Yes, Vettori was hella useful in these situations.
You'd think out of Craig and Bracewell that they should be able to produce something in line with one of these two. I'd almost be tempted to throw Southee in first and have him just go nuts at the bowling
Forecast suggests there will be interruptions tomorrow morning as well. Makes the maths a bit tougher to figure out.
I'd probably do this as well. A quick 20 or 30 would really help get us moving again after the fall of a wicket and also piss off Mathews.
Absolutely. The lead would need to reach 300 before you'd even start to contemplate the idea of NZ being favourite. It's not like the pitch is becoming difficult to bat on. The exact opposite in fact.
His main issue at the moment seems to be a consistent tempo throughout his innings - he tends to get bogged down quite severely and go from looking sublime to out of sorts to sublime again all in the same innings. Just need to keep grinding here, the longer this match goes, the more conducive to bowling the pitch gets
A quick duck wouldn't help.
300 is honors even for me with the caveat that we have the bowlers who can rip through top orders in the right conditions ( which Basin is starting to look like )
With the ring field. Trying to bore-out a batsman with a career strike rate barely above 40. Interesting.
Southee is going to Southee no matter where he bats. At least we'd still have Craig and Dougeh to come if Southee fails.
Might as well get his duck early rather than have to play outside of his usual character and try hold up an end.
A nice 30 (60) from Craig before Southee comes in and hits 20 (5) is a better way around. More tired bowlers.
I feel like 275 is honours even. I think anything over that is advantage NZ.
