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

[Howe_zat]

59/5 on a sporting wicket isn't the end of the world guys. Our openers are average and Taylor is injured.

It'll happen.

Through the five stages in record time.

 

[Compton]

I'm not watching, so I'm REALLY interested to know whether the movement is lateral? Or vertical? Or longitudinal?

Straight line from the crease to the pavilion.

 

[Athlai]

Through the five stages in record time.

I'm possibly the most optimistic Kiwi cricket fan in history. Its unnatural.

 

[Zinzan]

Just got home having missed the first hour or so. Knew we'd lose the toss as always whenever there's a greenish fresh pitch, no surprise there.

Is 60/5 a result of terrible batting, great bowling, really difficult conditions or a combination of all those things?

 

[BeeGee]

I'm not watching, so I'm REALLY interested to know whether the movement is lateral? Or vertical? Or longitudinal?

There's decent bounce and a little lateral movement (just the right amount). Longitudinal is difficult to tell.

 

[91Jmay]

Through the five stages in record time.

think he might still be in the first

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Can't really blame the conditions, there's been some absolute poo dismissals.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I personally blame the gravitational waves.

 

[Immenso]

Through the five stages in record time.

I'm not there yet. Think I might go to the U19 thread for some belated 12 hour late trolling of Energetic. Will make me feel better.

 

[social]

To be fair, with the constant change from Tests to T20s to ODIs, and the fact we haven't played a Test since December it's no wonder on a pitch with a bit of movement we're in the situation like this.

It also doesn't help matters that most cricket pitches these days are batting paradises that don't really test techniques and give players records that are totally undeserved.

I heard a former test player interviewed during the week who claimed that the nets these days are better than many test pitches that they used to play on

Furthermore, today's players hardly ever get to experience anything other than ideal conditions as they don't bat in nets considered "substandard" and opt for throw-downs instead.

Result is that many batsmen look all at sea when confronted by conditions that don't allow them to simply hit through the line

As a former bowler, he wasn't merely having a whinge and basically admitted that he would've been screwed in today's game

 

[Zinzan]

Ooooo Watling was lucky there.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Watling is due. After the failures in Australia he's not going to give it away.

Oh and why do we suck against Marsh of all bowlers.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Who was it?

 

[weldone]

Any talk of Watling batting five?

He's better than Nicholls - so can bat at 4 when Taylor is injured, unless keeping makes him tired

 

[91Jmay]

Watling is due. After the failures in Australia he's not going to give it away.

Oh and why do we suck against Marsh of all bowlers.

Marsh is good

 

[Compton]

If we're only talking bowling ability, where does Mitch Marsh fall in Aussie ranks?

 

[Zinzan]

Smacks of one of those pitches in which we may want to be bowled out before tea just to get a decent crack at Aust while the wicket is still green... Will probably flatter tomorrow.

The one thing I hate about these NZ pitches that are only green for 1 day or so is we always lose the toss and it's almost impossible to get back into the match if it does brown off and flatten out quickly. :P

 

[Zinzan]

Who's the other Australian commentator aside from Border chaps?

 

[Gnske]

Who's the other Australian commentator aside from Border chaps?

Brendan Julian

 

[BeeGee]

I miss the pre-McCullum era steady, predictable 123 for 5 starts. Anything could ****ing happen these days, it's scary and unsettling.