Chappell-Hadlee Series

[Bovidae]

Confirmed.

New Zealand's three-match one-day international series against Australia will be played behind closed doors, Cricket Australia (CA) announced. The Black Caps will now play two matches in an empty Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday and Sunday, with a third match against their trans- Ta$man rivals scheduled for next Friday in Hobart.

[JK]

Must be so weird for the players. I guess it will be a bit like club cricket

[mariner4life]

@JK said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

Must be so weird for the players. I guess it will be a bit like club cricket

or playing test cricket in NZ

[canefan]

@mariner4life said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

@JK said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

Must be so weird for the players. I guess it will be a bit like club cricket

or playing test cricket in NZ

Or in Sharjah

[Virgil]

Can’t they have a sound track of applause and heckling through the sound system?

Make it kiwi biased so the odd Warner is a piston wristed gibbon comes through on a regular basis

[Rapido]

@Virgil said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

Can’t they have a sound track of applause and heckling through the sound system?

Make it kiwi biased so the odd Warner is a piston wristed gibbon comes through on a regular basis

Just get the most annoying person you know to play with your stereo for 7 hours. Will like being in the actual stadium.

[Bovidae]

Kane's luck doesn't follow him when he leaves NZ. Aust wins the toss and surprise, surprise, will bat.

[Chris B.]

@Chris-B said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

@shark I'm not really expecting them to play two spinners.

What would I know!

Oz however are unleashing Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood on us to open any scabs!

[mariner4life]

Warner back at home, hundred coming up.

[booboo]

@mariner4life said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

Warner back at home, hundred coming up.

NZ to play him into form

[Chris B.]

And Finch starts with a ball clearly hitting the back of the bat - caught behind - everyone thinks it's out except the umpire - and we don't review.

Acoustics of the empty stadium fooling the umpire?

[Crucial]

That was bizarre

[Crucial]

Was it Latham that wasn’t sure?

[Crucial]

What aren’t we playing that tall bugger against these guys? Given how hard this pitch is he could bowl a good length and have it fizzing up the throat

[Chris B.]

@Crucial Dunno - I think it was Kane wasn't sure.

I was celebrating in real time - and especially when Trent did his little finger circle celebration.

Whole thing was very strange - it was the howler the review is designed for.

[Bovidae]

Kane should NEVER be in charge of the reviews.

[Chris B.]

Let's hope it's not the start of a succession of disasters like those that derailed the test series.

[Crucial]

@Chris-B said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

@Crucial Dunno - I think it was Kane wasn't sure.

I was celebrating in real time - and especially when Trent did his little finger circle celebration.

Whole thing was very strange - it was the howler the review is designed for.

Yeah it feels harsh to bag the players when the umpire got it so wrong. It is his job first.

[nzzp]

@Chris-B said in Chappell-Hadlee Series:

And Finch starts with a ball clearly hitting the back of the bat - caught behind - everyone thinks it's out except the umpire - and we don't review.

Acoustics of the empty stadium fooling the umpire?

Would DRS have overturned it though? Was it conclusive? I'm not convinced... The snick wasn't super clear on the wave form

[Chris B.]

@nzzp Dunno - just looked so obviously out, I left the TV to type my displeasure - didn't see the snicko and hotspot.