**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[Zinzan]

Haysman just said Guptill is 6'5". Very important for me to clear this up. Guptill is 6'1" range, 6'2" tops.

Lol TH & heights

 

[straw man]

SA commentators:

"Every NZ batsman should bat 4-7"

"Besides Watling"

Would be a gun team

Watling
Watling
Watling
Brownlie
Williamson
McCullum
Guptill

Any NZ batsman that shows a smidgeon of promise down the order is immediately punished by being mooted as potential opener. Brownlie and Flynn too. In the paper the other day someone (Ian Snook I think) wanted to go the whole way and swap our 1,2,3 with our 4,5,6

 

[straw man]

Wow. Jeremy Coney ripping into Hesson on the UK Sky coverage.

Basically called him a lightweight and a liar.

What a champ

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Just noticed that Kleiny has a badly mixed action. Needs some work with Pickup.

 

[straw man]

These defensive shots from Guptill are just so ugly and amateur looking

 

[straw man]

Whatever happened to Guptill's pull shot? He hit it so well but because he got out to it a few times early in his career he binned it, such a shame imo, loved watching him bang that out.

Nah don't reckon his pull shot was that good. Tended to duck his head down at the point of contact, and always hit it up, rather than rolling his wrists on it. Definitely something intl attacks can exploit easily, so he was right to put it away.

Yeah I remember this well. Problem was his pull/hook wasn't just slightly wrong - needed to be completely reworked as he could only swing from low to high and it was a physical impossibility from there to keep it down. So six or out. He did hit a few sixes though.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Really should've been giving Williamson a twirl on this pitch if ****ing Peterson is turning a few

 

[thierry henry]

Remember Guptill pulling Akhtar for an absolute monster 6 at Eden Park on Boxing Day 2010. Almost went completely out of the ground and the side boundaries are ok length there.

 

[Mike5181]

I wish the commentators would shut up about McCullum's SR. It's about batting time and patience at the moment. Make the South African bowlers ****ing tired, and then cash in.

 

[thierry henry]

Don't review ffs

 

[straw man]

That's plumb

Unless he edged it which I guess he didn't by his reaction

 

[thierry henry]

Closer than I thought but still a poor review

 

[Mike5181]

It was further down leg than I thought it was. Looked plumb.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

if only he had earned the right to stay

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I don't think I've yet seen one of these hopeful lbw reviews come off in the batsman's favour. They'll learn eventually.

 

[popepouri]

"OK, a few too many South Africans having a dig. I'm getting on youtube and watching highlights of NZ knocking SAF out of the last three world cups."

 

[straw man]

Man that turned from Petersen. Has he improved or is the pitch getting that helpful?

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Man that turned from Petersen. Has he improved or is the pitch getting that helpful?

i believe it landed in a footmark

 

[benchmark00]

SA cameramen sure know how to find a sort in a crowd of people.

 

[benchmark00]

I find it weird that a cooking oil company is the major sponsor of a cricket series.