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***Official*** New Zealand in South Africa
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Polly doing well here..
as kiwi's lead by 123 runs...
as kiwi's lead by 123 runs...
straw man
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I'm not able to watch this on tv but according to cricinfo and the forum it seems there have been an almost laughable number of bad umpiring decisions this game. I don't know if these are two of the better umpires around at the me - with Asoka 'I give every third appeal out' de Silva and Darryl 'If I ever had it I've lost it' Hair. Most of the decisions seems to have gone against the batsmen too, which certainly doesn't help when the pitch is difficult enough as it is.
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It missed the bat by about three inches. "Hilariously inept" would be the pair of adjectives I'd use.oz_fan said:
thedarkmullet
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Its good to see the kiwis showing a bit more spine yesterday despite a couple of dodgy descisions. It looks like the pitch is improving for batting however and South Africa may well be put in to bat when its playing at its best. I think a 250 lead will make for an interesting contest....even though thats still some 100 runs away.
James
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65%/35% in SAF's favour currently IMO.
I'd much rather we only make another 50 runs and get to have a crack at them in the first session when there's the most movement around. Without Bond, it's going to take a awful lot to get another 10 wickets, even on this pitch.
If we score say another 100 runs which would probably take the whole first session at least, South Africa will have it easier in batting in the 2nd & 3rd sessions when we've seen less movement.
South Africa to win by 5 wickets is my pick.
I'd much rather we only make another 50 runs and get to have a crack at them in the first session when there's the most movement around. Without Bond, it's going to take a awful lot to get another 10 wickets, even on this pitch.
If we score say another 100 runs which would probably take the whole first session at least, South Africa will have it easier in batting in the 2nd & 3rd sessions when we've seen less movement.
South Africa to win by 5 wickets is my pick.
straw man
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Yes NZ did get a couple in their favour in the SAF innings (Boucher, Hall), but that is against the bad ones NZ got in the first innings (Fleming, Oram), and then there was McCullum in the second innings.marc71178 said:
Oh well... hopefully the umpires don't influence the result too much further tonight... and the team that plays the best will win.