**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[JBH001]

Is it the conditions? The bowling? Or both?

5 runs off 27 balls from Guptill would seem to put too much pressure on McCullum. Something has to give...

 

[Jono]

Guptill copping a spray from the commentators.

 

[pasag]

Aus ground feilding has been superb so far.

Not the greatest start from NZ, but at the same time they haven't lost any wickets and will be able to attack our crapper bowlers later on with wickets in hand.

 

[Athlai]

Guptill copping a spray from the commentators.

He tons up they'll be singing his praises saying it was a masterfully paced innings...

 

[Flem274*]

Meh, he's only batting at the rate my slowpoke ICC blokes bat at. 250 still gettable.

 

[Jono]

Shot Guptill!

That oughtta shut them up.

 

[Flem274*]

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[Prince EWS]

Guptill copping a spray from the commentators.

Yeah deservedly so. Nothing grinds my gears more than when they rip into someone having a slow start on the first day of a Test much or something similar but it's been a poor innings so far even for someone looking to bat right through.

 

[Athlai]

Haha classy batsman decides to get his eye in and everyone jumps on his back.

 

[Zinzan]

Guptill copping a spray from the commentators.

And rightly so, even with that 6 ...29 off the first 10 is utterly disappointing despite having not lost a wicket

 

[Athlai]

Yeah deservedly so. Nothing grinds my gears more than when they rip into someone having a slow start on the first day of a Test much or something similar but it's been a poor innings so far even for someone looking to bat right through.

Guptill hit that 6 to specifically spite you.

 

[Athlai]

And rightly so, even with that 6 ...29 off the first 10 is utterly disappointing despite having not lost a wicket

Unless the next over is maiden I'm not sure it's 29 TBH.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

If you are hitting it to fielders, just hit it for SIX where there aren't any.

 

[Prince EWS]

Guptill hit that 6 to specifically spite you.

Haha, he'd actually hit it before I pressed send. My point still stood though so I posted it anyway.

Tony Greig - "he's played a Test match."
No he hasn't Tony.

 

[Flem274*]

Haha, he'd actually hit it before I pressed send. My point still stood though so I posted it anyway.

Tony Greig - "he's played a Test match."
No he hasn't Tony.

That was a biazaare call.

 

[Zinzan]

Unless the next over is maiden I'm not sure it's 29 TBH.

Edit: 32/0 - still Aussies would be loving that

 

[Flem274*]

Cumming at 6, Broom at 7, overkill much?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Edit: 32/0 - still Aussies would be loving that

I'd rather be 32/0 than 55/2 though. You can make up for a slow start with the base that has been set with no wickets lost.

 

[Prince EWS]

Edit: 32/0 - still Aussies would be loving that

Hmm. I think it's about honours even. Slowish start but platform set. If you offered Ponting 32/0 off ten in the field at the start of the day I don't think he'd have taken it.

 

[JBH001]

Why is Cumming in the side? Dropping Jeets makes our bowling quite a bit weaker, and its our bowling that won us the first two ODIs.