*Official* New Zealand in Zimbabwe

[flibbertyjibber]

NZ well on top now. Have they got the quality to push on and get the win. They should win from here but Vettori will need to get most of the wickets in the 2nd innings you would think.

The point I was making earlier was that if NZ had been 80-5 in the 2nd innings the game would have looked very different with not a lot of experienced batting in this side. Obviously Williamson and Taylor have done well in that session and just need to push on this afternoon.

 

[Hurricane]

I don't really consider this current Zimbo side to be "minnow" minnows. They gave Pakistan a scare, they've given us a scare, they beat Bangladesh.

They have a decentish Test side. Reckon they're much stronger than they were in that post-Flower period, at least in Test cricket.Their current domestic structure is wonderful, I reckon Bangladesh could learn a lot of lessons from how they've ran Zimbabwean domestic cricket in the last couple seasons.

One of your posts I will remember.

Good stuff.

 

[Daemon]

They did get 130 (iirc) all out in the second innings against Pakistan. The 400+ total in the first innings showed that they can't be taken lightly though.

 

[Nigel Benjamin]

Rossco's powering up right now for some slog sweeps to please the T20 purists. Wonder if they have KFC in Zimbabwe.

.... actually I just looked it up. Doesn't seem that there is, though there is something called 'Chicken Inn' - not sure if this has the same strength-giving salty goodness.

Chicken Inn is descent, can't really say it's quite like KFC

 

[Athlai]

Nigel Benjamin answering the hard questions. Does Chicken Inn have potato and gravy?

 

[Athlai]

Well done Kane!

 

[straw man]

Don't know if Rossco goes for potato and gravy. Just chicken. Suspected he might be tempted by some Kentucky Fried Wildebeest though.

 

[Flem274*]

**** I hope Kane wipes the smirk off Channel 9s collective face when we tour Australia. Grieg could even manage to stop calling him Kane Williams then.

 

[straw man]

Dug up some stats I posted last year after Pakistan series:
Since start of 2008 Vettori averages 27.4 in first innings and 43.7 in the second innings.

Pinning my hopes for the 4th innings on Bracewell... or someone... anyone

 

[Flem274*]

Brownlie.

 

[straw man]

**** I hope Kane wipes the smirk off Channel 9s collective face when we tour Australia. Grieg could even manage to stop calling him Kane Williams then.

Nah Greig and co will just find some other way of being patronising ****s - if Williamson does well they'll adopt him as their own and then contrast his performance to our other batsmen.

 

[Athlai]

Dug up some stats I posted last year after Pakistan series:
Since start of 2008 Vettori averages 27.4 in first innings and 43.7 in the second innings.

Pinning my hopes for the 4th innings on Bracewell... or someone... anyone

Jeets has got this, they discovered that it was his beard that was holding him back.

 

[Athlai]

Smashed it!

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

It looks like Kane has enrolled in the Ross Taylor School for the Slog Sweep.

 

[Flem274*]

Hey it works.

 

[Athlai]

Kane killing it.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

It looks like Kane has enrolled in the Ross Taylor School for the Slog Sweep.

Or LRPLTSSS for short.

 

[Athlai]

I've been impressed with how Ross has batted so far.

 

[straw man]

Jeets has got this, they discovered that it was his beard that was holding him back.

Needs to bowl more long-hops IMO

 

[Flem274*]

New Zealand playing for the draw.