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

[Burgey]

This is the time when you sing out to your bowler from slip “Cheers Ben, I think we’ve established he can play the pull shot mate.”

 

[straw man]

It's an interesting wicket, the odd thing to me is despite the flurry of wickets it still looks quite easy-paced. Nothing like the Basin that would rear from a length anyway. Think it's a pitch that provides enough assistance if you bowl the right length and bend your back. Otherwise you get nothing.

I also wonder if these Kookaburras have stronger seams than the ones a few seasons ago, which would die after 15 overs. Still a little seam movement here with a 66 over old ball.

 

[NZTailender]

Poor Sears. Been an okay debut and then runs into the tailender swinging for the fence scenario that can undo even the best

 

[thierry henry]

Feeding their tail runs, CRITICAL part of our strategy

 

[Flametree]

I thought it was weird that he turned down the single off the first ball, but it worked out well...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This is the same guy who had two sluggish innings in the WC. Now, he's flinging his wood at everything.
Carry on brave soldier.

 

[NZTailender]

Getting into "Australia could win this by an innings" territory now

 

[Spark]

This is the same guy who had two sluggish innings in the WC. Now, he's flinging his wood at everything.
Carry on brave soldier.

Difference between Cummins and Starc lately is that Cummins actually picks his shots and his scoring zones, rather than Starc who mostly seems to be swinging wildly at everything these days

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah these are wanker runs. They have enough.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It was time.

The confounding factor though, is that he still would've been preferable to Kuggeleijn and would've had no less zip than Southee this series.

I mean, much like the SP has been pretty much unbowlable in the 2nd Basin innings and 1st innings here, let us not forget that Wagner was also in that kind of state against Sri Lanka last summer. He bowled only 10 first innings overs (going at over 6s) - half as many as the next seamer - Tickner. 2nd innings he was injured, but he was awful in the 1st innings there.

Better than the SP? No doubt. Good enough? Nah.

 

[Burgey]

That’s out if he hasn’t hit it

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Difference between Cummins and Starc lately is that Cummins actually picks his shots and his scoring zones, rather than Starc who mostly seems to be swinging wildly at everything these days

Exactly, man for the situational.

 

[Starfighter]

I also wonder if these Kookaburras have stronger seams than the ones a few seasons ago, which would die after 15 overs. Still a little seam movement here with a 66 over old ball.

I do think the balls have been better the past few seasons, but it's hard to come to a firm conclusion because the pitches here in Australia (were I do 95% of my watching) have also been much, much grassier which helps the ball last longer anyway.

 

[Flametree]

Was it purely that Henry was mis-used and not given a run in the side early on or is he just a different bowler now?

 

[Spark]

Stone dead

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Plumb asf

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Blind Marais at it again

 

[thierry henry]

Umpires giving Henry nothing jeez

 

[Burgey]

Great job by Henry. Given NZ some semblance of hope. Fantastic reward and well deserved

 

[NZTailender]

His name is Henrrryyyyyy