*Official* 2024 South Africa tour of New Zealand: 2 tests

[The Hutt Rec]

It must be hard thinking of good interview questions and I couldn't do it. That said I thought Richardson's post match interview questions were a bit flat.
"So young Will O'Rourke, it must be really hard with all the mechanics of your action to get the ball actually coming out consistently, you must have been happy you bowled ok?"
"Yeah I guess I got lucky and it came out ok".

What is he trying to do? Talk O'Rourke into getting the yips? Luckily it only happens to spinners and slow mediums normally.
There was a questionable question to Kane as well which Kane with all his media training didn't address and gave a sound bite answer instead.

I am sure Richardson will do better next time and his last interview with Southee was much better. No one is perfect !!!

I can't remember if it was Richardson, but earlier in the test there was an interview after the day's play, the interviewer threw about three totally different questions into a long meandering sentence, and ended with a statement.

 

[Hurricane2]

My review on the series is that without Kane we lose that series 2-0 to South Africa.

He was the difference between the sides.

NZ starting to remind me of the late Martin Crowe era where Martin would ton up and everyone else just give him stand with scores like 17 and 22.

Don't diss Latham for only getting 30s and 40s. He is doing his primary job of blunting the new ball. He is doing ok.

 

[_Ed_]

My review on the series is that without Kane we lose that series 2-0 to South Africa.

Ravindra's 240 alone would have given us a first innings lead in Tauranga, though.

 

[ashley bach]

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This is very Goat like

 

[Hurricane2]

Ravindra's 240 alone would have given us a first innings lead in Tauranga, though.

I thought of that while making my post and I should have added a sentence that I think Rachin only made 240 because he had Kane to talk to him at the other end. What an experience that must have been for Rachin having 4-6 hours of on the job learning with someone who he said in the presser at the end of the day's play had been his idol growing up. Rachin looked, and quite rightly so, like he had stars in his eyes when learning from Kane between overs and often Kane wandered down to talk to him in the middle of an over as the pressure mounted at key moments.
Or no am I alone with my opinion that Rachin's century was based on Kane teaching hm and passing the baton to the next one who will carry us for the next ten years.
What do you think Ed? Genuine question...

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

It actually looked to me like Kane was scared and Rachin was telling him what to do.

 

[Hurricane2]

Kane Willimson 4 innings in this test series and tonned up 3 times. I am struggling to believe what I am seeing.

 

[_Ed_]

I thought of that while making my post and I should have added a sentence that I think Rachin only made 240 because he had Kane to talk to him at the other end. What an experience that must have been for Rachin having 4-6 hours of on the job learning with someone who he said in the presser at the end of the day's play had been his idol growing up. Rachin looked, and quite rightly so, like he had stars in his eyes when learning from Kane between overs and often Kane wandered down to talk to him in the middle of an over as the pressure mounted at key moments.
Or no am I alone with my opinion that Rachin's century was based on Kane teaching hm and passing the baton to the next one who will carry us for the next ten years.
What do you think Ed? Genuine question...

I guess there could be something to that, but on the other hand, you have to acknowledge what Ravindra's already done in the World Cup. He's very quickly proven that he can play incredible innings under pressure at international level. I think he could probably have done that regardless of who's at the other end.

 

[honestbharani]

Easy win as expected for NZ. Congrats on finally defeating RSA in a test series. RSA found 2 or 3 good players I guess, which was honestly the best case outcome they could have hoped for given the gulf between the sides.

 

[straw man]

Series win vs Saffa has never tasted so meh

Great to finally win a test series against SA but it's a bit hollow when it wasn't against their full strength line up.

Nah a series win is a series win. We've broken the duck, virgin no more, kicked the curse, broken South Africa's mental hold. I repeat THE MONKEY IS OFF THE BACK. Look out, world.

 

[Flem274*]

SA had a pretty useful rain bailout in 2017 and have pulverized some pretty poor nz teams. Is what it is but I'm glad we won the series rather than lost or drew. Did the job and moving on to the next game.

 

[honestbharani]

I repeat THE MONKEY IS OFF THE BACK.

You guys fired Stead?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

A nice moment for me in this game was that my youngest (3 years old) came home from childcare with about 25 runs still required to win. I was working on the computer with the TV on the cricket but with the sound off. She came in wanting to use the TV but I told her that the cricket was on (a regular thing this Summer). She decided to watch the cricket, sat on my lap to watch it and tried to count down the runs as they were scored (lots of fingers being counted and pointed at). Though she did seem to hope/think that they got a run each time the ball hit the bat and seemed genuinely confused when with two runs to win, a boundary is struck to win the game.

 

[ataraxia]

#betterthanbradman

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Every single win we have seems to get an asterisk next to it from certain people ... Kane is a hometown hero, our WTC win was because Australia didn't go to SA and we don't play three test series, we only beat SA because they sent an understrength team ...

Well to hell with it, there were people on here before hand saying South Africa were favourites, and that it would be one all, and all this. And like we've never sent a crap side to South Africa before! Calling 1994!? So I'm enjoying this one myself, and for me it's a totally legit series win. And it was a comprehensive one, as well.

But also well done to South Africa at the same time, they gave everything they had and didn't make it easy. I feel a bit for them, they badly needed some experience in there, but they did as well as they realistically could have hoped.

Onto the Australia series! I still think we can cause an upset and win at least one of those tests ...

 

[Aidan11]

Looks like it was a fairly easy win in the end for NZ.

Always helps having a player like KW in the team.

 

[Hurricane2]

A nice moment for me in this game was that my youngest (3 years old) came home from childcare with about 25 runs still required to win. I was working on the computer with the TV on the cricket but with the sound off. She came in wanting to use the TV but I told her that the cricket was on (a regular thing this Summer). She decided to watch the cricket, sat on my lap to watch it and tried to count down the runs as they were scored (lots of fingers being counted and pointed at). Though she did seem to hope/think that they got a run each time the ball hit the bat and seemed genuinely confused when with two runs to win, a boundary is struck to win the game.

That is a very heart warming story. Cheers

 

[Heboric]

Every single win we have seems to get an asterisk next to it from certain people ... Kane is a hometown hero, our WTC win was because Australia didn't go to SA and we don't play three test series, we only beat SA because they sent an understrength team ...

Well to hell with it, there were people on here before hand saying South Africa were favourites, and that it would be one all, and all this. And like we've never sent a crap side to South Africa before! Calling 1994!? So I'm enjoying this one myself, and for me it's a totally legit series win. And it was a comprehensive one, as well.

But also well done to South Africa at the same time, they gave everything they had and didn't make it easy. I feel a bit for them, they badly needed some experience in there, but they did as well as they realistically could have hoped.

Onto the Australia series! I still think we can cause an upset and win at least one of those tests ...

Im sorry but can you show me the posts who said South Africa were favourites

 

[OverratedSanity]

Good to see some young SA do well even though in an ideal world, most of them shouldn't have even been playing.

Kane is such a beast though. Remarkable output of runs over such a long period of time now .

 

[SteveNZ]

A nice moment for me in this game was that my youngest (3 years old) came home from childcare with about 25 runs still required to win. I was working on the computer with the TV on the cricket but with the sound off. She came in wanting to use the TV but I told her that the cricket was on (a regular thing this Summer). She decided to watch the cricket, sat on my lap to watch it and tried to count down the runs as they were scored (lots of fingers being counted and pointed at). Though she did seem to hope/think that they got a run each time the ball hit the bat and seemed genuinely confused when with two runs to win, a boundary is struck to win the game.

Love it brother. My kids only watch cricket with me when they know it's past their bed time I'm going to keep trying