*Official* West Indies in New Zealand - Nov/Dec 2020

[thundaboult]

Fantastic from jamieson but still lots of home and away hurdles to be crossed against better teams. Although I think this current pool NZ batters/bowlers could beat saffers, sl, bangers home and away no problem. Eng and windies away as well. Home and away to aus...nah. And beating india in india even more unlikely.

 

[Immenso]

I think we are bowling both these guys from wrong ends at the moment.

Wind has switched south.

Against the swing of both.

Very light, though.

 

[Immenso]

Ah, Wags on from south now anyway.

 

[straw man]

Blackwood benefiting from playing his shots again - has had a fair bit of luck but certainly hasn't allowed the bowlers to work him over. Nice cover drive there.

 

[thundaboult]

Is our current bowling attack the type to become clueless if we're under the pump in tests? Couple more blackwood type batters and it becomes an interesting one....

 

[The Hutt Rec]

It’s just test cricket ... decent batting conditions out there now, you can’t expect to roll through every side every match.

 

[trundler]

It’s just test cricket ... decent batting conditions out there now, you can’t expect to roll through every side every match.

Yeah, the other side let 70/3 get to 460.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I have to say that I admire Brooks’s knock so far more than Blackwood’s

 

[straw man]

Great ball from Jamieson - wasn't even the worst leave, came in a long way off the seam.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Southee has gone past McDermott for no of wickets. Averages are almost identical.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

On 292 wickets now - just 8 til the 300.

Equal with Kallis for wickets

 

[trundler]

Appreciable movement from Jamieson TSTL. Wont NZ be the top ranked side after they win this by an innings? They have the relentlessness of an absolute top side. Jamieson, Southee and Boult extract every inch of assistance they can and they have the luxury of the 3rd seamer's 3rd seamer in Wagz. The lower order doesn't go down without a fight either. BJ's heroics in SL stupidly underrated. Hope this is a new dawn for Nicholls too. Oh and Williamson is pretty good too.

 

[straw man]

What was that shot

 

[trundler]

Soft as pish

 

[trundler]

5 for Drago! A well deserved 5fer if there ever was one.

 

[Immenso]

FFS, I leave the ground and 3 wickets fall before I even get to the bus stop.

 

[straw man]

Yeah that's a nice stat for Jamieson.

Does a good angry man impression too, it seems.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Appreciable movement from Jamieson TSTL. Wont NZ be the top ranked side after they win this by an innings?

Test ranking predictor puts them equal with Oz on 116 points but Australia written 1st. If India-Australia is a drawn series we will be no 1.

 

[Binkley]

That was a lovely day to spend sitting on the bank. Not that I did much sitting. Or saw much cricket. Perils of taking a 5 year-old with me. But the conditions were near perfect for running around the bank yelling at her stop running away, climbing up trees to try and reach her, and apologising to that poor lady whose beer is still pooled in my daughter’s shoes.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I had a nice cool day in the shadey museum stand (downside of being pale as a sheet) until an old man with binoculars stole my seat and I was too polite to say anything.