I know, and that seems to suggest they might have made the same mistake.You're suggesting the NZ team did not look at the strip this morning?
Well if that is the case and it has changed dramatically then they have made a mistake.
However the England captain also said he would have had a bowl first if they had one the toss.
TBF, he bowled much better in his wicket-taking spell on day-three than he did in his awful spell on day-two. It was far from a convincing performance, but it was one that held a bit of promise.Gillespie bowling all over the shop like he did in South Africa, although, hopefully England doesn’t gift him a five wicket haul like RSA did.
Hmm....I'd probably be best advised to wait to Lunch, but I'll go for it now as I'm off for a bath and some supper at Lunch so... question for Kiwis (I see John, DoG and Geg reading this thread for starters): what are you thinking of Vettori's (or whoever's - blame Bracewell if you prefer ) decision so far?
Strikes me, as I say earlier, as hasty, based on looking at the pitch yesterday not today.
"Hasty" wasn't exactly what you said earlier, was it...?Either way, Danny Vettori wins the toss and fields. Wise decision for mine.
The "earlier" I was thinking of was here BTW:I'd probably be best advised to wait to Lunch, but I'll go for it now as I'm off for a bath and some supper at Lunch so... question for Kiwis (I see John, DoG and Geg reading this thread for starters): what are you thinking of Vettori's (or whoever's - blame Bracewell if you prefer ) decision so far?
Strikes me, as I say earlier, as hasty, based on looking at the pitch yesterday not today.
Been mostly taken off, apparently. Seems whoever's in charge of New Zealand's decision-making has made the mistake of deciding what to do at the toss on the day before the game, rather than the morn of the game.
Nope. I'm too cool for cricinfoIs this our own KiWi I wonder?