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

[King Kane]

FFS don't tell me this is out too.

Another awful ball from Lyon.

 

[Meridio]

Surely not

 

[Flem274*]

This would be the most disgusting pair in test history.

 

[NZTailender]

If you're not trying to score off that then you might as well not try to score at all

2 days and a session to go, over before lunch. Just leave it and get off the field ffs

 

[morgieb]

Honestly on replay it looked like it was a deflection. Missed it but what the **** was that from Kane?

 

[King Kane]

Thank god for that.

Any chance we can just settle down and bat for tea.

 

[Meridio]

That is two absolute pies from Lyon and it's almost two wickets. Cricket is terrible sometimes

 

[Flem274*]

If KW doesn't give a **** about the pink thing this would be a quality gee up.

 

[Meridio]

Honestly on replay it looked like it was a deflection. Missed it but what the **** was that from Kane?

A total pie that should have been hit for 4 is what it was. If you don't have a go at freebies what are you waiting for?

 

[Spark]

2 days and a session to go, over before lunch. Just leave it and get off the field ffs

Nah not having it. It's an absolute pie and you can't let bowlers get away with those if you want to survive long term

 

[straw man]

Williamson has never enjoyed facing Lyon

 

[NZTailender]

Nah not having it. It's an absolute pie and you can't let bowlers get away with those if you want to survive long term

Sure, if you're an in form batsman in innings one to three.

More at stake here and Latham has been poor for some time. Didn't earn the right to be aggressive tbh.

 

[straw man]

delayed by a giant dead pixel (or five) - classic cricket

 

[Flem274*]

Sure, if you're an in form batsman in innings one to three.

More at stake here and Latham has been poor for some time. Didn't earn the right to be aggressive tbh.

An opener who doesn't cut in New Zealand isn't going to be scoring many runs. It's one of the safest shots here.

 

[Dick Rockett]

delayed by a giant dead pixel (or five) - classic cricket

Imagine if - stay with me here - they just had plain, white sightscreens, without ads or technology?

 

[Meridio]

Nah not having it. It's an absolute pie and you can't let bowlers get away with those if you want to survive long term

Yeah absolutely. You sweat on those as an opening bat. It's exactly what you're waiting for, you got the ball seaming around and turning and you're hanging out for the loose delivery to put away. If you leave them you're just letting the pressure build on you. It was just lazy execution

 

[Spark]

Sure, if you're an in form batsman in innings one to three.

More at stake here and Latham has been poor for some time. Didn't earn the right to be aggressive tbh.

It's nothing to do with earning the right to be aggressive. It's about not letting the bowler get away with trash. You literally are never going to score if you can't put that away.

 

[straw man]

Imagine if - stay with me here - they just had plain, white sightscreens, without ads or technology?

but how would the crowd know what KFC options are on sale this week

 

[NZTailender]

It's nothing to do with earning the right to be aggressive. It's about not letting the bowler get away with trash. You literally are never going to score if you can't put that away.

I totally get that. I'm just saying there's a time and a place for someone like Latham. Which would be anytime after the tea break for mine.

 

[NZTailender]

Yeah absolutely. You sweat on those as an opening bat. It's exactly what you're waiting for, you got the ball seaming around and turning and you're hanging out for the loose delivery to put away. If you leave them you're just letting the pressure build on you. It was just lazy execution

Maybe Latham just isn't that good tbh