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

[Prince EWS]

The matter of time has arrived.

 

[straw man]

Facepalm emoticon would be getting a workout right about now if there was one

 

[BoyBrumby]

The killer half-tracker. Always on the cards with McCullum I guess.

Starc's deserved it, tbf.

 

[Burgey]

Starceh!!

NSW ftw.

 

[Furball]

Haha what? And what about the plethora of bowlers who have been dumped because they have been picked on something like 'potential' and then failed to deliver? The only time picking someone on 'potential' alone will work is if you are dealing with someone very special. Is Starc very special? He looks decent, gets good bounce and pace, not much more than that though imo. Doesn't look like he will be an ATG.

And?

 

[Athlai]

Is there swing? Yeah
Seam movement? Yeah
Bowlers bowling fast? Yeah
Going to gift your wicket to a nothing ball? **** yeah.

/Baz

 

[Viscount Tom]

There is a reason he averages under 40+ despite his talent.

 

[Nate]

Bahahaha, horrible shot.

Nicely taken Dave.

 

[Prince EWS]

Lyon's selection is the one that we should be talking about as at least the quicks have potential!

Your opinion on the potential of an off-spinner is completely irrelevant though given you don't believe in them at all.

 

[Ruckus]

And?

eh?

 

[benchmark00]

Terrible fielding.


This is test match cricket. Not that SL pitch we saw. Seam, bounce, and spin before lunch on day one.

 

[Athlai]

Williamson ***.

 

[SteveNZ]

Awful innings. Awful. Not what's required from an opener on the opening morning of a Test.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Actually it was a much better ball from Starc than I gave him credit for. Came back into McCullum a fair old bit.

 

[benchmark00]

And?

Haha yeah. Our rationale for picking a player is that he must turn out to be an all time great.

**** sake, Australian cricket fans have been far too spoiled.

 

[Furball]

I'd like to hear some insight on spin bowling from TumTum.

 

[straw man]

Is there swing? Yeah
Seam movement? Yeah
Bowlers bowling fast? Yeah
Going to gift your wicket to a nothing ball? **** yeah.

/Baz

"That's the way he plays"

 

[Viscount Tom]

"That's the way he plays"

"Badly."

 

[NasserFan207]

How come Pakistani umpires used to be **** and are now amazing?

 

[benchmark00]

My two favourite umpires on display here.

I like Rauf. Looks like the sort of blokes you'd have a few beers with, then he'd be keen to kick onto a nightclub and see where the night takes us, and you wouldn't be surprised if you ended up doing an 8-ball of coke back at a strippers house.