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

[Jezroy]

Kuggelijn signing all the kids bats.

He asked them if they wanted his signature. The kids said no. But not dozens of times. So he just did it anyway.

 

[NZTailender]

Interesting that I’ve not seen the SP prowling on the boundary at all yet. Plenty of sensible reasons for that, I guess, but can’t be ideal to have to hide one of your players from crowd interaction!

Just saw him signing mini bats on the boundary

 

[Meridio]

Indeed.

Struggling to understand why the SP has been brought on instead of O'Rourke, but at this point I'm assuming he exists simply to vex us.

Think it was because they wanted O'Rourke to bowl downwind i.e. the other end

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

The SP is on the boundary now and right in front of where I’m sitting. There are a dozen or so kids queuing for this signature. A morbid one for the collection though.

 

[morgieb]

Pretty much the perfect nightwatchman knock from Lyon.

 

[NZTailender]

The roving reporter than burgey hates so much really is the textbook definition of pap

@sledger

 

[Skyliner]

Roving reporter sits with a lady clearly dressed as a hotdog.
“Can you tell us what you’re dressed as?”
“A hotdog!”

 

[anonymouskefe]

Is Phillips getting turn a good thing considering Lyons bowling last on this deck?

 

[Athlai]

Wheres Santner String? WHERE'S SANTNER

 

[NZTailender]

Is Phillips getting turn a good thing considering Lyons bowling last on this deck?

It's certainly good news for Trump

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

If only the SP could stop like that on request.

 

[jcas0167]

This is great from O'Rourke.

edit: and Phillips.

 

[Spark]

That's uncharacteristically wild

 

[straw man]

O'Rourke continues to impress, though he especially is guilty in those graphics showing how few balls NZ bowl that are hitting the stumps. Yes his role is to be a bounce bowler and he has the height and pace for it, but still needs to threaten to hit the pegs a little more than he does currently. Especially to the tail, like to Hazlewood yesterday. Currently easy to leave on length, not much uncertainty for the batter as to whether the ball will go over the stumps.

 

[Bahnz]

GP forever
SP never

 

[straw man]

Love having Phillips as an option to the left handers

 

[Bahnz]

That's uncharacteristically wild

I expect they're cognizant of the weather and are looking to get to 250 by tea.

 

[Meridio]

There's plenty still in the pitch for both the quicks and spinners here. Makes all the runs coughed up to Hazelwood yesterday and Lyon today all the more criminal.

Plus of course our woeful batting - make them work for their wickets ffs, don't give them freebies

 

[Spark]

I expect they're cognizant of the weather and are looking to get to 250 by tea.

Yeah I think he just got stuck and tried to hit out. That's not really his shot though

 

[King Kane]

Love having Phillips as an option to the left handers

He's bowled as well as a frontline spinner which is handy when we didn't pick one.