*Official* World Test Championship Final 2021

[Flem274*]

Was an absolute road of a napier pitch IIRC

yeah it was a motorway.

o'brien only played 22 tests. such a shame, was a good solid bowler on recall.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Try Ashwin out now instead of Bumrah please. Kohli took too long to bring him on first innings too.

 

[nzfan]

Any more dramas or easily done this one? Hopefully the later

 

[Arachnodouche]

**** me Kohli's shot was so ****ing bad. Looks worse with each replay.

Wasn't even just fending it off was he? Did some weird flick thing, maybe trying to work it through the cordon. No percentage shot in the situation.

 

[Moss]

Final session. Man this is nerve wracking.

 

[nzfan]

Never really understood this huddle. Probably just cliches told I guess. Waste of time. The new age thing

 

[OverratedSanity]

Try Ashwin out now instead of Bumrah please. Kohli took too long to bring him on first innings too.

Guess not. ffs kohli

 

[Arachnodouche]

Never really understood this huddle. Probably just cliches told I guess. Waste of time. The new age thing

They're conspiring to rob NZ of time, didn't you know?

 

[harsh.ag]

NZ should stroll this. Deserving winners. Looked better throughout except for when Shami did some magic.

India has the same old problems. Batting doesn't work when challenged and a captain who represents the opposite of manifest destiny.

 

[Gob]

DK is bit odd. Thinks jusprit needs to produce two especial balls.

 

[nightprowler10]

Bumrah to Conway is promising since he struggles off the hip, but it's a bit of a risky line with not enough runs on the board.

 

[honestbharani]

Nah my warm up comment was tongue in cheek really. India's batsmen just suck in these conditions and you all underestimated how much they actually suck. More warmup wouldnt have helped change their fundamental flaws. Lateral movement is their kryptonite. They just need to somehow git gud. Never going to happen unless we have a dravid waiting in the wings.

I really think we showed a lot of positive signs here. Sure, it may not be enough to play Anderson under clouds but these are typically conditions we would have collapsed for 100-130 at least once, if not both times. There is definite improvement here, it is just slow and our luck has played its part with NZ getting the warm up games and even making the final with covid etc and us having even the IPL postponed and coming in cold. I mean, I always think the side will fight back and I still think we will...

 

[nightprowler10]

Ashwin will get a wicket in this spell IMO.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lucky bastard

 

[nzfan]

Latham is a good player of spin but ashwin makes him look ****

 

[Moss]

Nervous stuff from Latham, doesn't need to manufacture runs here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bish is right these are easy trescothik style leaves for latham. Needs to go fuller.

 

[nzfan]

If India had 180-200 on board they'd have mowed us I think

 

[Flem274*]

Conway looks high class block-bash to quality spin. I'm concerned for him in India.

 

[Howsie]

**** me Kohli's shot was so ****ing bad. Looks worse with each replay.

The lead up to that dismissal though, you can see why he fished at it