***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

[straw man]

Not completely out of the blue for domestic threaders, but we attributed it more to Wellington being dire.

Yes we did. I didn't watch the wickets tbh.

 

[vandem]

Is bowling a lot better than in Aust. Not giving up an easy boundary with a short ball every over.

Then he bowls two short balls in a row ....

Sometimes Baz is a little slow to defend boundaries, with Craig bowling to Khawaja who is very good at cutting anything slightly short, most other captains would have a deep point and give up the single.

 

[Starfighter]

From Cricinfo
66.1 Southee to Voges, 1 run, leading edge goes laughing past gully

Laughing?

 

[Gnske]

Cricinfo comms have been especially dire today, the expected filth really

 

[Starfighter]

Right, which will happen first? Khawaja's thousand runs or lunch?


Edit: Lunch wins the race

 

[jonbrooks]

What was Craig in the team for again? Ah, his batting!

 

[jonbrooks]

9) jonbrooks to never say anything positive about new zealand yet still revel in the wins

I give credit where credit is due. No credit to NZ as we are playing rubbish.

 

[jonbrooks]

Prediction: jonbrooks to gutlessly slink out of the forums the next time one of his stupid predictions proves wrong before reappearing a week later and pretending that nothing ever happened.

Yeah, nah

 

[Howe_zat]

Cricinfo comms have been especially dire today, the expected filth really

not all commentary is dire

expand your horizons

 

[Meridio]

Well, that's a disappointing session.

 

[vandem]

I give credit where credit is due. No credit to NZ as we are playing rubbish.

Today not rubbish. Mediocre, yes. Steady bowling on a good batting pitch against good batsmen. Craig has had an lbw chance (note that if it had been given out, would not have been overturned on DRS by an Aussie review).

 

[GotSpin]

Ideal session that. Kick ons now for koala

 

[Spark]

Today not rubbish. Mediocre, yes. Steady bowling on a good batting pitch against good batsmen. Craig has had an lbw chance (note that if it had been given out, would not have been overturned on DRS by an Aussie review).

You'd feel pretty stiff to be given out to something like that, though.

 

[Prince EWS]

Today not rubbish. Mediocre, yes. Steady bowling on a good batting pitch against good batsmen. Craig has had an lbw chance (note that if it had been given out, would not have been overturned on DRS by an Aussie review).

Yeah NZ haven't been inspiring today but they haven't been rubbish. The rubbish came yesterday.

 

[Compton]

Voges is batting for another cheeky wee "not out"

Whilst he's obviously never going to finish with Bradman figures, he's almost certainly going to finish his test career with a stupidly high average. Cricketweb 2030 will be picking him in their ATG XIs

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

9) jonbrooks to never say anything positive about new zealand yet still revel in the wins

To be fair he doesn't revel in the wins either. I'm maintaining my fetish theory.

 

[Red]

If he makes 72* here, his average will hit the ton….

 

[BeeGee]

So a week ago we all predicted NZ's most threatening looking bowler this match would be... Mark Craig. Right?

I predicted it would be Wagner.

 

[TheJediBrah]

We all talk about Smith, Root, de Villiers & Williamson as the premier batsmen in the world, could be Khawaja sneaking past all of them over the next couple of years

 

[Prince EWS]

We all talk about Smith, Root, de Villiers & Williamson as the premier batsmen in the world, could be Khawaja sneaking past all of them over the next couple of years

I was afraid this was going to be another **** Voges troll after reading the start of this post.