**Official** New Zealand in Australia 2015

[Spark]

Flipper!

 

[straw man]

I still can't believe Doug Bracewell averages 10 with the bat in test cricket. I mean Trent Boult averages 15.

I don't like how much he walks around the crease, especially that forward and across press that got him out to Hazlewood nipping the ball in to him at Brisbane, and almost did the same thing in Perth. I think if you're a lower-order batsman then erring on the side of less foot movement is better, particularly against pace; Watling and Craig have minimal foot movement and it works for them.

 

[jonbrooks]

Have no complaints about any of our wickets, relative to expectation, except Taylor and McCullum who played truly dreadful shots. The rest were due to good bowling, with a little inexperience from Latham and Santner contributing.

Edit: And Guptill being Guptill

Taylor was poor. McCullum was atrocious.

 

[straw man]

Taylor getting an inside edge when Siddle brought one back in after moving it outside off was not a poor shot selection imo

Why was he trying to drive that ball on the walk, when it was not the slightest bit full? There were no runs to be had from that ball.

Edit: Anyway, it's done now. I'm sure Taylor will be thinking about it though.

 

[Gob]

The ball that got Taylor out nipped back in a lot. Should he have been more circumspect? may be but those were the kind of shots that he was sending through the covers regularly last game when they were coming straight. Bowler's wicket

 

[wellAlbidarned]

were we ever 123-5?

 

[Immenso]

Great. Kids in bed, sit down to watch, and it's ****ing 'supper' break. And we're 7 down. And I'm not far away, I guess, from my favourite pastime of watching Warner block the ball to the boundary with his tree trunk, always find that risk free boundary accumulation to be thrilling.

 

[Furball]

Tbf, deciding whether to bat or bowl first for this test is probably the most difficult call in the last 40 or so years of test cricket. On that basis I'm backing McCullum to finally win one.

Wtf no it isn't.

 

[mr_mister]

Great. Kids in bed, sit down to watch, and it's ****ing 'supper' break. And we're 7 down. And I'm not far away, I guess, from my favourite pastime of watching Warner block the ball to the boundary with his tree trunk, always find that risk free boundary accumulation to be thrilling.

lol @ trying to take a cheap shot at Warner. he's a better bat than most of your country combined breh

 

[NZTailender]

So CJ's an art enthusiast. But really he's an enthusiast on art as a commodity. yeah, nah.

 

[jonbrooks]

lol @ trying to take a cheap shot at Warner. he's a better bat than most of your country combined breh

I thought it was a compliment ...

 

[Immenso]

lol @ trying to take a cheap shot at Warner. he's a better bat than most of your country combined breh

I know he's good, and the bats are available to all, I just don't enjoy a Warner's stiffswristed block through the covers compared to cover drive of old. Eg a Lara flourish etc.

 

[cnerd123]

were we ever 123-5?

Went from 121/5 to 125/5 with a Santa boundary. So technically, no. But close enough.

 

[Hurricane]

Who ever makes the worst post in the thread is going to be sentenced to watching ten episodes of "an over with Harry" in a row.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Warner did the same thing back in 2004 as a kid.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Went from 121/5 to 125/5 with a Santa boundary. So technically, no. But close enough.

ho ho ho

 

[Moss]

The ball that got Taylor out nipped back in a lot. Should he have been more circumspect? may be but those were the kind of shots that he was sending through the covers regularly last game when they were coming straight. Bowler's wicket

Was a very good ball alright but seemed slightly irresponsible from Taylor given Latham and KW were back in the shed.

 

[Hurricane]

Was a very good ball alright but seemed slightly irresponsible from Taylor given Latham and KW were back in the shed.

"Express yourself".

 

[Days of Grace]

So the tailenders "express" themselves and get as many as they can, therefore having a crack with the new ball tonight?

 

[GGG]

So the tailenders "express" themselves and get as many as they can, therefore having a crack with the new ball tonight?

Have any of them earned it?