Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Isnt there a 2 day game vs Victoria coming up?
Be interesting which bowlers play in that one given workload and injury.
Iβve seen this reported but have had no luck finding out where this is being played.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@KiwiMurph I'd guess all of Southee, Wagner and de Grandhomme will sit it out.
Be interesting to see who opens the batting - I'd be somewhat inclined to go with Raval and whomever his potential replacement would be - Blundell, Nicholls or BJ.
Tom Latham could bat at 5.
Seems to be the best approach. Feels like it's our batsmen that need the most work so watch as we lose the toss and spend a day and a half in the field.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Isnt there a 2 day game vs Victoria coming up?
Be interesting which bowlers play in that one given workload and injury.
Iβve seen this reported but have had no luck finding out where this is being played.
yeah, weird Cricinfo doesn't have it
... and just checked NZC - they don't have it either. Suggest you email them; i'm sure they'll give you the inf you need
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@ACT-Crusader said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Isnt there a 2 day game vs Victoria coming up?
Be interesting which bowlers play in that one given workload and injury.
Iβve seen this reported but have had no luck finding out where this is being played.
If you are nearby perhaps you could pop in and drop something off for the players
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After the stuffing we got last test, are they sure l'loads of Kiwis' are goig to turn up?
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@Machpants there's one right here who will be.
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@Machpants said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
After the stuffing we got last test, are they sure l'loads of Kiwis' are goig to turn up?
Day 1 they will as people have been planning this since the game was announced. Day 2? Depends a lot on Day 1!
Perth did show that 2 tests against England with Archer is no preparation for Australia if you play them on puddings. And it was a nice touch on a bouncy pitch with uneven bounce to open the bowling in the 2nd innings with 2 x sub-130km/h bowlers.
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yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
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Ok so a bit more detail on this 2 day match hidden in article
"Boult expects to get through "three to four" spells in a two-day match against a Victorian XI at Melbourne's Scotch College starting on Friday"
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@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
Well we're on track to break the record for both attendance on day 1 and attendance across the first 4 days for a non-Ashes Boxing Day test, so we'll tick the profitability boxes.
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@Cyclops given how highly the Indian tours are regarded that would be impressive if we do break it, so I hope it is accurate. That will buy the locals enough sandpaper to last them a few more series against the saffas..
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I was there 32 years ago with plenty of whanau and will never forget it. Putting aside the end, day 5 was a brilliant day of cricket from NZ.
Sure I cried after we didnβt win (I was 10) and refused to move from the MCG bench seats.
Eventually I got up and Iβll never forget my uncle saying to me as we made the long walk to the MCG car park, βboy, weβll get them next timeβ.
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth π
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@ACT-Crusader said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth π
Was that the one run win? Dipak brilliant one handed overhead catch on the boundary, Hadlee bowled out early and had to bowl the last ball of his spell again after a no ball (would have been a dot as he beat a play and miss by Steve Waugh) and then getting Waugh to edge one to the keeper of the rebowled ball, Bracewell grabbing the skyed catch in covers off the last ball?
Don't remember it at all...
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
I can remember shit from 30 years ago. What I had for breakfast ...
As for the keys: no idea. Which is a worry as I'm sitting in the car wondering how to start it ...
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
I can remember shit from 30 years ago. What I had for breakfast ...
As for the keys: no idea. Which is a worry as I'm sitting in the car wondering how to start it ...
You know what particularly worries me about this post is my eyes... I spelt "for" as "foe" originally, so edited it and changed it to "fot" ...
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And half of the warm-up game has been canned because it's going to be too hot.
Scotch College is apparently the venue @ACT-Crusader
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@KiwiPie said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Melbourne has a crazy climate - they will have sweaters for Day 2
Super hot then the legendary cool change
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Air mass off the desert or off the southern ocean. Welcome to Melbourne.
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Blundell opening the batting in the game vs Victoria XI.
Boult bolwing for Victoria XI and got Latham out.
Blundell has made it to 48 not out.
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@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Blundell has made it to 48 not out.
Making his case for a start at the G. That's about 47 more than Jeets averaged on the Perth minefield
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59 not out Blundell retired.
A pretty good case for a Boxing Day start!
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Last time I abused him early in a game it seemed to work remarkably well. So....
βBats eight doesnβt bowlβ survives to fight another day.
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Last time I abused him early in a game it seemed to work remarkably well.
Hopefully @booboo is having a huge Christmas and will be in bed all day.
Kane and Rossco are way out of form. Boult will be underdone, etc.
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Not even worth watching.
We're rubbish, always have been rubbish and will prove to be rubbish again for 4 and a half days this week.
Shitty team, 2 nil to Oz
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Last time I abused him early in a game it seemed to work remarkably well.
Hopefully @booboo is having a huge Christmas and will be in bed all day.
Kane and Rossco are way out of form. Boult will be underdone, etc.
Unfortunately won't be sleeping but will be travelling with two non-males, one of whom at 16 has no interest in cricket (well any sort of broadcast sport generally), and the other, whilst happy to keep a passing eye on it, is extremely unlikely to let me tune to the radio.
So am hoping it had the same effect.
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Last time I abused him early in a game it seemed to work remarkably well.
Hopefully @booboo is having a huge Christmas and will be in bed all day.
Kane and Rossco are way out of form. Boult will be underdone, etc.
Unfortunately won't be sleeping but will be travelling with two non-males, one of whom at 16 has no interest in cricket (well any sort of broadcast sport generally), and the other, whilst happy to keep a passing eye on it, is extremely unlikely to let me tune to the radio.
So am hoping it had the same effect.
Let you?
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Well I'm fucked if I know what's going to happen.
Have had every scenario possible run through my head, worryingly gets stuck on another innings shellacking.
Is it too simple to pray for 6 jaffas to batsmen 1,3 and 4 over 4 days?
This is a mental game to predict, without lazily referring to the Perth game where Oz played the best they have (since losing to Bangladesh π, merry xmas cricket ferners) for a couple of years, and we, perhaps our worst.
But with runs and application at the top and a world best bowling quartet, this Aussie team has woken up on Christmas day to find a national team in rude health.
It'd be a win for the ages for us, and on a grassy knoll, we're well capable. But we got a shitty luckless and quirky record when it comes to BIG one offs.
It'll be emotional stuff today, full of dread and relief, hope and disappointment ball by ball.
Test cricket rocks and this is our biggest test in a lot of people's life time.
Win the toss, bat or bowl?
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@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Well I'm fucked if I know what's going to happen.
Have had every scenario possible run through my head, worryingly gets stuck on another innings shellacking.
Is it too simple to pray for 6 jaffas to batsmen 1,3 and 4 over 4 days?
This is a mental game to predict, without lazily referring to the Perth game where Oz played the best they have (since losing to Bangladesh π, merry xmas cricket ferners) for a couple of years, and we, perhaps our worst.
But with runs and application at the top and a world best bowling quartet, this Aussie team has woken up on Christmas day to find a national team in rude health.
It'd be a win for the ages for us, and on a grassy knoll, we're well capable. But we got a shitty luckless and quirky record when it comes to BIG one offs.
It'll be emotional stuff today, full of dread and relief, hope and disappointment ball by ball.
Test cricket rocks and this is our biggest test in a lot of people's life time.
Win the toss, bat or bowl?
Is that a serious question?
It's in Aus. Won't be a seamer. Will likely deteriorate. No night session.
Aus will win the toss and bat ...
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Well I'm fucked if I know what's going to happen.
Have had every scenario possible run through my head, worryingly gets stuck on another innings shellacking.
Is it too simple to pray for 6 jaffas to batsmen 1,3 and 4 over 4 days?
This is a mental game to predict, without lazily referring to the Perth game where Oz played the best they have (since losing to Bangladesh π, merry xmas cricket ferners) for a couple of years, and we, perhaps our worst.
But with runs and application at the top and a world best bowling quartet, this Aussie team has woken up on Christmas day to find a national team in rude health.
It'd be a win for the ages for us, and on a grassy knoll, we're well capable. But we got a shitty luckless and quirky record when it comes to BIG one offs.
It'll be emotional stuff today, full of dread and relief, hope and disappointment ball by ball.
Test cricket rocks and this is our biggest test in a lot of people's life time.
Win the toss, bat or bowl?
Is that a serious question?
It's in Aus. Won't be a seamer. Will likely deteriorate. No night session.
Aus will win the toss and bat ...
Aus will definitely win the toss. Kane is hopeless.
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That "bat smash" sensor thing, or whatever they are calling it, looks interesting. Bat speed, angle, etc measured from the bat itself. Pretty cool.
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Siam said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Well I'm fucked if I know what's going to happen.
Have had every scenario possible run through my head, worryingly gets stuck on another innings shellacking.
Is it too simple to pray for 6 jaffas to batsmen 1,3 and 4 over 4 days?
This is a mental game to predict, without lazily referring to the Perth game where Oz played the best they have (since losing to Bangladesh π, merry xmas cricket ferners) for a couple of years, and we, perhaps our worst.
But with runs and application at the top and a world best bowling quartet, this Aussie team has woken up on Christmas day to find a national team in rude health.
It'd be a win for the ages for us, and on a grassy knoll, we're well capable. But we got a shitty luckless and quirky record when it comes to BIG one offs.
It'll be emotional stuff today, full of dread and relief, hope and disappointment ball by ball.
Test cricket rocks and this is our biggest test in a lot of people's life time.
Win the toss, bat or bowl?
Is that a serious question?
It's in Aus. Won't be a seamer. Will likely deteriorate. No night session.
Aus will win the toss and bat ...
Completely wrong - but, right!
Kane wins the toss and we will bowl.
I suspect that will make for a less nerve-wracking morning for me, but ultimately won't be a great decision.
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Are we a chance here ?
Iβm an mcc member, got shit on today and tomorrow, might head in on the weekend, just hope itβs not looking ugly by then, that will be my luck.
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Absolute gem from Boult!
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