*Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe

[_Ed_]

NZ 115-2 in the tour game, I see. McCullum got 63 from 66 balls.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Bmac in brisk 50-then-out shocker.

 

[Hurricane]

You've also gotta open with McKay, if he plays..and no chance Martin doesn't take the new ball. So Bracewell's destined for 1st change

Indeed. But look for him to come on after only 10 overs or so.

martin 5 overs first spell
mckay 8 overs first spell
Bracewell 8 overs first spell
Martin 2nd spell 6 overs

Something like that.

 

[Scaly piscine]

England-esque. Get a few cameos, give it away then get bowled out by spinners a few overs short of the innings allotment.

 

[Daemon]

England-esque. Get a few cameos, give it away then get bowled out by spinners a few overs short of the innings allotment.

They haven't been bowled out though, Taylor retired as well so he'll be back if a wicket falls unless they decide to declare.

 

[Mike5181]

The innings is over anyway. It's a 90 over limit per side. They didn't get Williamson or Taylor out.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Weird. It must be really friendly, friendly game.

 

[Mike5181]

Yeah, it's thirteen a side by the looks of it as well.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yea, I think I'm giving up on this scorecard. It's now 343-7 and Martin didn't get his token single digit score. Give it another half an hour and it might end up 400-3 with Martin scoring an unbeaten century.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Such a Negative Nancy.

 

[Hurricane]

They haven't been bowled out though, Taylor retired as well so he'll be back if a wicket falls unless they decide to declare.

Retired is out in senior cricket.

 

[Days of Grace]

There is "retired out" or "retired hurt."

No way retired hurt should go against your average.

 

[Hurricane]

There is "retired out" or "retired hurt."

No way retired hurt should go against your average.

My bad - Daemon just said retired - so thought he meant retired out given the type of game it was.

Cheers

 

[Flem274*]

Change it to "retired cbf" imo. It's the 20/20 generation, which makes it perfectly acceptable.

 

[vandem]

Interesting that Bracewell and McKay batted yesterday not Aldridge, think that says something about the preferred test lineup.

But 28 overs into the innings and McKay hasn't bowled yet?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Interesting that Bracewell and McKay batted yesterday not Aldridge, think that says something about the preferred test lineup.

Not very interesting at all really. It's because they are better batsman than Aldridge.

 

[Flem274*]

Aldridge > McKay with the bat.

 

[Howsie]

Andy McKay a better batsmen then Graeme Aldridge, WTF?

Edit: You could probably argue Aldridge is a better batsmen then Bracewell on numbers too, he's averaged about 30 with the bat in first class cricket over the last four seasons.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Nah, Aldrige is a better bat than McKay.

EDIT: there's a refresh button, use it sometimes you ****.

 

[Hurricane]

what's brownlie's bowling like? good enough for a part time option for the bcs?

why did ryder bowl 1/2 a vettori over?