*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[vcs]

Starc loves his first over wickets.

 

[Burgey]

Christ that’s missed by a **** hair

 

[_Ed_]

Double ****.

 

[Starfighter]

Yasir Shah would have stopped that one. Awful shot.

 

[GotSpin]

Raval just got ****ed up

 

[Flem274*]

rip game

 

[NUFAN]

More like unravel

 

[straw man]

Knew this would happen.

And wtf on reply that is quite an expansive shot from Raval.

 

[honestbharani]

They might as well open with Taylor and Big Daddy Kane.

 

[morgieb]

Looks a brut of a ball, but not sure what Raval was playing at.

 

[Cabinet96]

Oh dear.

 

[Burgey]

I fear this is going to be really messy. It’s hard enough after a long session in bad heat to go and open, but to do it under lights is brutal. And this mob give you nothing.

 

[Meridio]

Jesus. Not a great start.

And really, that's a leg stump half volley. It's swung slightly, but nothing drastic. Really poor.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Geez those are two real weak dismissals in the circumstances. Great ball to Raval, but that shot selection!

 

[Burgey]

Looks a brut of a ball, but not sure what Raval was playing at.

Forward square leg

 

[Bahnz]

Raval got castled by Ben Sears in almost the exact same fashion in the Plunket Shield a month back. Just looks totally out of it.

 

[Starfighter]

Ricky Ponting's question for the session: Will the NZ openers stand up to the new ball attack?

Silly question.


Love when the crowd gets perked up like this.

 

[artvandalay]

Looked tail end there getting cleaned up like that.

 

[Dan]

Nah, Raval is a decent test opener.
He already looks a better spinner than santner though. Taking a wicket plus going at less than santner who apart from not being to take wickets-is really easy to score off if needed.

If the selectors are smart enough it allows is to play a extra bowler or batsman at 7 /8 instead of santner-Raval can replace his overs.

This is a proper galaxy brain-level take. We get it, you dislike Santner.

The 'going at less' bit is particularly hilarious. Aus had no intention of scoring runs in the period he was bowling ffs.

 

[Burgey]

Love watching Williamson. Bloke is pure class.