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

straw man

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
hendrix said:
It really does feel like a day in which the ball will swing, unlike yesterday.

It will be interesting to see if they can coax any out of the 40 over old ball.

If we're batting later this evening it will be tough.
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Yes, and coming back to that discussion about batting first yesterday, NZ (or whoever was to bat first) could have been in a good position just by getting through the first 1-2 hours, scoring in the second two sessions and coming back today to bowl with likelihood that the ball would swing, unlike yesterday.

They singularly failed at getting through the first session but I still don't think it was a terrible pitch/conditions to bat first on. Neither team found batting hugely difficult once the ball was 30+ overs old.
 
Redbacks

Redbacks

International Captain
Spikey said:
umpires are already told not to call no-balls unless they are 100% certain, presumably to prevent exactly this
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If we can accept that for run out the play evolves too quickly for the human eye get it 100% right in close cases, even if the field umpire thinks it's out they defer to the replay, why not apply the same reasoning to a close no ball call? Sure the umpire can go based on feel when the heel is mm behind the line but it's often too inaccurate.
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Baz is probably missing a slip or two, Bogus' edges go very bloody wide with that bat trying to point everything on side.
 
dermo

dermo

International Vice-Captain
what a glorious tasting khawaja is giving us aussie posters this summer, up there with the johnson taste
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
dear nzc,

do you get the message now that preparing pitches that are green for a couple of hours is a really stupid idea?

probably not
 
J

jonbrooks

International Debutant
Wow! How good is Khawaja?! Been a while since I've seen a batsman as elegant as this. That and he has the mental toughness to graft out an innings. This will be an innings caning.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
NZ kept them quiet bowling fuller, and they've seen khawaja just stands and delivers when driving but is really good on the back foot.

pack the offside, get him driving pls.
 
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