***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14

[ohnoitsyou]

WAGner

 

[Blocky]

I'll claim Dhoni as another "getting the top batsmen of the opposition team out" wicket for Wagner.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Which is mightily impressive in itself, but there will surely come a time when his form just leaves him for a while and his wrist is for some reason not getting in the position it seemed to do so consistently and the ball's just not going for him. Of course his last nine Tests or so have been played in either New Zealand or England and they're two pretty good places to ply your trade as a swing bowler.

I see what you mean, but he's got the ball to swing in both Sri Lanka and India. If he can find it there I doubt he'll have problems elsewhere.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

That must suck, seeing of Boult and Southee and then getting out to the wags

 

[Flem274*]

yessss wag

if this bloke could just eliminate a fair percentage of the pies...bowls plenty of pearlers

 

[Immenso]

Watling in Waikato conspiracy with a Blocky to ensure Wagner gets another top 7 wicket

 

[Blocky]

And before then he was ripping Sri Lanka and India apart over there with genuine swing too.

Yeah, he's been impressive in all conditions, I don't know why people get the idea that he's only good in NZ. The other thing about all three of the bowlers we have, is that they're all reverse swing merchants so playing in abrasive conditions actually suit them too.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

this tail is probably the longest in world cricket

 

[NasserFan207]

Dhoni is a tail ender against swing.

 

[Flem274*]

I'll claim Dhoni as another "getting the top batsmen of the opposition team out" wicket for Wagner.

dhoni in tests away from asia is a walking wicket tbf

 

[Blocky]

I hope we've learnt our lesson and don't enforce the follow on, give our bowlers the day off overnight, grind the Indians down some more in the field and don't repeat the same mistakes against England.

 

[straw man]

That was a magnificent wicket-ball from Wagner

 

[Blocky]

dhoni in tests away from asia is a walking wicket tbf

Yeah, but he's generally the guy in this situation that sticks out a tough 70 odd and gets his side past the follow on mark. Dismissing him gives us a great chance of getting them under 200.

 

[Flem274*]

can't let them get 200 for mental reasons

i reckon we should have a bat for a session or two. freshen the boys up. pitch looks pretty good for batting so don't want the boys bowling for potentially 3 days

 

[Blocky]

can't let them get 200 for mental reasons

i reckon we should have a bat for a session or two. freshen the boys up. pitch looks pretty good for batting so don't want the boys bowling for potentially 3 days

Agree. Especially considering we've put a tonne of overs into Boult and Southee already. Get them out before lunch, bat through today and maybe half a session tomorrow - gives us 5 and a half sessions to get rid of India with fresh bowlers and a no hope situation for India.

 

[Howsie]

Come on Corey find your range son.

 

[Blocky]

India are just playing flat track bully style batting - I don't know why Smith is surprised. They've lost their guys with experience and knowledge of the conditions (i.e Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman) in the last couple of years and for whatever reason don't have Ghambir on tour. In India, you can play those flourishing off drives without fear.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

It's pretty simple Smith, Southee and Boult bowling so well has caught the Indians out

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Excellent stuff from wags. These words are tasting good.

 

[NasserFan207]

Commentators are a bit clueless. Khan has batted like this in tests for years now, regardless of the situation