NZ v SA Test Series

Virgil

Clearly should have picked Southee and dropped a Wagner..

Virgil

Southee dropped for Patel ?!?!?!?!

Fuck off Black Caps, just FUCK OFF.

Yeah...

MN5

@Virgil and isn't Patel bowling poorly! 7 Overs at 0.42 runs per over!

Creating that little thing in test cricket

PRESSURE!

I know, he may even get a wicket too.

hydro11

Having not seen the pitch, I doubt I would have gone for the two spinners in Dunedin. It was an interesting selection but one that seems to be paying off to this point.

Cyclops

Cricinfo have Ross Taylor standing at second slip for the Duminy dismissal, is that an error? If not whose our new first slip and why?

Hooroo

@hydro11 Who would have thunk that they may know better?

canefan

@hydro11 said in NZ v SA Test Series:

Having not seen the pitch, I doubt I would have gone for the two spinners in Dunedin. It was an interesting selection but one that seems to be paying off to this point.

Just flicked on. The pitch is very motley in colour, Jeets seems to be harnessing significant assistance from it

Chris B.

@Cyclops I think Rossco is at first slip.

taniwharugby

@Hooroo apparently Patel had a 7 wicket haul on the ground very recently, so that may have been a factor....

MajorRage

Is it too early to start talking about Michelle?

Virgil

Patel over bowled by a couple overs.
Still a great morning session for the Craps

mariner4life

@MajorRage said in NZ v SA Test Series:

Is it too early to start talking about Michelle?

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mariner4life

okay, i've been very distracted by the Off Topic section, and all the walking, but the saffas are rebuilding well.

Positive for us is we seem to be keeping the pressure on, the run rate is very low, just need to find a way to turn it in to a wicket

Virgil

Fuck I forgot the cricket was still on, looks like we bombed a few chances during this middle session

Hooroo

Elgar is putting together the perfect test hundred. Complete patience for a long period of time. Has got the feel for the wicket and the bowlers and is now destroying them

MajorRage

Yep, we need a wicket in the next 5 overs otherwise, the pressure release valve has been activated. Scoring freely now.

Hooroo

@MajorRage said in NZ v SA Test Series:

Yep, we need a wicket in the next 5 overs otherwise, the pressure release valve has been activated. Scoring freely now.

You're a good man @MajorRage

Chris B.

Neesham struggles a bit to find a decent line, but he gets the ball through.

He's fresh, but bowling in the low 140s. Boult came back to bowl the final over of the session and didn't get past 136kmh. I can't really recall Timmy past 140 in recent times.

Handy getting Faf. The big miss was at the start of the session where BJ was slow to get down to an Elgar nick and dropped it. Would have been 60 something for four.

mariner4life

And so ends the day.

Positives? The first hour. And despite still being in and only 4 down at stumps, they've only got 229 on the board, meaning they haven't got away on us.

Negatives are the workloads on the top 4 bowlers; by all accounts the fielding (again); and the fact they've been pretty comfortable even if not scoring. Imagine if ABdV was in now?

Virgil

Big mistake picking Patel over Southee...

The Silver Fern

NZ v SA Test Series