Black Caps v Australia

[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

[nzzp]

Chances to win a test against Aus are few and far between.

That bloody hotspot with Haddin was devestating.

This one we have partially bottled. We bowled really well at times - and got edges, but fundamentally dropped catches and bad luck cost us. Far out it's annoying

[Cyclops]

Phillips looking good. Needs Henry to tighten it up and the pressure will start to build, but while they're scoring freely at the other end they won't be too worried about just blocking Phillips out.