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

[Aidan11]

Has O'Rourke been dropped or is he injured?

 

[Bahnz]

Has O'Rourke been dropped or is he injured?

Injured.

 

[Bahnz]

Looks less green than a lot of Haglee day 1 surfaces typically do.

 

[Baldrick]

Need Marnus to find some form before he returns to Glammy....just means he'll be out for 20 or so again when he bats...

 

[ataraxia]

That's a long long chase for Postman Pat

 

[Gob]

looks pretty flat

 

[Baldrick]

Why is Starc bowling at 9th stump

 

[King Kane]

Looks like it could be one of those green looking pitches that doesn't seam around as much as people think it will.

 

[Bahnz]

Very early days, but this is looking like a much more typical 'NZ batting season' surface. To any betting men out there, might be worth putting a sneaky tenner on a draw.

 

[Burgey]

Pitch looks as slow as a National Party voter.

Just get Lyon on and roll these clowns before lunch

 

[Xix2565]

NZ deserve a good old fashioned beating for picking the SP. Southee and Kane got questions to answer.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Steady on there Will

 

[ashley bach]

Hell of an over from Haze.

 

[straw man]

Looks only a matter of time for Young vs Hazelwood - needs to get to the other end.

 

[Baldrick]

Hazelwood has found the right spot 3 balls running, you just know a bounday is coming now....

 

[Gob]

lol

 

[Bahnz]

Starc bowling the wrong length here, much too short.

 

[Burgey]

Oh no, FM radio zany guy is back again. I thought Christchurch people took themselves too seriously for that sort of thing.

 

[NZTailender]

I approached him directly. He's the one that changed it. I even gave him an alternate if he found this one too rude.

 

[Bahnz]

Tbf to Young, he's playing the initial line of the ball perfectly. His judgement about when to play a little wanting though.

Latham nearly with a meme-tier Latham dismissal there, popping a full length ball outside off-stump just short of square leg.