*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[mr_mister]

No shot offered there

Isn't it just evasive action?

 

[Gnske]

Good calls from the umpires. Leg byes should be banished.

That first one nah he was clearly evading, the second one may have been fine.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

What a nice Aussie beach

 

[Flem274*]

pretty absorbing session. fingers crossed

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Isn't it just evasive action?

The first one was borderline. The second one was just ridiculous.

 

[morgieb]

Isn't it just evasive action?

It's fairly marginal though I think most umps would consider that evasive action. Just so as long as they're consistent.

 

[NUFAN]

Good calls from the umpires. Leg byes should be banished.

Some of the greatest moments in the sports history were leg byes.

Remember that single that trickled around the corner for one the other day.

 

[Athlai]

The Smith dead ball drama is so juicy. Don't care about the actual ruling either way, but the drama.

 

[Burgey]

NZ a long way behind having won the toss and bowled. Will need Wags from both ends to take at least four next session to atone

 

[Grasshopper]

Pretty even first session. Wagner is so good to watch - the pitch and conditions just never seem to matter to him.

 

[Flem274*]

its just nice to see nigel llong pissing someone else off for a change

 

[Daemon]

That first one nah he was clearly evading, the second one may have been fine.

I mean they may be wrong calls according to the rules, but they were good calls. Why should the batting team be rewarded for missing the ball? Makes no sense.

 

[morgieb]

The second Wagner spell probably the main saving grace. Without it would've been a poor session for the Kiwi's, but getting the second wicket helps and Smith looks rattled.

 

[morgieb]

I mean they may be wrong calls according to the rules, but they were good calls. Why should the batting team be rewarded for missing the ball? Makes no sense.

If they're the wrong calls according to the rules then they're the wrong calls. That's how it works.

 

[Flem274*]

yea but watching steve smith whine and cry before he scores 230* is a nice change of pace

 

[Flem274*]

michael vaughan talking like he wasn't castled every game

loved a clean bowled given how assurred he looked at the crease

i tend to agree with warne it was harsh but if i have to listen to this for 5 more days i hope llong doubles down on the rough bye calls

 

[NUFAN]

Only thing missing from the first session was a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.

 

[Daemon]

If they're the wrong calls according to the rules then they're the wrong calls. That's how it works.

A wrong call can be a good call

For example it would be wrong to call you a ****ing idiot but it would be a good call

jk love you morgz

 

[Burgey]

The reason Wagner is so loved by everyone except the imbo finger spinning acolyte brigade is because what he does is unashamedly a man doing men’s things, and doing them ****ing well.

 

[Immenso]

Plumb as fick