**Official** New Zealand in Australia

[Ausage]

Sorry pasag, the Australian team did not play well. It was all down to our ****ty selection, shoddy opening batting effort, and biased umpiring.

I don't get what the big fuss is about (assuming you're not taking the piss). The 2 non LBWs (Ponting & Ferguson) were absolutely garbage calls, but Ponting ended up playing a rubbish innings anyway, and the game was over when the Ferguson call was made. They were hardly game changing. You lost because of poor batting and M Hussey.

Still I wish they'd only use international umpires for ODIs like they do with tests. Looks so terrible when an umpire gives a decision like that to his countryman.

 

[Perm]

Cumming is in better form than Fulton, he should've been playing all the games.

 

[JBH001]

I don't get what the big fuss is about (assuming you're not taking the piss). The 2 non LBWs (Ponting & Ferguson) were absolutely garbage calls, but Ponting ended up playing a rubbish innings anyway, and the game was over when the Ferguson call was made. They were hardly game changing. You lost because of poor batting and M Hussey.

I was taking the piss. Hence the wink smiley. Its a humorous reference to comments made by some kiwi posters, including myself, before the 3rd ODI about how some Australian posters were not giving any credit to the NZ team for outperforming them. Pasag, rightly, pulled me up on it. My comment reverses that on its head, thats all.

Edit/ Humour does not travel well on the internet. Especially when its dry.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Sounds like my dad...When Flynn lost his teeth to that Anderson bouncer he kept going on about how bouncers should be banned and the bowler should be fined

He couldnt understand it was a good delivery and part and parcel of the game.

 

[pasag]

I was taking the piss. Hence the wink smiley. Its a humorous reference to comments made by some kiwi posters, including myself, before the 3rd ODI about how some Australian posters were not giving any credit to the NZ team for outperforming them. Pasag, rightly, pulled me up on it. My comment reverses that on its head, thats all.

Edit/ Humour does not travel well on the internet. Especially when its dry.

I would agree that NZ lost the game more than we won it (as opposed to the previous game) and aside from Michael Clarke, our bowling was pretty ordinary.

 

[Ausage]

I was taking the piss. Hence the wink smiley. Its a humorous reference to comments made by some kiwi posters, including myself, before the 3rd ODI about how some Australian posters were not giving any credit to the NZ team for outperforming them. Pasag, rightly, pulled me up on it. My comment reverses that on its head, thats all.

Edit/ Humour does not travel well on the internet. Especially when its dry.

Ahh fair call then

 

[vic_orthdox]

The problem wasn't necessarily the start by NZ. It was more the fact that guys who had used up twenty overs to not go that quickly, then didn't go on and make a big score. Cardinal sin in ODI cricket. Even if they'd only lost one wicket after that, it would've been OK. The 3/17 lost them the game, not the start.

 

[Mixmasterreece]

Guptill was poor, no denying that, he's been poor all series really. I'm only cutting him slack becasue he's 22 and doesn't usually get bogged down like that.

I will say this for Cumming though, whoever picked him a 6 needs a punch in the face. Was completely unfair. He could have made more of it though.

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Guptil has been instructed to bat a certain way in this series and he's following that. He's looked solid, played some classic strokes and looked more at home than most of our opening selections over the past 10 years.

Never easy facing the new ball v aussie in aussie this early in your career. Once Ryder comes back I'll be happy to see him slot in at 3 v India:
Ryder
McCullum
Guptil
Taylor
Styris
Elliot
Broom/Oram
Mills
Vetorri
Southee
O'Brien

 

[Mixmasterreece]

The 3/17 lost them the game, not the start.

Bingo.

 

[Easto241091]

Its amazing how money influences the game of cricket. If Australia did what india did last year, Steve Bucknor would have been suspended for his umpiring and their would be burning effigies of him out in the streets throughout australia.

 

[Precambrian]

Its amazing how money influences the game of cricket. If Australia did what india did last year, Steve Bucknor would have been suspended for his umpiring and their would be burning effigies of him out in the streets throughout australia.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Its amazing how money influences the game of cricket. If Australia did what india did last year, Steve Bucknor would have been suspended for his umpiring and their would be burning effigies of him out in the streets throughout australia.

Still a fireban in Victoria, ITBT...

 

[duffer]

Heh, that's a good connect right there.

 

[pup11]

I would agree that NZ lost the game more than we won it (as opposed to the previous game) and aside from Michael Clarke, our bowling was pretty ordinary.

Though that seems to have come at some cost, Clarke is now in doubt for the series decider.

Given Clarke history of back problems, he shouldn't have been made to bowl this many number of overs every game, this is probably the last thing Australia would have wanted going into such an important game, it would be a huge blow to the already fragile Aussie top-order if he doesn't play.

 

[Top_Cat]

Though that seems to have come at some cost, Clarke is now in doubt for the series decider.

Given Clarke history of back problems, he shouldn't have been made to bowl this many number of overs every game, this is probably the last thing Australia would have wanted going into such an important game, it would be a huge blow to the already fragile Aussie top-order if he doesn't play.

This is exactly why it was rather ill thought out that people were saying that the Aussie Test side don't need to pick a spinner and that Symonds/Clarke can just fill in with overs. Making them do more, especially something as strenuous as bowling, costs the team eventually.

 

[Precambrian]

Though that seems to have come at some cost, Clarke is now in doubt for the series decider.

Given Clarke history of back problems, he shouldn't have been made to bowl this many number of overs every game, this is probably the last thing Australia would have wanted going into such an important game, it would be a huge blow to the already fragile Aussie top-order if he doesn't play.

Can't say he will be missed hugely, going by his performances over the last 14 months. Who will be the replacement batsman?

 

[social]

Though that seems to have come at some cost, Clarke is now in doubt for the series decider.


Given Clarke history of back problems, he shouldn't have been made to bowl this many number of overs every game, this is probably the last thing Australia would have wanted going into such an important game, it would be a huge blow to the already fragile Aussie top-order if he doesn't play.

Here's a revolutionary idea - pick 4 bowlers and an all-rounder

 

[Athlai]

Haha awesome, his bowling has been excellent this series and I'll take a victory no matter how dirty.

 

[pup11]

I just hope we don't see Warner making a comeback into the side.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Would be the natural replacement, would it not?

Wouldn't mind Davey batting down the order; really only converted to opening the past year or two. He's a very good player of spin, and if set could be super during the death overs or batting powerplay.