Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
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.
Did you see Cummins' second ball to Blundell?
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Damo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
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.
Did you see Cummins' second ball to Blundell?
Yes I did. That is the one I refered to in my post.
That is the only ball that could be described as dangerous. The previous ball kept low. That one didn't. It was not a ball that reared up dangerously, it just bounced more than the previous ball did.
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@taniwharugby agree that the first order is to not get out, especially not to dumb shots, but unless it is day 5 and very unlikely to win, we still need runs to make a contest of it. Otherwise we are just losing slower.
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I feel for the good of the country 3 days of rain over all of aussie would be great.
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@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
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.
As pointed out in the paper, Southee has been in pretty good form in tests in recent years. So based on test form and the options available, Stead’s decision deserves some scrutiny. Also the selectors named him vice captain - so it seems the Coach and the selectors have different opinions.
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@booboo Yeah - I'd say the first session today was evens and we won the second and third.
However, Oz won all three yesterday, so we need to win the first tomorrow to get things back on an even keel. 80/1 in the morning session would do that - we'd trail by 311 with nine wickets in hand.
Unfortunately, the openers aren't protecting Little Kane - it's a 'flu-ridden Jeet.
Out of interest, I think only won 1 session in the first test (3rd session on Day 3), but we did win three sessions in the 2nd test - though some of these wins were when Oz was trying to accelerate the run-rate.
At the moment I'm scoring it Oz 20; NZ 6; Even 4.
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@Chris-B I’m scoring it 2-0 and most likely 3-0
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Great to see us wrap up the last 5 wickets for 50 odd.
And then the openers dug in and batted an entire session, WTF?
They actually did bloody well, the bowling (helped by the pitch) was demanding and they didn’t ever look to be in a lot of trouble.Really liking Tom Blundell, he’s got some ticker that fulla!
More of the same tomorrow please.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo Yeah - I'd say the first session today was evens and we won the second and third.
However, Oz won all three yesterday, so we need to win the first tomorrow to get things back on an even keel. 80/1 in the morning session would do that - we'd trail by 311 with nine wickets in hand.
Unfortunately, the openers aren't protecting Little Kane - it's a 'flu-ridden Jeet.
Out of interest, I think only won 1 session in the first test (3rd session on Day 3), but we did win three sessions in the 2nd test - though some of these wins were when Oz was trying to accelerate the run-rate.
At the moment I'm scoring it Oz 20; NZ 6; Even 4.
Maybe everyone will move up to give Jeets time to recover. The anti-Richardson transformation will be complete when Jeets and BJ combine to post NZ's highest ever total for the 7th (or 8th) wicket
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@Yeahtheboys said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Chris-B I’m scoring it 2-0 and most likely 3-0
It's that attention to detail that makes all the difference!
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I think today's play by the Black Caps has shown they read the Fern. It is pretty obvious they are implementing the cunning plan hatched by @Damo a couple of pages ago.
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
How good! A day with only ‘Strayan wickets falling!
Two days in a row!!
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There's a fair amount of self delusion afflicting the world at present. Aussie cricket team join in:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12298070
