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

[Flem274*]

That's that.

Send them home. Anyone who comes out with "we tried hard etc etc" to be dropped.

 

[morgieb]

Daveh!

Too good. Or is it too bad?

 

[NUFAN]

Haha. Warner has a career strike rate of 214!

 

[Bahnz]

And that's that. My bet for a 2-0 result is looking pretty safe at the moment.

 

[Spark]

Tbh this test has been played in conditions that probably gave us the best chance of an upset. Enough swing and seam to give Martin and Southee the assistance they needed.

But we well and truly fluffed it.

Not to mention a untested and hence nervous bowling attack.

 

[andyc]

Game set and match. Speaks volumes that all bar two of 20 Kiwi wickets were out caught (and one of them was Martin).

 

[Zinzan]

Well done Australia, thoroughly professional performance that


Hang your heads NZ, that was a disgrace. You don't even deserve a 2nd Test after that feeble display, let only a 3rd

 

[Zinzan]

How many NZ batsmen didn't gift their wickets across the two innings?

 

[Flem274*]

When's the next "test"?

 

[Spark]

"Any nerves out there?"
"Ah... no."

Brilliant

 

[Ruckus]

The kid is 21 and will be an immense player in years to come.

Used to think the same, but I'm having serious doubts about that. He just looks so damn edgy all the time against anything that is moving even slighty.

 

[straw man]

Well done Oz

Ponting and Clarke a class above and we made too many basic errors to keep up.

 

[Spikey]

haddin won us the match tbh all hail brad

 

[Flem274*]

NZ to stand outside the gates and apologize to the fans.

 

[Spark]

When's the next "test"?

Friday.

 

[Cabinet96]

Warner has a strike rate of over 200 in test cricket! "Ya know."

 

[adub]

Hughes needs to learn to leave on length. I don't mean the dismissal, which was rank and wide (still a danger ball to him) but the ball he was dropped.

The drop was a cracking seed tbf, but yes leaving on length is what he needs to learn. Just playing far too many balls that he could be leaving alone. If he is leaving the short ones, he'll force the bowlers to pitch up and his driving is all class.

 

[stephen]

He's 23.

Problem is, he's just not learning. Seems to want a swack at everything he should just leave.

Nevertheless, we have to give him time. Hayden took a very long time to mature. I have faith that in five years time we'll be singing his praises as a potential all time great if he's persisted with.

 

[Top_Cat]

Don't think Hughes is any danger of being dropped and a leftie nicking out to Martin is nothing new, even if nicking out isn't new to Hughes.

If he ever does figure out how to leave balls outside off-stump, ****.

 

[Redbacks]

Why is Healy talking to a first gamer about the test sides recent form?