**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[NZTailender]

Argh. He's a batting all rounder, New Zealand obvs don't feel comfortable going into a test like this with Doug Bracewell playing at seven.

imho we'd get more out of playing Brownlie at 6 and asking him to send down a few overs than Santner imho

 

[Loose Cannon]

Siddle, Santner firm as starters

Both sides looking to take pace off the ball.

Patto to fume about having his time wasted.

 

[Riggins]

27 holes and 2 beers and still hours before the first ball. What a place.

 

[Burgey]

Riggins on his way back from the beach, shops and golf course....

 

[Athlai]

27 holes and 2 beers and still hours before the first ball. What a place.

God damn that looks awesome.

 

[howardj]

So local time the first session is from 2:00pm until 4:00pm

How long is the break at 4:00pm?

And then how long is the dinner break?

 

[morgieb]

So local time the first session is from 2:00pm until 4:00pm

How long is the break at 4:00pm?

And then how long is the dinner break?

Tea break is 20 minutes. Dinner break is 40 minutes.

 

[howardj]

Thank you Sir, and good day to you

Anyway, the weather is set fair

 

[Days of Grace]

So what will Australia do when they win the toss?

Definitely bat first?

 

[morgieb]

So what will Australia do when they win the toss?

Definitely bat first?

It's Adelaide......

 

[Bahnz]

I'm sceptical about this whole exercise, but can't deny that I'm very excited and hopeful for it.

 

[Athlai]

It's Adelaide......

We tour once every 5 years, what does this mean?

 

[morgieb]

We tour once every 5 years, what does this mean?

You know how people were bitching about Brisbane and Perth for being flat? Adelaide is like that every year. Add delusions of 5th day turn and....

 

[_Ed_]

We tour once every 5 years, what does this mean?

And we don't always go to Adelaide when we do. When was the last time we played there? 2008?

I remember Aaron Redmond playing really well until he played a dumb shot and was caught on the boundary within sight of a ton.

 

[Athlai]

You know how people were bitching about Brisbane and Perth for being flat? Adelaide is like that every year. Add delusions of 5th day turn and....

So we're bowling first. Nice.

 

[Bahnz]

And we don't always go to Adelaide when we do. When was the last time we played there? 2008?

I remember Aaron Redmond playing really well until he played a dumb shot and was caught on the boundary within sight of a ton.

Yeah, basically the entire batting lineup got so excited at the sight of Aaron ****ing Redmond scoring runs, that they all came out and batted in full cbf-mode. NZ promptly slumped to 200/5 and eventually 300 all out. Australia racked up about 600 in reply and finished things off inside 4 days.

 

[Bahnz]

So we're bowling first. Nice.

Tbf, deciding whether to bat or bowl first for this test is probably the most difficult call in the last 40 or so years of test cricket. On that basis I'm backing McCullum to finally win one.

 

[NZTailender]

2nd new ball under lights will be the saving grace if we bowl first.

 

[Bahnz]

The 2nd new ball under lights will certainly give teams an incentive to make sure they bowl quickly enough to get through the full 90.

 

[Spikey]

dont 4get to roll your eyes everytime 'nugget' is mentioned