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

[Flem274*]

I'm glad the most openly woke cricketer on the planet is essentially Captain Australia.

I hope all those mining losers are grinding their teeth as he wins yet another game for the team they sponsor.

 

[_Ed_]

Unlucky NZ

Nah, better team won, and we got what we deserved for picking Kuggeleijn IMO.

 

[trundler]

Stead and Kuggs **** off forever. Southee thanks for all the memories but gotta hang up those whites mate

There was a time when I was led to believe Southern is as good as Anderson.

 

[Jezroy]

Stead and Kuggs **** off forever. Southee thanks for all the memories but gotta hang up those whites mate

Was he walking off ahead of the other players? Kane wasn’t next to him, so it wasn’t a 100th test thing.

 

[Skyliner]

Bummer.

 

[straw man]

Congrats Australia, too many threats all the way through and good leadership.

Some of our players can be very proud, the lead amongst them Matt Henry. However a few too many non-performers including the SP, some questionable tactics and the fruits of (I'm guessing) never running catching drills any more, meant we came up short.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Stead and Kuggs **** off forever. Southee thanks for all the memories but gotta hang up those whites mate

What's Stead's excuse going to be for the SP's performance here. I mean, it actually was pretty windy in Christchurch over the 5 days, so perhaps he can dust off the Basin excuse, but I reckon he'll go with the age-old 'he was nursing an injury line'. The guy just isn't up to it - Stead or the SP. Neither of them should be seen around a NZ squad again, but all take the permanent absence of the latter as a massive step forward.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Matt Henry made this series. Singlehandedly made it competitive.

 

[Moss]

Fabulous chase given the circumstances. Brilliant from these two and Marsh. Unlucky NZ. Great test match really.

Yeah terrific chase, and richly deserved win though NZ were certainly not unlucky in this series except maybe with injuries. Dropping catches with regularity for a start. Most teams wouldn’t lose from having the opposition 34/4 and then 80 -odd for 5 in this chase.

 

[Calm_profit]

This is first time Southee has lost the series as a captain.

 

[King Kane]

Disappointing to lose from the position we were in at the start of the day, if we had Jamieson or even Wagner out there today we probably get the win.

 

[Jezroy]

Well… what a disappointing day to sum up a disappointing series.

A dropped catch.

Southee and SK AWOL.

Why didn’t Ravindra get a bowl?

A bit of hope.

Poor selections.

Players out of form and position.

Not the result NZ were after.

Will they learn their lesson? Probs not as long as the coach stays the same. Definitely not if the captain stays the same.

 

[TheJediBrah]

This could be the last hurrah for this Aus side. They've had an incredible couple of years tbf but feel like a few of them are about done

Not convinced Khawaja, Head or Starc should be there come next Test match

 

[Moss]

Disappointing to lose from the position we were in at the start of the day, if we had Jamieson or even Wagner out there today we probably get the win.

I felt the bowling and tactics were equally crap during that 1-run win against England last year. That win really masked NZ’s questionable approach to defending mid-range totals. Wagner and KJ may have made a difference, but other than the short ball barrage not sure if NZ would have responded any better to the flow of runs.

 

[Jezroy]

Matt Henry wins $1000 worth of Tegel product for Man of the Series?!?

 

[_Ed_]

Matt Henry wins $1000 worth of Tegel product for Man of the Series?!?

Haha, what kind of a prize is that? Out of luck if you're a vegetarian.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Matt Henry wins $1000 worth of Tegel product for Man of the Series?!?

 

[Jezroy]

If John Bracewell thought that Butler was pea-hearted, he would have loved having Kuggs in the team.

 

[Burgey]

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[TheJediBrah]

"Keep finding ways to win"

Sure that's a good thing. Although maybe you could not get yourselves in sitautions where you need to "find ways to win"