**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[Natman20]

What impresses me is that all partnerships useful. Worst was 29 where Mills got out. Most partnerships went for over 50.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Quality posting.

Just like this one, no?

 

[_Ed_]

"They do it, so why don't we"? After all it is just a preparation game, and that too a limited overs one....Anyway just my personal observation.

When there's a match on, the posts in the tour threads often tend to be made by people's immediate reactions to moments in the match without having taken the time to make a sensible, well thought-out post. IMO it's a good thing about the tour threads. If you don't like it, don't read it until the end of play when the analysis starts.

And yes it was only a tour match, but since we don't have TV coverage we're stuck here refreshing the live scorecard. We have to do something while we're waiting for it to update.

 

[Precambrian]

When there's a match on, the posts in the tour threads often tend to be made by people's immediate reactions to moments in the match without having taken the time to make a sensible, well thought-out post. IMO it's a good thing about the tour threads. If you don't like it, don't read it until the end of play when the analysis starts.

And yes it was only a tour match, but since we don't have TV coverage we're stuck here refreshing the live scorecard. We have to do something while we're waiting for it to update.

I understand when emotions rule. However, posts stating just the individual scores of a batsman, when repeated, becomes spamming.

Just my thoughts. Reporting the posts and let's wait for mod's clarification on the matter.

 

[Precambrian]

Just like this one, no?

No, because I was pointing out a problem that I have.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

I understand when emotions rule. However, posts stating just the individual scores of a batsman, when repeated, becomes spamming.

Just my thoughts. Reporting the posts and let's wait for mod's clarification on the matter.

What a joke.
Stuff like that happens in every tour thread, if you dont like it, then stay away.
Reporting as spam? Thats just lame.

 

[_Ed_]

I think it would be a shame if people stopped making short, excited posts during matches for fear of them being reported as spam.

I'll certainly stop reading and contributing to tour threads if they end up being only made up of long-winded posts.

 

[thierry henry]

271 is decent, albeit a little perplexing.

I hope we haven't entered a new Andy Moles era whereby we party like it's 1979, block for 40 overs and look to go mental in the last 10 "cos we have teh wicketz in hand".

As I said, 271 is decent, but if we made a habit of getting "decent" scores in ODI with 5 wickets still in hand, I'd start to get a little annoyed.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

271 is decent, albeit a little perplexing.

I hope we haven't entered a new Andy Moles era whereby we party like it's 1979, block for 40 overs and look to go mental in the last 10 "cos we have teh wicketz in hand".

As I said, 271 is decent, but if we made a habit of getting "decent" scores in ODI with 5 wickets still in hand, I'd start to get a little annoyed.

Yeah, I have to agree.
With everybody making starts, and with the wickets we had in hand, we should have got 300 at the least.

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah, fair point.

What time does it start again, anyone know? Don't want to start refreshing repeatedly again before I have to.

 

[thierry henry]

This is exactly the sort of total we sometimes struggle to defend as well, even if the side batting 2nd seems to be getting well behind the rate.

 

[pup11]

No, because I was pointing out a problem that I have.

Seriously what's the big deal in this, aren't the posters even allowed get a bit excited to see their team and its players do well, it not as if they are doing this in middle of some discussion and even then they were not hurling abuses at each other or anything, so imo really poor form to report something like that.

 

[pup11]

Jeez, just has a look at the scoreboard, Moises Henriques seems to have been taken to the cleaners, anyways hoping Hughes, Bailey or Ferguson do well with the bat.

 

[_Ed_]

Boult bowling now, will be interesting to see how he goes.

It's a clear reflection of the direness of domestic cricket coverage in NZ that the first time I see this guy bowl will be in his ODI debut, unless he doesn't play in this series and plays some T20s for ND next month.

 

[_Ed_]

Boult gets a wicket!

 

[thierry henry]

Boult picks up a wicket in his 2nd over for NZ, woot

 

[Burgey]

Seriously, how does McCullum get picked when his domesitc form for NSW was so crap?

 

[thierry henry]

9 extras in the first 6 overs, hmmm...including 3 byes, suggesting that Aussie kid is 'keeping?

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah I would guess so.

Typical start from Mills, 4-1-7-0.

 

[_Ed_]

Then he gets tonked for 15 in his 5th!