-
Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.
***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016
- Thread starter Spark
- Start date
Spark
Global Moderator
you could listen to non-declaration commentary instead cricketweb is on Mixlr. Mixlr is a simple way to share live audio ...
Burgey
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Who said that?!?
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Well what a horrible day of cricket for NZ yesterday, especially for a Saturday when I was able to watch plenty. While an NZ batting collapse always has a slightly comedic element to feed the masochists, seeing the bowlers unable to extract anything and Australia piling on runs hour after hour had no redeeming features whatsoever. The bowling yesterday was not particularly bad, they were still trying different plans and approaches, but disappointing to see Boult and Southee show some class and extract something to make the batsmens' lives difficult. Khawaja's innings was superb.
In all honesty the dropped catch hurt a lot more - that was to stay in touching distance of the game whereas by the time Voges was bowled not bowled it was always going to be a match where NZ needed to score 500-600 in the second innings to save the match. Not to mention NZ's batting.
Thought Voges looked a well-organised player ever since I saw him in an ODI in the West Indies (iirc) ages ago. However I feel if he really wants to move to the next level he should drop the Jedi Brah from the cheerleaders club, as like that unfortunate Energetic/Bangladesh situation it makes Voges a **** ****.
In closing thoughts, Martin Guptill will save us.
Can certainly appreciate Hurricane and others' sourness here. I should be over it soon. Maybe March.... March 2027. After that I'll only stick pins in my Illingworth voodoo doll on 12 Feb anniversaries and when I'm in a particularly bad mood.
In all honesty the dropped catch hurt a lot more - that was to stay in touching distance of the game whereas by the time Voges was bowled not bowled it was always going to be a match where NZ needed to score 500-600 in the second innings to save the match. Not to mention NZ's batting.
Thought Voges looked a well-organised player ever since I saw him in an ODI in the West Indies (iirc) ages ago. However I feel if he really wants to move to the next level he should drop the Jedi Brah from the cheerleaders club, as like that unfortunate Energetic/Bangladesh situation it makes Voges a **** ****.
In closing thoughts, Martin Guptill will save us.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Not sure about this. Marsh is still really enduring his struggles finding batting form in test cricket. If we'd nipped him out early on day 2 Aus would've been about 150/5 and the game would've been very much alive. At the very least NZ would've been odds on to keep Australia below a 150 lead.Can certainly appreciate Hurricane and others' sourness here. I should be over it soon. Maybe March.... March 2027. After that I'll only stick pins in my Illingworth voodoo doll on 12 Feb anniversaries and when I'm in a particularly bad mood.
In all honesty the dropped catch hurt a lot more - that was to stay in touching distance of the game whereas by the time Voges was bowled not bowled it was always going to be a match where NZ needed to score 500-600 in the second innings to save the match. Not to mention NZ's batting.
Thought Voges looked a well-organised player ever since I saw him in an ODI in the West Indies (iirc) ages ago. However I feel if he really wants to move to the next level he should drop the Jedi Brah from the cheerleaders club, as like that unfortunate Energetic/Bangladesh situation it makes Voges a **** ****.
In closing thoughts, Martin Guptill will save us.
Having said that, yeah the Smith moment was probably the most crucial in the innings.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Even with only a 150 run deficit we would still have needed to score 500 second innings though. But yeah it wasn't *over* then, but very much heading that way.