*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[ataraxia]

Slower, Mitch, slooooooooower

 

[thierry henry]

lol Mitch has been selected off the back of bowling really slow in ODIs so naturally he’s jamming in 95kph straight balls looking for a leg side strangle (which tbf I think is actually the team’s plan, just not very ***y cricket)

 

[cricman]

Need one of the two here to counter attack. Runs are vital this test won't make it to Day 4.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Yeah.. This is going to be a 3 day test

 

[Athlai]

Ajaz forever, Santa never

 

[thierry henry]

Looks disturbingly hard to bat out there. We’re gonna need to roll them real quick and fluke a big lead.

 

[ataraxia]

If Santner was out there that would have been caught

 

[cricman]

Usain Bolt or Glenn Phillips?

 

[ataraxia]

Good work from Glenn "12 strides per second" Phillips

 

[King Kane]

Don't think there will be many overs from the pace bowlers when it is spinning this much on Day 1.

 

[_Ed_]

Three wickets in the first hour or so is pretty pleasing... until I think about the prospect of our lot trying to bat against Taijul on this.

 

[ataraxia]

Shanto going to get out before he's faced 30 balls. Could well score a crucial 40 though

 

[ataraxia]

I think that's a good review tbh

 

[Athlai]

Thats dead

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Would have been very unlucky if that had have been umpires call on hitting in line.

Southee has become the review guru.

 

[ataraxia]

Shanto going to get out before he's faced 30 balls. Could well score a crucial 40 though

Well, it was the very next ball – although that was veery close to umpire's call on impact. Such is the fate of the reverse sweeper...

 

[cricman]

I don't think that struck him inline but I wear glasses & what do I know.

I've seen closer drs reviews where that would say impact outside

 

[Athlai]

They wouldn't be 4 down if we played Sodhi

 

[Athlai]

I don't think that struck him inline but I wear glasses & what do I know.

I've seen closer drs reviews where that would say impact outside

They measure it op

 

[thierry henry]

They wouldn't be 4 down if we played Sodhi

Might actually be a great pitch for the ‘jam it in flat and straight’ version of Santner tbh