***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

[OverratedSanity]

Oh my. 12 wickets down on day 1? What an awful pitch. The ICC should get involved.

How predictable.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

That last Southee ball is the one. Stay out there, full and 5th stump line to Smith, and he will have a dart at it. He always sucks bowlers into bowling at the stumps and picks them off all day.

 

[Athlai]

Smith tonning up here would be sweet justice for people still chirping about him supposedly being awful in seaming conditions.

Hes on 6.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hes on 6.

Eh? Relevance to my hope that he tons up?

 

[straw man]

Commentators complaining about lack of swing from these two - it's simply not swinging so they might as well get over it. Australia barely swung it, atmosphere isn't right for it, and perhaps the ball they have right now isn't ideal either (could try getting it changed).

 

[Zinzan]

Cool Bracewell, good time to bowl him.

 

[Athlai]

Eh? Relevance to my hope that he tons up?

Hes still in the could prove to be a total spud in seaming conditions phase of his innings.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Nice try Strawman... almost worked

 

[Burgey]

Hes still in the could prove to be a total spud in seaming conditions phase of his innings.

Yes, but not of his career, which I think is the point OS is making

 

[Spikey]

Eh? Relevance to my hope that he tons up?

you got owned son

 

[Athlai]

Yes, but not of his career, which I think is the point OS is making

Just seemed a bit weird to call for the ton to shut up the haters when he hadn't gotten past a stage where the haters would use against him yet.

 

[straw man]

Fascinating to see Smith not quite sure what to do here - is feeling nervy on fifth stump line.

Not seventh stump though.

 

[Moss]

Shackles broken quite a bit with these boundaries, you feel.

 

[Moss]

Bloody hell

 

[Zinzan]

Could be the miss of the series that.

 

[straw man]

Specialist slip!!!!!!!!

 

[Zinzan]

Ooo lucky chappy Smith.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Nice one Craig

 

[Burgey]

Luckily Smith isn't a player who often makes teams pay for let offs

 

[Athlai]

There goes all the goodwill I had for Craig.