Black Caps v Australia

KiwiMurph

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Australia:

lol better than a run a ball now, hammering home

Reading Cricinfo, Carey sounds like he's edging every second boundary.

Watching the game these two are doing it very easy.

mariner4life

sport is a results based industry. how doesn't matter, only how many

JK

Feels like they are doing it in a canter. Need Phillips to try his luck before we run out of runs

mariner4life

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Australia:

@mariner4life I reckon it would be enough runs if we had a proper attack but 2024 Southee and Scotty K are both not up to it.

the series averages are quite telling.

KiwiMurph

Bugger. Needed that

bayimports

lol will be over by tea with that run rate..Aus team winners by a long mental margin

Cyclops

We've bowled well in patches but edges haven't gone to fielders or moved too much and evaded the edge. They've cashed in when we haven't bowled well.

I'm still think we should win from here. Australia won that session but our bowling was better than the numbers suggest. Key thing is going to be staying focused, working to our plans and not panicking.

nzzp

@Cyclops love the optimism

nzzp

Aus now favourite at TAB. Needs a wicket and soon

MN5

@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Australia:

We've bowled well in patches but edges haven't gone to fielders or moved too much and evaded the edge. They've cashed in when we haven't bowled well.

I'm still think we should win from here. Australia won that session but our bowling was better than the numbers suggest. Key thing is going to be staying focused, working to our plans and not panicking.

Good enough for me. We’ll be fine.

mariner4life

why? why does Tim have the ball?

nzzp

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Australia:

why? why does Tim have the ball?

last spell in Tests?

Rapido

Lunchtime pep-talk.

"OK. Gather round boys, we're gonna go out there and give it 80%, like I've shown for the last 2 and a half years, stick to the plans boys and and almost no one will get fired. OK, lets go!!!!!"

KiwiMurph

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Australia:

why? why does Tim have the ball?

If you are going to have a bowler as captain he needs to be in his prime otherwise this is the result.

MadGav

This is a meek surrender by NZ so far

Cyclops

Unfathomable that we come out after lunch, needing a breakthrough and our best idea is to bowl wide of off stump at about 125k. Insanity.

mariner4life

Thanks Tim, great career, your country owes you its thanks.

But mate, the guy who has taken 17 wickets for nothing needs to bowl until the game is over

1kiwi

Inept bowling performance, and inept captaincy

Cyclops

I'd bowl Phillips from one end and rotate Sears and Henry at the other for the whole session. I'd have an extra couple of close in fielders for Phillips too.

KiwiMurph

At least Marsh isn't going to drag this out

The Silver Fern

Black Caps v Australia