He's not a good limited overs batsman right now, however when it's a test match and he can play each ball on its merits without the scoring imperative he's played quite well.
Ehhh lets wait for NZ to bat a bit before we get too excited here.
Probably a good idea itbt.
Nah, that would make me a pretty rubbish supporter. I'll stick with the ship and back us to at least get somewhere near parity in the first innings.
And we have a 3 month hiatus in the Plunket Shield schedule, again.
Fair enough. Like a bit of stoicism in supporters.
Yeah, defense has looked a bit porous from what I’ve seen with him with the bat.
When is it meant to happen? Wasn't there some tour on that Australia didn't go to a year or so ago because of a DFAT warning?
tbf you guys are still favourites to win this.
It'll happen when you lot man the **** up.
We'll low-key get the lifeboats ready just in case
Would be surprised if the pitch breaks up - it doesn't usually though I guess the wind will help dry it out. Would just target new ball wickets, find a way through Latham, Williamson and Taylor by good bowling or good luck, and then rely on scoreboard pressure to cut through the mediocre/unproven rest.
Last time there were arguments on here over apparently non-existent terrorist threats which Australia should have ignored, a touring team to Pakistan got shot up. I think the players take them seriously since then, and I can't blame them.
