Black Caps v England Test series

[canefan]

@hydro11 said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@canefan said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Meant to be worse tomorrow than today! Fine Monday but it won't leave us enough time to get them out. If we get no play tomorrow we'll need to declare overnight and send them in on the final day

No rain tomorrow arvo on metservice.

Cool. Accuweather says rain but I'm happy for them to be proven wrong

[hydro11]

Cricket! No point going along at 2 runs an over here though. Nicholls and Watling need to be positive.

[Virgil]

And with CDG due in next too

[Cyclops]

Fresh bowlers a ball that should still have a decent amount of shine on it. I'm okay with Watling and Nicholls taking a bit of time to get established. Hopefully after the first drinks break or so we start to play with a bit more intent. Our lead is good, but I'd prefer to take an extra session now and look to bat once only rather than be trying to chase 50 in a final session under lights with Anderson getting the ball to zip.

[hydro11]

CDG seems in a good mood.

[Paekakboyz]

Ooh don't you just hate it when you are outta reviews 😁

[Duluth]

@paekakboyz

Would it have been out? At the ground and we didn’t get a replay

[canefan]

@duluth said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@paekakboyz

Would it have been out? At the ground and we didn’t get a replay

Looked like it missed on normal replay down the wicket. Slight hot spot though

[canefan]

So when do we declare? Bat until dusk then make them try to survive the evening?

[Paekakboyz]

@duluth slight inside edge 😁

[canefan]

As poor and at sea as Nicholls looked in the ODIs, he has done well in the whites so far this match

[hydro11]

DRS is good - pre DRS people would be having a whinge about the umpire and it wouldn't feel as good if CDG got a big score. Now no one cares that he was lucky.

[KiwiPie]

@paekakboyz said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@duluth slight inside edge 😁

Paying the price for the ridiculous LBW review against KW on day 1.

[Paekakboyz]

Do you think all of these guys had a mutual laugh about the Oz situation?

[KiwiPie]

@canefan said in Black Caps v England Test series:

So when do we declare? Bat until dusk then make them try to survive the evening?

There's always a chance of a collapse but in the absence of that, I'd declare with around 130 overs left in the test. Should be enough runs not to have to bat again but a decent spell with a 2nd new ball if required.

[Paekakboyz]

Hundy!! Good man!

[No Quarter]

Brilliant hundred. His first was against SA too, so he can score against the best. Well played son.

[Sneakdefreak]

Mediocre in the shorter forms of the game but seems very comfortable in the test format. Well done.

[Paekakboyz]

@sneakdefreak the anti-guptill!!

[hydro11]

I think Nicholls can be good at all formats but batting him at 6 in ODIs is redundant.