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    @MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.

    it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.

    Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky

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    @nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.

    it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.

    Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky

    Do you not remember all those infamous Black Caps batting collapses?!

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    @Higgins said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.

    it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.

    Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky

    Do you not remember all those infamous Black Caps batting collapses?!

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-new-zealand-2010-11-473905/new-zealand-vs-pakistan-1st-test-473921/full-scorecard

    110 all out. Still fresh

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    @canefan

    A top order for the ages there. Tim McIntosh, Guptill at three, Kane at 6.

    I wonder how many times Chris Martin outscored Kane.

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    @canefan Imagine how bad it would have been without Chris Martin's 7 (Average 2.36) , at the astonishing strike rate of 70, in the tenth wicket partnership of fourteen with Brent Arnel (Average 5.62 helped by four not outs from his twelve innings).

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    A possible 3.30 start according to cricinfo.

    If we Bazball the fuck out of it we might be in with a shot of a win

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    @booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    Wags: bulging disc and torn hammy.

    Career ender at 36?

    Loves Wags. 😢

    37 apparently

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    @booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    Wags: bulging disc and torn hammy.

    Career ender at 36?

    Loves Wags. 😢

    37 apparently

    Birthday today?

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    I reckon we try to bat normally for an hour or so and see how things go. If we're still feeling good we start to accelerate otherwise we shut up shop and wait for a draw.

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    @nzzp so it seems. Saw headline to article by Andrew Alderson.

    So Wags to hit the winning run as his last ever act in Tests on his 37th birthday...

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    Cricinfo is always full of comments about "why aren't they scoring at 5 an over" as if teams can just decide on whatever scoring rate they want. Plenty of fast scoring players lower down if they can keep wickets in hand

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    @KiwiPie said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    Cricinfo is always full of comments about "why aren't they scoring at 5 an over" as if teams can just decide on whatever scoring rate they want. Plenty of fast scoring players lower down if they can keep wickets in hand

    Not everyone can be cricket experts like us on the fern though

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    Especially coming out after a rain delay when the conditions are uncertain and can change quickly.

    This is basically going to be a double session today, almost 4 hours. Will be interesting to see whether than benefits the batters or bowlers more.

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    @Cyclops said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    Will be interesting to see whether than benefits the batters or bowlers more.

    Batters surely - get in rythmn, and harder for the fielding side to respond to pressure with no real breaks.

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    @nzzp

    That was my first thought, but also means that they have to stay focused for longer too so maybe more chances of a mental error.

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    @Cyclops said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @nzzp

    That was my first thought, but also means that they have to stay focused for longer too so maybe more chances of a mental error.

    but not broken by 20 or 40 minute intervals and having to restart.

    Latham gone; spinner bowled well. Scoring fast in Test cricket is hard!

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    @nzzp unless you're a tail ender who just doesn't care about good or bad deliveries and takes a consistent slog approach!

    Chance for some Nicholls redemption? ...just not possible surely?

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    @bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

    @nzzp unless you're a tail ender who just doesn't care about good or bad deliveries and takes a consistent slog approach!

    Chance for some Nicholls redemption? ...just no possible surely?

    Well I’m certainly liking his strike rate so far, KW is channeling his inner Boycott at the other end

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    @MN5 Im ok with Kane holding an end, we could still collapse and we want a draw at minimum lol

    Im also ok with Nicholls though having a go.

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