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

[King Kane]

Clarkson doesn't look up to it either, it's all on Phillips now to do the heavy lifting to get us home.

Zampa getting Milne now too, Phillips could run out of partners before he gets a chance to win it.

 

[Bahnz]

Milne-Ferguson-Boult-Sears is probably the most fun pace lineup NZ have fielded in a long time, but makes for quite the tail as well.

Yeah, tbh it's a really poor selection with so much batting benched.

 

[straw man]

That was a pretty awful misjudgement of length from Clarkson

 

[jcas0167]

 

[ataraxia]

It's about time for a proper Boult flamingo dance (occasionally referred to as an innings)

 

[Athlai]

Boult nosebleed

 

[Gnske]

Boult at 7 (basically 8)

Is this really what we've come to?

 

[straw man]

gotta be fun bowling the wrong'un to the tail-ender first up and going through the gate

 

[Moss]

Grrr. Phillips the only guy prepared to work stuff out. This looks done and dusted.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Did they really drop Matt Short after 1 game when he didn't even bat? Joke. Probably the best T20 player in the country if given a chance

 

[Athlai]

Katie Martin analysis after so much Sumo bullshit is almost dizzying

 

[Gnske]

Did they really drop Matt Short after 1 game when he didn't even bat? Joke. Probably the best T20 player in the country if given a chance

Official press release says rested to manage excessive workload

 

[King Kane]

Boult can hit the odd six but he is no Lance Cairns when it comes to lower order pinch hitters.

 

[Gnske]

Quality catch from Timothy Hays David

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Doom and gloom

 

[Athlai]

This is the highest Boult has ever batted for NZ btw, he also has 1 innings at 9.

 

[Moss]

Boult can hit the odd six but he is no Lance Cairns when it comes to lower order pinch hitters.

He’s no number 8 for sure but improbable though it may seem he’s better than the two to follow.

 

[Athlai]

Doom and gloom

Nah - we showed we can score runs in the last game. This happens in T20 particularly with so many guys out

 

[TheJediBrah]

Official press release says rested to manage excessive workload

ie the modern default fake reason for resting players

 

[King Kane]

Phillips gone and that's game over.

Hopefully we can at least avoid the embarrassment of being bowled out for under 100.