***Official*** New Zealand in Australia 2011

[KiWiNiNjA]

If Boult, Southee & Bracewell all out-bowl Martin in this match, do you guys think our selectors will have the guts & the smarts to drop Martin for the 1st Test?

Nope.

 

[_Ed_]

Ryder gone. Was hoping he'd bat for a bit longer and get into some form.

 

[BeeGee]

Ryder gone. Was hoping he'd bat for a bit longer and get into some form.

Soft dismissal, too.

 

[Athlai]

Hope Taylor scores 70+

 

[straw man]

Sigh, Ryder gifts his wicket. When our batsmen are so prone to doing this it means we will struggle to make 450 on even the flattest of wickets.

 

[Athlai]

Sigh, Ryder gifts his wicket. When our batsmen are so prone to doing this it means we will struggle to make 450 on even the flattest of wickets.

Captain Ross doesn't believe in gifts.

 

[straw man]

Captain Ross doesn't believe in gifts.

He does sometimes.... Though he is definitely batting more responsibly these days.

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Taylor
Vettori
Guptill

 

[BeeGee]

He does sometimes.... Though he is definitely batting more responsibly these days.

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Taylor
Vettori
Guptill

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Williamson
Brownlie
Ryder

 

[chicane]

This NZ batting line-up looks decent.

 

[Zinzan]

Tbh no, they want someone with "experience" in the attack. I hope so though.

You hope what? That they play him or not?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I don't think that they'll drop him, but I hope that they will.

EDIT: depending on his performance obviously.

 

[Athlai]

He does sometimes.... Though he is definitely batting more responsibly these days.

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Taylor
Vettori
Guptill

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Williamson
Brownlie
Ryder

My picks:

McCullum
Young
Bracewell

 

[Zinzan]

^ I have a bad feeling McCullum will be the Jamie How of the last tour, that is scores a big hundred in the warm-up game & then proceeds to fail in the Tests.

 

[BeeGee]

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Taylor
Vettori
Guptill

My picks for NZ top scorers this series:
Williamson
Brownlie
Ryder

My picks:

McCullum
Young
Bracewell

That covers the entire top nine batsmen.
Anyone want to take Southee, Boult, Martin?

 

[BeeGee]

^ I have a bad feeling McCullum will be the Jamie How of the last tour, that is scores a big hundred in the warm-up game & then proceeds to fail in the Tests.

Yep. That's Baz's big score for this tour.

 

[Athlai]

^ I have a bad feeling McCullum will be the Jamie How of the last tour, that is scores a big hundred in the warm-up game & then proceeds to fail in the Tests.

Same actually.

 

[Zinzan]

Anyone else not notice Brownlies FC batting average had crept over 50? Currently 52.42

 

[BeeGee]

Anyone else not notice Brownlies FC batting average had crept over 50? Currently 52.42

It was 51 before the start of this game.

 

[BeeGee]

Looks like that will be stumps.

Good day's play for NZ, thanks almost entirely to McCullum.

 

[Athlai]

WTF light is still good in New Zealand...