New Zealand v West Indies

[canefan]

@dogmeat said in New Zealand v West Indies:

203/5 BJ just gone. Not the worst score having been inserted but need plenty from the lower order please.

Kylo and Wags to step up

[Godder]

Apparently there have been 99 test centuries at the Basin.

[Bovidae]

@Godder said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Apparently there have been 99 test centuries at the Basin.

Yes.

From the Stuff article by Mark Geenty:

Eden Park - 81
Lancaster Park - 61
Seddon Park - 53 (only from 1991)

[Higgins]

@Godder Do we start the countdown to Test Century 100 at the Basin now that Henry Nicholls have moved into the 90s?

[Higgins]

And he has since moved onto 95* after clipping one off his pads to the square leg boundary for 4.

[nostrildamus]

@NTA said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@mariner4life said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Astles 222 in a losing effort will never be beat. I lay on the couch still drunk from the night before and watched the entire innings. Just brilliant stuff.

Nathan Astle Nathan Astle
You neeeaaaarly won the match
You may have scored two hundred
But you droooooped
The vital catch

The barmy army can be quality

It's certainly a bit more clever and witty than "Hadlees a piston wristed gibbon"

@NTA shit it must be embarrassing to be Australian sometimes.

It's alright, actually. Particularly when it comes to cricket.

Being a kiwi mistaken for an Aussie though? Ooft...

Not as bad. I'd imagine, as being Scottish, mistaken for a Kiwi!? (Not sure what the sideways glance at MN5 emoticon looks like but no doubt it has Chris Gayle's eyes)..

[Higgins]

Nicholls now on 99* and on strike so almost there. And whilst I type that he scores two runs to bring up his century. His average now stands at just over 41 in his 35 tests.

[MN5]

Shot Henry. Great work son.

[Damo]

I have just got home from work.

Is it just my imagination, or is the pitch almost indistinguishable from the rest of the field. I shedder to think what the pitch looked like at 10:30 this morning.

287/6 seems a reasonable return after being put in.

[mikey07]

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

[Damo]

@mikey07 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

Well I'm looking at a wide angle shot of the block and I can't tell which is the pitch and which are the pitches to be used next week.

[Damo]

@Damo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@mikey07 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

Well I'm looking at a wide angle shot of the block and I can't tell which is the pitch and which are the pitches to be used next week.

I add that this is not a criticism of the groundkeeper. Far from it. I suspect the pitch will be juicy for days.

[KiwiMurph]

@mikey07 more like 300ish

[mikey07]

@KiwiMurph I didn’t see the exact score so 200ish was close to enough.

[canefan]

We'll get 400 then smash them with the ball

[MN5]

Well done Nicholls. Listening on the radio the innings sounded as streaky and lucky as you could possibly get, but what an important knock.

[nzzp]

@MN5 spot on. Critical in the context of the game. Take your luck when you get it, we didn't get any in Australia last year test 1, and that turned out poorly

[NTA]

Good day on that wicket - nearly 300 and 6 wickets down. Windies would think they didn't capitalise on a greenish looking pitch after early breakthroughs.

[No Quarter]

We are way on top but only because the WI can't catch to save themselves. Fuck me they dropped some sitters, they should be all over us after putting us in on that pitch. Not good enough at this level

Generally if you bowl first you need to roll through the opposition for 150 - 200 or you are behind the 8 ball. That said this Basin pitch doesn't seem to break up much, and given how green it was today it'll probably be best for batting on days 4/5. There's still a big mental hurdle to get over batting last though, and we have a quality bowling lineup.

[Bovidae]

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Well done Nicholls. Listening on the radio the innings sounded as streaky and lucky as you could possibly get, but what an important knock.

Nicholls has the distinction of getting the 99th and 100th test century at the Basin.