*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[King Kane]

Blundell has a lot of credits in the bank for being our only batsman to score a ton against Australia at the MCG in 2019, a rare highlight on a dismal tour

Those credits have just about run out though, he is about to go into debt and be declared bankrupt if he doesn't make a good score with the bat soon.

 

[King Kane]

Phillips isn't looking too convincing either.

 

[_Ed_]

Whew.

 

[King Kane]

Pad first but that looks like it might be outside the line.

And it is, bullet dodged.

 

[SteveNZ]

Geez that looks out

 

[straw man]

lucky lucky

Keep going Rach

 

[King Kane]

Ravi is right, our batsmen should be playing forward and not back.

That's better from Phillips playing forward and sending it into the stands.

 

[_Ed_]

Can bosh a six, Phillips.

 

[straw man]

Ravi is right, our batsmen should be playing forward and not back.

Phillips goes back 90%+ of the time vs spin, only comes forward if it's very full. Like that one.

 

[_Ed_]

Can bosh a six, Phillips.

And can get cleaned up a few balls later.

 

[SteveNZ]

Phillips goes back 90%+ of the time vs spin, only comes forward if it's very full. Like that one.

Or this one (this may have been the one you meant)

 

[sayon basak]

And can get cleaned up a few balls later.

 

[Moss]

This is such a waste of improved batting conditions. Rachin might have to go for broke soon as I don’t have much confidence in this tail lasting long against the spinners.

 

[King Kane]

Phillips back to playing back and gets clean bowled.

 

[SteveNZ]

That's perfect bowling, and Phillips is going to learn pretty quickly that if you can't read a guy through the air, you're ****ed in India if you try to play it from the surface.

 

[straw man]

Very much failed to have anyone stick with Rachin and accumulate this morning.

We might only get another 30 unless some Henry bosh is successful.

 

[Bahnz]

Oh dear

 

[Nintendo]

Henry is usually good for a quick 30. NZ should be upset if the lead is under 200 when india walk out to bat.

 

[King Kane]

Hopefully Henry can bat as well as he bowled or even half as well.

 

[sayon basak]

Kuldeep has been pretty mid today (3)