**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[RossTaylorsBox]

With all that said I'm not trying to criticise physios or anything, I just think their role is overstated in terms of what the public thinks they can do. They can't just give Southee a rub down and fix him if he's actually injured.

The work they're doing really is diagnosing the issue and deciding if he should continue, and if the answer is yes, how best to manage the overs/pain through the rest of the match or series.

Do comms still go crazy over "magic spray"?

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah look I like Craig but no way in hell is he doing as well as Jeetan Patel has in county cricket. Patel being a) a flake, b) scared of fast bowling, and c) not a slip fielder arguably make him a worse option than Craig for the role in the team he's got anyway, so feel free to make that argument, but he wouldn't be as effective as a county bowler. No way.

 

[Athlai]

TBF he doesn't always back away from quicks. Just... in some notable cases.

 

[Bahnz]

I kinda think he actually pretty much always does. It's just that in most cases his hand-eye is good enough to whack a few boundaries. On that SA tour though it plainly wasn't and so that really shone a torch on how he bats.

 

[Cabinet96]

Craig is a pretty bad suit for a county championship game in April too. You'd want a holding spinner not someone who bowls a long hop an over.

 

[Spark]

500 ten minutes after lunch on Day 2 is brutal.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Aus to be rolled out for <500 IMO.

almost

 

[Tangles]

500 ten minutes after lunch on Day 2 is brutal.

3 guys bowling slower than Siddle and an offie bowling pies. As expected.

 

[TheJediBrah]

With all that said I'm not trying to criticise physios or anything, I just think their role is overstated in terms of what the public thinks they can do. They can't just give Southee a rub down and fix him if he's actually injured.

The work they're doing really is diagnosing the issue and deciding if he should continue, and if the answer is yes, how best to manage the overs/pain through the rest of the match or series.

this is true

 

[thundaboult]

Southee out, craig bowling like crap, boult turning hot and cold, inconsistent bracewell and neesham....hasn't even been 1 and a half days.

 

[Bahnz]

Ugh just take Craig off already. Give Baz or Latham a bowl, they can't really do any worse.

 

[adub]

There'll be tougher days for Uzi, but this is lovely to watch

 

[dermo]

happily tasting here, khawaja has played beautifully

 

[Athlai]

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a pasting

 

[Bahnz]

Hmmm, looks like Oz are pushing to have a 10 minute go at us before tea.

 

[Tangles]

Did someone say there was radio commentary from NZ?

 

[longranger]

What's the target? 700 at least? Perhaps 800?

 

[Gnske]

690 probably

 

[Midwinter]

953 looks on