Black Caps v South Africa
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@Virgil said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
Surprised they didnt pick Santner, never been a fan of him and his record isnt flash. But he never gets to play consecutive tests.
Again not unhappy to see him not picked.Yeah for once he can justifiably feel aggrieved I reckon given I can’t see them pick him for Australia if he’s not playing in this test. With all due respect to him and his efforts vs SA he’s not going to scare that Australian top order.
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This is such a joke of a test series. South Africans making us look like world beaters.
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@SouthernMann said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
This is such a joke of a test series. South Africans making us look like world beaters.
They sent a very understrengthed side and we’re playing at home.
You sound surprised things are panning out like they are.
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Tough day to judge. The dismissals were pretty average and looked like it was getting easier to bat, so having them 220/6 is probably a pretty good spot. On the other hand, taking spin on day one is a little ominous when we'll be batting last against a side with two spinners.
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@Stag said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
Pretty average day of cricket all round, average bowling to average batters
Yeah we were all over them early on but took the pressure off.
Concerning that we relied on a part time spinner to get all those wickets too
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
Funny coincidence; South Africa 220/6 after 89 overs yesterday, West Indies 220/6 after 20 overs in the T20 vs Australia last night.
Yeah with modern test cricket you’d think they would have added about another hundred on top of that ( but also run the risk of getting all out )
I’d like us to be batting WELL before lunchtime today, let’s hope this happens.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
@SouthernMann said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
This is such a joke of a test series. South Africans making us look like world beaters.
They sent a very understrengthed side and we’re playing at home.
You sound surprised things are panning out like they are.
Not surprised at all. Just a bit disappointing there is such a shit series going on.
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@Chris said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
Good pace by O’Rourke in his debut quickest ball was 143.8 kms he hit 140ks plus a number of balls.
Would this be the first time O'Rourke would have played or trained with full ball tracking? e.g. cricviz (i think).
In radio comms yesterday, mentioned that his LBW was one of only 3 balls he bowled that was hitting the stumps (this was part way through the day). Not sure if they were just talking about his first spell, or at that point of the day I think he had bowled 2 spells.
I'm wondering if he would have had that level of detailed feedback (ball-tracking) before? Can assume the rate of improvement must be huge once start getting that.
