**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[Hurricane]

Quiney looked damn good for that 9

Best 9 in Test cricket history.

I wish it was on youtube. My memories are that he really bullied the attack and looked like he had a plane to catch. Inning was not circumspect and he took the opposition lightly.

 

[Hurricane]

4.5
Steyn to Quiney, 2 runs, the Gabba gives Quiney a round of applause for getting off the mark on debut by pulling a short ball from Steyn towards deep square leg
4.6
Steyn to Quiney, FOUR, more applause as Quiney scores his first Test boundary, though this was via an edge between third slip and gully
Australia 19/1 RJ Quiney 6* (2b 1x4)
6.1
Steyn to Quiney, 2 runs, full and straight, Quiney moves across and flicks through midwicket, he hasn't played a dot ball in Test cricket yet
6.2
Steyn to Quiney, no run, another crisp flick to a full and straight ball, but this time the fielder at short midwicket stops the shot
6.3
Steyn to Quiney, no run, good length on off and middle stump, defended on the back foot
6.4
Steyn to Quiney, no run, good length delivery pitches just outside off and seams across Quiney, who is beaten for the first time in Test cricket. That was 137 kph
6.5
Steyn to Quiney, no run, defended from the crease back to the bowler, a shade under 132 kph
6.6
Steyn to Quiney, 1 run, Quiney moves across his crease and works the short of a length ball off his hips behind square to keep the strike
Australia 26/1 RJ Quiney 9* (8b 1x4)
7.1
Morkel to Quiney, 4 leg byes, poor first ball, short of a length pitching outside leg stump, Quiney tries to glance but the ball misses the bat and goes off the thigh to the fine leg boundary
7.2
Morkel to Quiney, no run, another short of a length ball down leg side, Quiney misses the glance again and this time the ball doesn't hit his thigh either
7.3
Morkel to Quiney, no run, played off the back foot towards short midwicket
7.4
Morkel to Quiney, OUT, Quiney's been caught at fine leg! His debut innings is finished. The ball was ordinary, short of a length outside leg stump, and Quiney pulled. Steyn positioned himself on the boundary line, got under the ball and caught it. Realising he was going over the boundary, Steyn tossed it up, stepped out, stepped back in and caught it again. Top effort and he is so pumped that he roars like he's sent a stump cartwheeling. On second look, he didn;t actually step over the boundary, he merely thought he was very close to the rope. So he tossed the ball up ...
RJ Quiney c Steyn b Morkel 9 (14m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

Frantic inning.

 

[Gob]

that is a ridiculously good bowling attack if they get things right.

Would probably take Siddle over Hazlewood for this test though.

Specially with MMarsh as the 5th bowler

 

[Flem274*]

Given that NZ play mostly 2-test series and Taylor usually takes a game to get warmed up, I'd say yes, usually, to the second question. Three consecutive hundreds at home against the Windies being the counter or the exception depending on how you choose to view it.

What would really work is for Chappell or one of the other comms to voice your first question publicly and get him sufficiently revved up.

someone in this thread mentioned Chappelli was going all out in his praise on the morning of Taylor being in the 230s, which was surprising to me despite the score because he's never rated The Boss and was grudging in his praise for the 100 and onwards.

Anyone remember what he said?

But yeah someone publicly calling him **** would be the best thing for New Zealand.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Taylor scoring big the game after getting his eyes checked is too big a coincidence. If Siddle doesn't get him early then i'm expecting a McLean Park special.

 

[Moss]

According to reports Boult looks a likely starter on Friday. Not sure how to feel about this - on the one hand, there's the pink ball, new-ball partner Southee also starting to hit his straps, and the fact that he was a big contributor in the third-test wins over the Windies and Pakistan last year after an ordinary start; on the other - well, who knows what his fitness situation is (looking back, the decision not to rest him for those ODI's on the England tour may have been the last straw).

 

[Bahnz]

According to reports Boult looks a likely starter on Friday. Not sure how to feel about this - on the one hand, there's the pink ball, new-ball partner Southee also starting to hit his straps, and the fact that he was a big contributor in the third-test wins over the Windies and Pakistan last year after an ordinary start; on the other - well, who knows what his fitness situation is (looking back, the decision not to rest him for those ODI's on the England tour may have been the last straw).

Yeah, and in addition to this, even if he is physically fit, he's clearly not match fit in the sense that his pace is down, his seam release isn't up to his usual standards and his radar is all over the place.

 

[Bahnz]

Taylor scoring big the game after getting his eyes checked is too big a coincidence. If Siddle doesn't get him early then i'm expecting a McLean Park special.

You could tell immediately that something was very different from the first test. He was much more certain in defense, much quicker to latch on to anything wayward, and much more likely to pierce the gaps.

 

[BeeGee]

Taylor scoring big the game after getting his eyes checked is too big a coincidence. If Siddle doesn't get him early then i'm expecting a McLean Park special.

He's (literally) got his eye in now. I'm hoping for big things.

 

[BeeGee]

For me, the start of this test match coincides with Thanksgiving, so by 4pm I'll be full of turkey, pumpkin pie and beer, then I'll be all relaxed and mellow for the game. I'll also be full of **** while posting on here, but that's normal.

A four day weekend of greed, gluttony, sloth, lust (I covet my neighbor's ass), pride (when we play well), wrath (when we play poorly), envy (when Starc bowls fast) and cricket. Sweet.

 

[straw man]

Black Caps paceman Trent Boult trains strongly, likely to play Adelaide decider | Stuff.co.nz

Boult still needs to wake up free of soreness on Thursday and have a light run before he's cleared to play his 35th test. But coach Mike Hesson was optimistic and saw nothing to alarm him after Boult completed his designated task.

Hesson was pleasantly surprised and will likely rubber stamp an unchanged New Zealand team from Perth where they took a points decision on each of the last four days. Left-armer Neil Wagner will miss the cut to Matt Henry again, and Mitchell Santner will also miss out as Mark Craig takes the solitary spinner's berth.

"It looks like a New Zealand wicket," Hesson said.

 

[BeeGee]

Henry and Bracewell seriously need to start repaying all this faith Hesson has placed in them.

 

[Dan]

Ugh, pick Wagner please.

 

[NZTailender]

I think it'll be a mistake not playing Wagner.

 

[Cabinet96]

Hate when bowlers I like play when they're not fully fit/up to it. Just sit it out, don't damage your average, and return fitter and stronger in NZ, Goddammit.

 

[straw man]

I'm more concerned with them thinking that it's going to be a green wicket. As if. They'll take most of the grass off before play starts and it will be a typical Adelaide pitch.

 

[Cabinet96]

Aren't they leaving grass on the pitch so that the ball actually has a chance of surviving 80 overs?

 

[straw man]

Allegedly, though I still won't believe there's any real green-ness there until it's halfway through the second session on day 1 and there's still seam movement to be had. I mean has Adelaide turned out a green pitch ever?

 

[Prince EWS]

It's Adelaide. Like I said earlier in this thread, they could grow an azalea on a good length and it'd still be a road.

 

[Spikey]

Yeah I just want to see SoK play somehow. Love me some O'Keefe LBWs resulting from people inexplicably playing for turn.

I don't know what I'd do if Kane was LBW trying to cut him.