*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[Fuller Pilch]

Really need to get Warner early then bowl dry. I'd take 70/1 this session.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

If we can be have a 30 over ball, rather than a new ball, under lights on day 4 hopefully we'll be better equipped. Unless Paine declares early or late the ball be older for the night session (s).

 

[_Ed_]

Based on what I’ve seen so far, I’d say they would have been rolled for about 166...

I do reckon we would have made 300-plus if we'd batted first. Probably still wouldn't have been enough, the way Australia have been playing, but at least a bit easier for NZ fans to swallow than this nightmare.

 

[Starfighter]

I was about to comment about how long Burns was taking to get off the mark and he does it. Anyone think Lord Colin swings the new ball less than a slightly older one?

 

[Starfighter]

Lord Colin getting some lift.

 

[Athlai]

Warner was walking off ffs, how is that not given

 

[_Ed_]

Sigh.

 

[Spark]

I mostly like the system and think the problem is with the on-field umpires primarily, but it's really weird that that's given not out and the previous one is given out.

 

[vandem]

If it's umpires call on a glove / edge, why do you lose a review?

 

[honestbharani]

Yep... I think they need to change the rules to include whenever the third umpire says "I don't have conclusive evidence to overturn your decision" as an umpire's call.

 

[Days of Grace]

Despite nothing going our way, that planning has to take some of the blame. No warm-up and a test against England on a low-slow nothing of a pitch. What were we thinking?

Maybe Australia had us by the balls saying if we wanted the Boxing Day test then it would have to be by their terms.

 

[Starfighter]

That was a suicide single.

 

[Moss]

Despite nothing going our way, that planning has to take some of the blame. No warm-up and a test against England on a low-slow nothing of a pitch. What were we thinking?

Maybe Australia had us by the balls saying if we wanted the Boxing Day test then it would have to be by their terms.

The comms were saying on air that Lockie has played just 3 first class games in the last 12 months or something? If true, wasn't the greatest decision to debut him here. Easy to say in hindsight though.

 

[Days of Grace]

They forced into it with the Boult injury to be fair.

 

[Moss]

They forced into it with the Boult injury to be fair.

Yeah agree, but they were confronted with the same decision in Hamilton and went with Henry there. If they were hell bent on playing Lockie here, a workout in Hamilton may have made more sense? (particularly given there were no warm up games here). Debatable, i know.

 

[Aarain]

Today day 4 now Australia team position much better now

 

[artvandalay]

Australia look in no hurry to get a move on. Will.take quite a toll if they have to bowl another 90-100 overs here if not more for the rest of the series.

 

[Starfighter]

Uh, Davey...

 

[Starfighter]

Australia look in no hurry to get a move on. Will.take quite a toll if they have to bowl another 90-100 overs here if not more for the rest of the series.

Well done.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Ah, I've missed that sort of dismissal from Warner so much.