***Official*** New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2016

[CM Punk]

pray for SA to do something weird like bowl long hops when it's their crack tbh

oh good now there's inconsistent bounce.

It's going to get real ugly when we finally get a bat.

 

[CM Punk]

I'm sure NZ will like this sort of thing on day 5.

You think we can take this to day 5?

 

[Starfighter]

You think we can take this to day 5

You may have a point there...

 

[kykweer.proteas]

It's going to get real ugly when we finally get a bat.

isnt that what we are all here for?

 

[jonbrooks]

Their 2nd and 3rd tier batsmen are better than ours.

Guptill and Nicolls aren''t Test standard, AB and Faf are better than KW and Taylor in these conditions.

Yes, Nicholls in particular is garbage.

 

[NZTailender]

Given the emerging cracks and we'll be batting last, I'm less confident tbh. Hoping for a Ross-Kane Perth replica.

 

[NZTailender]

Hoping Wagner runs amok here and exploits the pitch for a quick 5fer.

 

[jonbrooks]

Now with the variable bounce it's going to be even more difficult for our batsmen. :-(

 

[Starfighter]

Nice Cowan from Faf.

 

[jonbrooks]

Given the emerging cracks and we'll be batting last, I'm less confident tbh. Hoping for a Ross-Kane Perth replica.

We can but hope but those are as rare as they come. They're the one or two partnerships players have in their lifetime.

 

[CM Punk]

There's not much batting for SA now, but they're all still capable of playing helpful hands.

At 320/4, that's all they need now.

 

[jonbrooks]

What type of balls are they using in SA? I've noticed it's swinging a lot more than it has for our bowlers.

 

[Starfighter]

God I hate the saying 'the rub of the green' or whatever it is.

 

[jonbrooks]

There's not much batting for SA now, but they're all still capable of playing helpful hands.

At 320/4, that's all they need now.

The remaining six only need to contribute between 100 odd to make life very difficult for NZ.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

What type of balls are they using in SA? I've noticed it's swinging a lot more than it has for our bowlers.

kookaburra(sp)

 

[Starfighter]

They must be using a different batch of ****aburras over there. The ball hasn't gone egg shaped and it's it's still swinging.

 

[jonbrooks]

kookaburra(sp)

Can you tell me more? I've been very interested in why some bowlers swing it some days and can't on other days. I had a thread about this which I might dig up later on.

Both Southee and Boult are swinging it a fair amount. Even Wagner is getting swing. Given it is a dry hot day, it's obviously not atmospheric conditions so it's gotta be the balls they're using. I also notice this is the 2nd new ball. Did the 1st new ball swing as much? I only watched the first session and the ball did swing but not as much as this one.

 

[NZTailender]

Is there a silhouette of Jesse Ryder that gets shone in the sky whenever the Blackcaps are in a spot of bother to alert jonbrooks and CM Punk so they come into tour threads and post negative bile?

 

[vandem]

... Amla* and Faf are better than KW and Taylor in these conditions.

You mean the Faf that averaged 15 in test cricket last season and got dropped from the final home test against Eng in Jan?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Is there a silhouette of Jesse Ryder that gets shone in the sky whenever the Blackcaps are in a spot of bother to alert jonbrooks and CM Punk so they come into tour threads and post negative bile?

Not sure we want to lose more play to bad light.