*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[Flem274*]

yea but aussies say *** instead of six and labushane instead of labuskugnee

 

[GoodAreasShane]

This has all been pretty rudderless really

 

[Flem274*]

nice. great bowling effort from southee in this test. i thought he'd be the weak link. shows what i know.

all i want is someone to ton up. we're not winning or drawing here.

 

[honestbharani]

Southee... caled it.

 

[Meridio]

It doesn’t matter. It’s too many as it is, by a lot

Oh I know, but we can dream. Think I'll be relatively happy with just getting through to the fifth day.

 

[honestbharani]

lol.. nice one by Paine. Think they had Haze padded up just to confuse NZ and the rest of the media.

 

[Grasshopper]

Well done Southee on bagging another Michelle.

468 to get in about 170 overs on a disintegrating pitch in 40 degree heat. Piece of cake.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Just want both openers to contribute and get to face Wade as third seamer. Hopefully 2 100s out of the top 4.

 

[Meridio]

76 overs to bat today I think it is. We'll be 240/2, easy.

 

[Spark]

Away side can't refuse the tests that are agreed under the WTC but day/night tests are always subject to consent of both boards AFAIK. And playing a d/n test in itself is not a disadvantage to NZ, it is a disadvantage though when the host team have already played their previous test as a d/n one and are anyways at home while the away side is coming in cold with everything stacked against them. A better board would have negotiated at least one less disadvantage for their side by making it a day test.

Yes, I'm aware of this. My point is that it should be entirely up to the hosting side whether it's a D/N Test or not.

 

[honestbharani]

Yes, I'm aware of this. My point is that it should be entirely up to the hosting side whether it's a D/N Test or not.

Like I said, once they become common enough, probably. Until then, it will always need the consent of the visiting team too. On a broader note, I intend to start a thread to discuss the possibility of playing all test cricket with pink balls, like how we do in ODIs with white balls. So even if there is bad light issues and floodlights have to take effect, it will still be a regular thing like the normal day/night test. Guess should happen sometime within the next 5-10 years.

 

[Spikey]

nz should have this done by 8pm tomorrow

 

[Fuller Pilch]

76 overs to bat today I think it is. We'll be 240/2, easy.

Then CDG can finish the run chase before tomorrow's night session.

 

[Moss]

Happy for Southee, solid performance indeed. On to the batsmen to at least make Australia work for the win.

 

[Gnske]

Everyone who was shitting on Southee on day 1 should grovel on their knees and apologize.

 

[Daemon]

Starc looks primed

The numbers don’t back it but he’s the best quick in the world right now after Cummins.

 

[Moss]

Starc looks primed

The numbers don’t back it but he’s the best quick in the world right now after Cummins.

Reminds me a bit of Waqar in the 90s in terms of how the guy was not necessarily the best in the world (up against Ambrose, Wasim, Donald etc) but as an observer he often had you even more worried than the others, just for his sheer destructive abilities on his good days.

 

[artvandalay]

Wtf is a soy collapse

Also, what's the opposite of a soy collapse ?

 

[_Ed_]

Is it really a declaration when an injured player doesn't come out to bat at 11?

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Like I said, once they become common enough, probably. Until then, it will always need the consent of the visiting team too. On a broader note, I intend to start a thread to discuss the possibility of playing all test cricket with pink balls, like how we do in ODIs with white balls. So even if there is bad light issues and floodlights have to take effect, it will still be a regular thing like the normal day/night test. Guess should happen sometime within the next 5-10 years.

The white balls are currently a piece of **** that doesn't swing, and I don't think the pink ball is as good as a good red ball—and perhaps if Kookaburra had put as much work into improving their red ball as they have the pink ball, there wouldn't be so many problems with it. I think that without the cooler, more stable conditions that night-time endures, you would probably not see it do as much. From the tests I have seen (all the Australian ones), the pink ball goes duller than the red ball rather than scuffing, and it may or may not swing for long when new (seen both), but it is less likely to reverse swing; and, based on close up photos, if worn it looked to have a sort of chalky texture like the original pink balls—the cheap practice balls that also come in yellow, orange and green—, which is not a smooth polish, but not roughened up either.