***Official*** New Zealand in Australia 2011

[Spark]

and...

 

[NasserFan207]

That looks conclusive to me, least with pitching in line.

WTF Hawkeye.

 

[Briony]

DWTA, we love Dan but he's very much a flat track bully. Would've struggled on this wicket.

With bat?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

With bat?

Yes.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I honestly don't think Watson is that bad against spin from a technical aspect, I think (like most of his problems) it's more mental. He just likes dominating too much and uses his 'get out' shot far too often against them.

I'm a bit of the same opinion, he's not awful or anything. It's just that he lets the spinners dictate a bit, and his only real answer is to go large. He can't disrupt the spinner's length, or rotate the strike easily.

 

[Ruckus]

The Boxing Day Test, considering those likely to be fit to play.

I put it in the India thread, as per Sparkeh's request.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Oh ****, how is that outside of leg?

That's not much of an angle.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Oh ****, how is that outside of leg?

Distortion due to redshift on the cricket ball.

 

[Bahnz]

Are you saying Hussey was not out?

Didn't see it so can't know. My comment was based on reading posts in this thread.

 

[ganeshran]

I predicted a NZ win before the test match began..

 

[Ausage]

Australia should look to prepare some green-tops like this against India...we've seen how their batsmen handle those against England

Australia has been experiencing wetter than average conditions these last few years, so it makes sense that Australian wickets will be juicier than average. Our climate has been a lot more British than usual which IMO was a factor in how comfortable England looked here last year.

Haven't been keeping an eye on what the rest of the country is like but Sydney has been wet and cold all year and we're two weeks into summer. If this keeps up we'll have a seamers paradise all summer no matter what the curators want.

 

[stephen]

Absolutely shattered that we lost to New Zealand. Can't believe it. I keep expecting to wake up from this nightmare.

 

[Flem274*]

Absolutely shattered that we lost to New Zealand. Can't believe it. I keep expecting to wake up from this nightmare.

 

[DingDong]

On ya DD, did you watch it live?

nah zinzan12 i missed it but this is the start of a new cricket dynasty so there'll be plenty of days like this

 

[Zinzan]

Absolutely shattered that we lost to New Zealand. Can't believe it. I keep expecting to wake up from this nightmare.

Ah get over it, it's probably the kick up the ass they needed leading into this Indian series.

 

[Crazy Sam]

Ah get over it, it's probably the kick up the ass they needed leading into this Indian series.

47 wasn't enough?

 

[Quaggas]

Good series, well done NZ. Might have to keep my avatar. Nah.

 

[Zinzan]

47 wasn't enough?

Nah, the 47 was a sharp blow to the groin area, you needed the full Groin/Ass combo

 

[Hurricane]

Right signing off - thanks to the CW fans and Aussie fans for a quality thread today.

 

[TumTum]

The only positive thing to come out of this loss is that you ****s have got rid of those stupid avatars.