**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[Zinzan]

An old fashioned 1950's scorecard this.

Philander to grab all 10.

lol more like 1850s FC cricket scoring when only two bowlers were used and 100 was a good score.

 

[ajdude]

I must check with Mike Hesson, because I'm not entirely sure that Philander has earned the right to take 4 wickets in the first hour.

hesson to protest on grounds of "batsmen did not earn right to go out"

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

ffs the ball is moving all over the shop. Why the **** would you bat first?

Aggression! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

 

[NZTailender]

ffs the ball is moving all over the shop. Why the **** would you bat first?

Who is the decision down to? Captain or coach? Oh wait, doesn't matter...

 

[Teja.]

GIFSoup

Steyn is awesome but no Waqar, WAG.

Long may the record stand.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

**** **** eat it Hesson

franklin to score a double then grab a 5w bag

 

[Blakey]

Hesson, take a nod from Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights - get the team off the park.

Declare, do something. Oh the humanity.

 

[straw man]

ffs really guys? i could understand if Steyn was ripping through us but Philander, sure he lands the ball in good areas with a little bit of movement but that is no reason for this collapse.

Williamson looking good though

Disagree - Philander's been outstanding and this is a great pitch for him - probably even moreso than for Steyn. Significantly better lineups than ours would be struggling here.

 

[Prensel]

Can I choose 11 wickets because sa will declare by the end of the day

 

[Athlai]

Franklin Save us.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Ridonkulous!

The decision to bat first looking better and better.

 

[SilentOne]

that has to be the quickest 5'fer in test cricket ever, surely?

 

[Athlai]

that has to be the quickest 5'fer in test cricket ever, surely?

Was about to ask actually.

 

[Flem274*]

Wow, what a ball!

Elevate a tailender to try and hit Philander out of the attack or just declare and get our own bowlers out there.

 

[Bahnz]

ffs really guys? i could understand if Steyn was ripping through us but Philander, sure he lands the ball in good areas with a little bit of movement but that is no reason for this collapse.

Williamson looking good though

Tbh, with the exception of McCullum's awful sliding-door forward defensive, there's not a whole lot that our batsmen could've done different. Philander has been a beast.

McCullum hadn't earned the right to to make an aggressive decision like batting first on this pitch.

 

[NZTailender]

Hey, we passed 26 at least.

 

[Zinzan]

Would losing both tests by an innings and 100 + runs cost Hesson his role, or did he earn the right to get a free run for 10 years now regardless?

 

[Blakey]

Ok then.

Predictions on NZ's first innings score?

 

[straw man]

Absurd scorecard - only tenth over

 

[ajdude]

that has to be the quickest 5'fer in test cricket ever, surely?

weren't that talking about that in regards to cape town '11, watson's 5fer and then philander's 5fer overtook it or something?