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

[TheJediBrah]

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

tbh I was very close to adding it in but didn't for some reason











Voges being in a class above all on his own goes without saying

 

[ImpatientLime]

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

only if they all simultaneously give up cricket to take up another sport which they are also vastly superior at in comparison to uzi.

 

[TheJediBrah]

only if they all simultaneously give up cricket to take up another sport which they are also vastly superior at in comparison to uzi.

I'm just being conservative. Khawaja is already comfortably better.

 

[vandem]

You'd feel pretty stiff to be given out to something like that, though [referring to the Craig lbw DRS call].

Why? Sweeping an off-spinner bowling around the wicket when it pitches in-line. You're asking the ump to make a decision - a little bit of turn and you're out, if it slides on you're OK. IIRC some coaching manuals recommend only sweeping if ball is pitched outside the line.

Edit - See Voges sweeping a minute ago, got outside the line of off stump so no chance of lbw.

 

[Jono]

Richardson unleashing about the Basin's stand that can't be used but can't be knocked down I remember Heath explaining that to me when I went to the Basin a couple of years back.

Now blaming it on left wingers Ian Smith is baffled by this rant

 

[Bahnz]

Argh, Anderson's such a rubbish bowler in tests. Not nearly good enough to fill the 5th bowler role when our spinner is already a passenger.

 

[vandem]

Six overs in a row that there has been a boundary of 5th or 6th ball. Is good test match batting. Defend or push singles, wait for the loose ball and take the boundary.

 

[jonbrooks]

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

Khawaja will be the best over the next decade.

 

[jonbrooks]

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

Stop watching porn.

 

[jonbrooks]

How's my prediction looking so far? Pretty damn good!

 

[Zinzan]

Just got home having missed the day so far. Kind of had this horrible feeling we may have gone wicketless thus far...sadly this turns out to be true.

We did bat very poorly yesterday, but these green wickets which flatten in about 5-6 hours favour the team winning the toss far too much IMO. Not helped by the fact we always seem lose the toss on such wickets Not the first time this has happened in the last few years and almost cost us the series win vs. India in '14 if it wasn't for the Bmac/Watling epic WR partnership.

Have there been much in the way of chances today or have Khawaja and Voges just been too good for us?

 

[BeeGee]

Good knock.

 

[Flem274*]

in news mildly more interesting than this massacre, i've found a nice blonde on tinder hoping to come across matt henry's profile

 

[vandem]

How's my prediction looking so far? Pretty damn good!

The Khawaja prediction? That an injury-prone 29 year old will be the world's best batsman over the next decade?

 

[Burgey]

Quality review

 

[NZTailender]

**** that C&B reminds me of one Bond did a while back. Great stuff

 

[Prince EWS]

in news mildly more interesting than this massacre, i've found a nice blonde on tinder hoping to come across matt henry's profile

 

[NUFAN]

So our number 5 average 91 from 14 matches and our number 6 averages 23.

 

[Zinzan]

**** that C&B reminds me of one Bond did a while back. Great stuff

Bond's was really low down though IIRC?

 

[Cabinet96]

On one of the recent cricket sadist hour pods, Jarrod Kimber was talking about how all-rounders are usually a Botham or a bit of a joke, with very little in between.

Marsh isn't quite Botham yet...