**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[Kesh21]

116 for 8

225 odd.
Allout

 

[Bahnz]

Seriously, so much about this game reminds me of Hobart. NZ imploding on day 1, picking up a couple of wickets before stumps, Australia imploding in the first session of day 2, rallying after lunch, and basically reducing it to a 2nd innings shoot-out. Really hoping for things to continue following the script...though I don't know if my heart could take another finish like the one 4 years ago.

 

[Howe_zat]

Oh man. Lyon walked off when he saw hot spot. That's quite something

 

[straw man]

Time for Guptill to reward the faith.

It's been a difficult series though perhaps understandable given his recent heartbreak

 

[Bahnz]

Warne: "...the Australians having the rub of the green because of Nigel Llong's incompetence..."

Holy ****, Warne almost had me liking his commentary for a second.

 

[cnerd123]

That's a poor call from Nigel Long

 

[Moss]

Cricinfo suggesting that NZ went into a sulk over that decision. True to some extent? If so, takes the gloss of the beand a bit.

 

[_Ed_]

Oooh. Dodgy single. Calm down, guys.

 

[Bahnz]

Holy **** that was suicide from Latham.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Fully expecting this to revert to a typical Adelaide pitch tomorrow. 400 needed.

 

[hendrix]

Jfc Haze looking like McGrath

 

[Bahnz]

Cricinfo suggesting that NZ went into a sulk over that decision. True to some extent? If so, takes the gloss of the beand a bit.

Wouldn't say they went into a sulk they were still very sharp in the field. But Southee bowled poorly and McCullum lost the plot with his bowling changes so there might have been some impact on their thinking.

 

[Howe_zat]

Guptill gets past 1

 

[_Ed_]

Shot.

 

[hendrix]

Guptill needs to play like an odi

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Guptill needs to play like an odi

That's how he got out last innings; driving a ball he needed to block.

 

[Bahnz]

You would think it's a bit early in the match for Lyon to come into it in a big way.

 

[straw man]

Seriously, so much about this game reminds me of Hobart. NZ imploding on day 1, picking up a couple of wickets before stumps, Australia imploding in the first session of day 2, rallying after lunch, and basically reducing it to a 2nd innings shoot-out. Really hoping for things to continue following the script...though I don't know if my heart could take another finish like the one 4 years ago.

In a weird way Perth reminded me of the Hobart because we were 1-0 down and lost the toss in conditions that massively rewarded winning the toss, and then Australia were all over us in the first period of the match. Then it massively switched around off the back of some bad shots by Australia's batsmen (e.g. Smith) and we were on top pressing for the win, though there were more ebbs and flows of course. Pity Perth would have required 8 days to get a result...

 

[jcas0167]

Warne: "...the Australians having the rub of the green because of Nigel Llong's incompetence..."

Holy ****, Warne almost had me liking his commentary for a second.

Nigel Llong a good chance to join Dick French & Ian Robinson in the hall of umpiring infamy for NZ v Australia series.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Seriously, so much about this game reminds me of Hobart. NZ imploding on day 1, picking up a couple of wickets before stumps, Australia imploding in the first session of day 2, rallying after lunch, and basically reducing it to a 2nd innings shoot-out. Really hoping for things to continue following the script...though I don't know if my heart could take another finish like the one 4 years ago.

They've already had "Nathan Lyon gets lucky with the technology".