**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[straw man]

Guptill

Good ball though.

5-down at lunch imo

 

[Flem274*]

@ Daemon: Says the bloke who needs us to survive almost two hours to get the honours.

 

[ajdude]

0 Teja
1 Daemon
2 Hurricane
3 Zinzan, morgieb
4 Blakey
5 Phlegm
6 ajd00d
7
8
9
10 wellAlbidarned

 

[Teja.]

Great call

WAC.

Philander such a massive gun. Particularly in even remotely bowling-friendly conditions.

 

[Zinzan]

Should be Flynn at 3. At least give the bowlers a left/right combo to bowl at.

 

[Athlai]

Guppy

 

[Flem274*]

Morgie should pick a new number imo. Tooo slooow

 

[straw man]

McCullum showing lots of intent with exaggerated defensive prods here

 

[TT Boy]

Bring back Jamie How.

 

[straw man]

And hotspot shows no edge....

Tbh I didn't think he hit it on first look either

 

[Flem274*]

Bring back Jamie How.

still gets to 40 then out for CD

still could be a face model

 

[Zinzan]

BTW, anyone else more depressed about losing Southee than Taylor for this Test series considering the way he's been bowling?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

McCullum showing lots of intent with exaggerated defensive prods here

He has to earn the right to be aggressive, tbh.

 

[Daemon]

"when I played the speed guns were down all the time"

 

[Hurricane]

That was aggressive

 

[Athlai]

BTW, anyone else more depressed about losing Southee than Taylor for this Test series considering the way he's been bowling?

Jesse Ryder being at his peak makes it slightly more depressing.

 

[Bahnz]

Somebody needs to tell the kiwis to shave before their player profiles. The lot of them look sloppy as ****.

Kane to last 3 deliveries before nicking one to the slips off philander

 

[TT Boy]

Take out Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and Guptil averages 25 after 26 tests with no hundreds.

 

[Athlai]

Take out Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and Guptil averages 25 after 26 tests with no hundreds.

Would put him in the top echelon of NZ Test openers.

 

[straw man]

BTW, anyone else more depressed about losing Southee than Taylor for this Test series considering the way he's been bowling?

yeah I guess. With Taylor our batting is still crap, just a little less so.

With Southee bowling the way he was our bowling attack looks good. Without him there's too much resting on Boult.