*Official* Australia in New Zealand

[Days of Grace]

Yeah, I reckon Ingram deserves to last the series.

After all, he did score a goodish 40 in game 1.

 

[inbox24]

Australia should breed a young star-in-the-making batsman at no.6.

Just like they did with Ponting in the mid-90s, and Clarke in the mid-2000s.

Yeah this would have been good as well. Except the selectors are too stubborn to 'bat people out of their natural positions'.

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah this would have been good as well. Except the selectors are too stubborn to 'bat people out of their natural positions'.

Pretty weird thing to say considering neither of the Aussie openers started there nor do they open for their state, Marc North was an opener for WA and Hussey first played Test cricket not too long ago as an opener.

 

[_Ed_]

Am considering not going to the game today for the good of the team.

My Eden Park jinx is the stuff of legend, after all.

 

[Days of Grace]

Stay home and I will send you a beer.

Cheers.

 

[99*]

I'm maybe ten km's from the ground. Stupid university classes.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Am considering not going to the game today for the good of the team.

My Eden Park jinx is the stuff of legend, after all.

How about Martin Guptil's record when opening at Eden Park?

Go ffs!

 

[Polo23]

Stewart in for Ingram, Franklin in for Broom.

Yay! The balance of this team looks a lot better than the last two matches.

 

[cbuts]

cut ingram - gutted

BUT THANK CHRIST BROOM IS GONE!!!!

 

[Halfpast_Yellow]

Stewart in for Ingram, Franklin in for Broom.

Yay! The balance of this team looks a lot better than the last two matches.

Yay! indeed this is awesome.

Feel sorry for Ingram but he just didn't seem up to it.
Also Franklin #5 experiment didn't work.
Do not feel sorry for Broom obviously, way too many chances.
Happy for Stewart who gets a go.

 

[Flem274*]

Batsman in first real ODI series failing and its against Australia shocker.

How come Broom survives?

 

[Halfpast_Yellow]

Batsman in first real ODI series failing and its against Australia shocker.

How come Broom survives?

He hasn't according to cricinfo.

 

[Zinzan]

Sanity prevails at last & Broom's finally swept under the carpet. He needs to go away & work on his back-lift IMHO

 

[cbuts]

yea do feel sorry for him but... 3 failures as opposed to Brooms 20odd hardly seems fair?!?!

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

With no more Broom, I thought the horrible puns would stop.

 

[DIRK-NANNES]

Broom's got other more important things to focus on tonight

 

[Zinzan]

With no more Broom, I thought the horrible puns would stop.

Haha....just one more to send him away with

 

[Flem274*]

Haha....just one more to send him away with

I don't think we should make broad, sweeping statements like that.

The selectors might pull him out from the cupboard all nicely brushed off any time soon.

 

[Zinzan]

I don't think we should make broad, sweeping statements like that.

The selectors might pull him out from the cupboard all nicely brushed off any time soon.

Nah, I sent the selectors a vacuum as a replacement

 

[FBU]

25 runs from the last two overs. Fingers crossed.

I think McCullum is getting ready for the IPL. Bollinger 3 overs for 30 runs