Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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@mariner4life said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
I'm watching Smithy on a pisstake show called The Professors Night Watchman. And he's killing it. Just a genuine, funny bloke.
Agreed, that was some decent television. Smithy and the hosts' banter was top drawer
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@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Gunner At this rate, Waddle might have to put on the whites...
I see that Peter Fulton has got his whites on in case he has to field.
As I type Henry nicks Head out.
Come on lads, roll the tail cheaply. Please.
It’d be nice if we could get Labashayne out now too and have a couple of fresh batsmen at the crease.
By the way glad to see Henry’s extra pace paying off. He’s r ally whipping it through at 130kmph
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@Gunner said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
By the way glad to see Henry’s extra pace paying off. He’s really whipping it through at 130kmph
Either Stead is covering for Kane and or Timmy or he's full of shit. Timmy was reportedly not happy at being left out
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Guessing that Timmy's dropping was planned in advance based on not being good enough and wanting to give him a wake-up call, only for them to have to scramble to continue to justify it after everyone broke down.
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@Godder agree mate but 12 wickets at 26 in two thrashings would've put him at the back of a line of wake ups I'd have thought 🤔.
I fear the meddling of the "numbers" from sports science.
Either way, however you stack it, there is no decent justification for dropping timmeh 30 minutes before the start of such a big occasion for NZ cricket. Scary madness
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Bit of spin and bounce for Astle now. That should play into our hands with the two spinners.
Aussie will be batting last on this pitch, assuming we go for the bat once, bat big strategy.
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CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
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Astle got the big one!
C & B...that Laubushagne fella goes ok.
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@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Bit of spin and bounce for Astle now. That should play into our hands with the two spinners.
Aussie will be batting last on this pitch, assuming we go for the bat once, bat big strategy.
Astle gets Labushayne cheaply for just 215. Advantage Black Caps.
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@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
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and another....ripping through them!
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Embarrassing collapse here for Aus.
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That was a fucking sharp catch
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@No-Quarter yep, dunno why we keep having tests against them.
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@taniwharugby said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter yep, dunno why we keep having tests against them.
Looking forward to us teaching them a lesson in test match batting.
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@No-Quarter I think we should bowl some pies at thier bowlers to tire them out, then strike just before dinner and then smash some runs to end the day against thier tired attack.
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These last wicket stands are always so bloody annoying.
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I expect us to match that scorecard
Well, except the double hundred in the middle. First innings deficit of 200 seems about right
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tore them a new one, finally...
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@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
Pace is important in Australia because the ball doesn't do much. In New Zealand, it doesn't matter so much.
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
Pace is important in Australia because the ball doesn't do much. In New Zealand, it doesn't matter so much.
Also these guys aren't just quick. They are quick and accurate.
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@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
Pace is important in Australia because the ball doesn't do much. In New Zealand, it doesn't matter so much.
Take your point, but, I'm not sure it does that much in SA either and NZ pitches haven't exactly been green seamers for quite a while now. There's a lot to be said for someone that can actually bowl a consistent line and length to exploit even the smallest amount of movement from the seam.
That said 120km is obviously too slow to be a frontline seamer.
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Pace makes good seam bowling harder to play, but that scorecard finished a lot better than it was looking earlier.
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@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
Pace is important in Australia because the ball doesn't do much. In New Zealand, it doesn't matter so much.
Take your point, but, I'm not sure it does that much in SA either and NZ pitches haven't exactly been green seamers for quite a while now. There's a lot to be said for someone that can actually bowl a consistent line and length to exploit even the smallest amount of movement from the seam.
That said 120km is obviously too slow to be a frontline seamer.
3 to 6 inches of extra bounce with pace though eh? That's a point of difference
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Dangerous pitch. Call it off. Match drawn
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Those first two balls from Cummins ... We are so fucked
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@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@No-Quarter said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
CDG is bowling well this series. He's let himself down with the bat (albeit sawn off by a dodge umpiring decision once) but his bowling has been surprisingly effective.
The Aus commentators have been wanking on about pace being the difference, but they're full of shit really. Pace can help provide a point of difference, but some of the greatest seam bowlers of all time didn't get much above 130km.
Vernon Philander is a good modern day example. 220 wickets at 21.99 and barely breaks the 130km mark. Starc could only dream of test stats like that.
Pace is important in Australia because the ball doesn't do much. In New Zealand, it doesn't matter so much.
Take your point, but, I'm not sure it does that much in SA either and NZ pitches haven't exactly been green seamers for quite a while now. There's a lot to be said for someone that can actually bowl a consistent line and length to exploit even the smallest amount of movement from the seam.
That said 120km is obviously too slow to be a frontline seamer.
3 to 6 inches of extra bounce with pace though eh? That's a point of difference
Cummins is really the perfect fast bowler. Bowls above 140km with height and is deadly accurate. Which is why he has a 21 bowling average and is rated number 1.
Starc by comparison doesn't have the same accuracy so averages 27. Still very good, but not an all time great by any stretch despite having the same height and bowling 10km faster on a regular basis.
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This has been some very impressive fast bowling. Can't complain too much if we fall in a heap.
However the trick is going to be to just bat for as long as we can. Let's bat all tomorrow and until lunch on day 4 and it should get easier.
I'll bet these bowlers won't be as impressive with the third new ball as they are with the first one.
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What the heck is going on with this pitch.
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It thought for a second the umpire was going to give that.
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@Damo fuck scoring, bat for time...something usually alien to BCs batsmen though.
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo well it was Erasmus...
I think the commentator was just about suggesting that it should have been given out.
FFS. If the stumps had one less coat of varnish the prediction would have been that it would have missed.
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo well it was Erasmus...
I am shocked he actually turned down an Australian appeal.
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@taniwharugby said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo fuck scoring, bat for time...something usually alien to BCs batsmen though.
Need to do both, batting time and not scoring runs does nothing useful this early.
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Pitch is dodgy as fuck already. If this goes 5 days it might actually get called off.
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Not really dangerous though. Hard to see it being called off unless the balls are rearing up dangerously. There was one ball that bounced more than the batsman expected - though in itself it wasn't hostile bounce.
Of course if Aussie are battling to save the test on day 5 then the calculus changes.
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@Godder and playing scoring shots and getting out does even less...bat to stay out there, and the runs will come, look for the runs and the wickets will come
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50 partnership!
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