*Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

[Prince EWS]

I'm now actually kind of convinced this was a technical thing all along and not necessarily mental at its root because he looks confident now, moving into the line of the ball and capitalising on opportunities, but he still can't really play that shot properly.

Yeah he's all top hand.

 

[Spark]

Extremely surprised they're not around the wicket to Carey here, especially with that shape

 

[Kraken]

carey will either get 50+ here or get out very quickly knicking off or bowled

 

[Spark]

Yeah he's all top hand.

Needs coaching by MS Dhoni obvs

 

[ashley bach]

Guys on the radio basically saying why tf don't these teams play more test cricket.

 

[Spark]

Gotta say. If I'm Pat Cummins and taking off my captains' hat, I can't wait to bowl on this thing. A lot of splices and gloves will get hit with that surprise extra bounce if it's behaving like this with a 55 over old ball

 

[Athlai]

Guys on the radio basically saying why tf don't these teams play more test cricket.

We don't play Tests

 

[Spark]

Jesus what the **** did that ball do

 

[Prince EWS]

Gotta say. If I'm Pat Cummins and taking off my captains' hat, I can't wait to bowl on this thing. A lot of splices and gloves will get hit with that surprise extra bounce if it's behaving like this with a 55 over old ball

Basin can really flatten out though, it's the classic seamy road that just gets progressively better to bat on.

Another reason why scoring so slowly was a bit strange. If Australia make a good score it might happen just in time for the pitch to be flat af when NZ bat.

 

[Burgey]

Divots are drying out. This is going to get hectic.

 

[Spark]

Basin can really flatten out though, it's the classic seamy road that just gets progressively better to bat on.

Another reason why scoring so slowly was a bit strange. If Australia make a good score it might happen just in time for the pitch to be flat af when NZ bat.

This doesn't feel like what you expect from an NZ seamy road though? If anything this feels more like an SA deck where it's so soft on the first day that it doesn't "flatten" out because it is not (physically) flat in the first place, as Burgey notes

Even that ball from the first ball of the over there. That's just hit a random spot on the pitch and jagged an absolute mile.

 

[thierry henry]

ffs Blundell jump

 

[Prince EWS]

That one's gone a mile.

 

[King Kane]

O'Rourke bowling with some good pace and bounce, he's making the Aussie batsmen look uncomfortable.

 

[thierry henry]

JUMP BLUNDELL

 

[Burgey]

Yeah look if folks are saying this is a road they're a bit misguided imo. Bit going on.

 

[Spark]

What a terrible dismissal

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Wtf was that Carey.

 

[Prince EWS]

Gift.

 

[Spark]

Absolute classic of the "thank **** the tough bowlers are off, now I can relax" genre