*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[Athlai]

Remember that time Jeets almost killed Vincent with a return throw?

 

[Moss]

Can’t believe this was just allowed to let slide to feed a false narrative

Vincent was a TERRIBLE ODI player UNTIL he got the opportunity to be a slogging opener

Don't disagree that his odi record improved when he started to open (and for the most part play good clean strokes). It was when he seemingly got the license to play like McCullum circa 2015 that it came unstuck - in that Champions Trophy 2006 tournament on pitches which were more bowler friendly than usual, it was one filthy slog after another and perishing to bowlers of the pace of Maharoof and Pollock. Had a good ODI series in Australia later on but by then was always one failure away from being dropped.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

No but I do remember his pants falling down when he was diving for the ball.

 

[NZTailender]

No but I do remember his pants falling down when he was diving for the ball.

I remember him loosing his pants fielding near the boundary and also being in a Lawrence Arabia music video

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Can’t believe this was just allowed to let slide to feed a false narrative

Vincent was a TERRIBLE ODI player UNTIL he got the opportunity to be a slogging opener

True. Quality fielder though.

 

[Binkley]

I think the music video was the Phoenix Foundation’s. “Bleaching sun” if memory serves.

 

[Burgey]

I thought the las session today was very low key from everyone tbh. NZ batted well but unless this deck breaks up it should receive a poor rating based on what I saw. It lacks pace and is a bit of a pudding.

Still plenty of time for a result but wasn’t a great viewing day today. Probably as dull a day as I’ve seen at the scg since I went on day one of the SA test in 1994.

 

[stephen]

NZs day today. Really thought Australia should have made 500+ but we lost 7 wickets for around 160 runs or so. Very good work from both openers to be there at the end. Would be the first time Australia's bowlers have been under any pressure at all.

 

[NZTailender]

I think the music video was the Phoenix Foundation’s. “Bleaching sun” if memory serves.

I stand corrected

 

[honestbharani]

Amazing that it has been two days and one of those day's has been won by NZ rather comfortably and yet Australia are just so so far ahead.

 

[GotSpin]

NZ played well but it’s a really boring and **** pitch

 

[GoodAreasShane]

It's telling of how the pitch is that Australia didn't bowl badly by any means but aside from a couple of Cummins overs it didn't really look like the had much chance of taking a wicket

 

[SteveNZ]

Isn't Vincent the one with, uh, a few screws loose?

Lou is a brilliant guy, kind to a fault. He was vulnerable and Player X played him like a fiddle.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I remember him loosing his pants fielding near the boundary and also being in a Lawrence Arabia music video

I remember Lou Vincent running past the background of a John Bracewell tv interview in a Borat mankini.

 

[Flem274*]

it's ridiculous vincent can't even go watch his kid play cricket for school yet the community welcomed amir back with open arms.

only one of those players had crippling depression

'bUt hE's s0 TaLeNtEd!!111'

 

[Gnske]

bUT he wAs ONLY a tEEnager

 

[Athlai]

Tbf Amir seems like genuinely the dumbest person alive.

 

[Spark]

Amazing that it has been two days and one of those day's has been won by NZ rather comfortably and yet Australia are just so so far ahead.

The joy of first innings top order runs. Nothing else can really compensate for it in terms of its usefulness.

 

[thierry henry]

ftr I’ve thought Lou Vincent was an obvious dickhead for 20 years so I’m not playing this game

 

[thierry henry]

Also lol at this pitch apparently now being a pudding when it misbehaved at ‘call the game off’ levels in the second over. Just let us score some runs you Aussie ****s