crushing defeat if things turn to shit early.

    I haven’t had this feeling about the Black Caps in years. Not nice

    Yes you have. Game one of the Bangles series.....

    With the amount of NY boozing I was doing I just assumed that never happened….

    But yeah, as someone on here mentioned the inconsistency is staggering. We COULD NOT have fucked them up more in the first test….and look what’s happening now ???

    Goes to show what an achievement the test championship was. We won't be able to maintain that level of consistency this cycle

    Absolutely. Losing Rossco and KW and some other players showing more indifferent form than they should will probably ensure that.

    Without those two our batting lineup isn’t a hell of a lot better than SA’s ( given Conway just hasn’t played enough to judge just yet )

    Conway may have only played 6 or 7 tests, but has already scored 3 hundreds, one of them a double hundred, so of course you can judge how good he is, the bloke has class written all over him, again he's showing excellent composure in this test.

    So far yes and you’re probably right but the pessimist in me still worries he’s another Matthew Sinclair.

    England in England isn't the West Indies on debut.

    Plus, he was an absolute run machine at domestic level. Someone must have the comparable records of the two to compare

    Sinclair had a first class batting average of 48.64 so it’s fair to say he underachieved a bit after an amazing start.

    It's a big step up to test level though... that's where you find out whether a batsman has the mental toughness or not.

    Definitely, and I certainly hope you’re right about Conway given how much we need him to be amazing.

    It would be a superb effort by Conway & Blundell if they played a major part in getting us through to a draw... the percentage is very low that we will get there, but still a chance.

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    @hooroo said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    This will be over by lunch.

    If not drinks.

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    @hooroo said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    This will be over by lunch.

    I at least want to see us go down fighting, make them really work for it, not throw away their bloody wickets like the other batsmen in this innings.

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    Yeah. Our 8 through to 11 are afraid of getting in line to short balls. No chance a draw even if current partnership batted half the day.

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    @rapido said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    Yeah. Our 8 through to 11 are afraid of getting in line to short balls. No chance a draw even if current partnership batted half the day.

    When getting out of the way of short balls I prefer the method of standing tall & swaying out the way compared to ducking where players tend to take their eye off the ball so get hit a fair bit... with the height Jamieson has he'd be better to be upright & sway out the way, when he ducks down he looks so bloody awkward & gets into all sorts of trouble.

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    Interesting challenge for these guys. It's not very often that you get told 'hey, you can bat all day if you like' 🙂

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    @donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Proteas 2022:

    Interesting challenge for these guys. It's not very often that you get told 'hey, you can bat all day if you like can' 🙂

    FIFY 🙂

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    Can we please lock this thread before someone puts the mockers on?

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