Niall
International Coach
Moral victories are for Zimbabwe, NZ should want more than that, this is a good Saffer side but as their collapses have shown, its far from invincible.
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***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017
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straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Rain radar looks like ***.
I guess there is some chance Hamilton on the edge of the storm is spared some later rain if the storm drifts a little. Maybe we'll be lucky and get two hours play. Crossing all my fingers and toes.
I guess there is some chance Hamilton on the edge of the storm is spared some later rain if the storm drifts a little. Maybe we'll be lucky and get two hours play. Crossing all my fingers and toes.
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
With only two test wins against South Africa in my lifetime, I'll be absolutely bloody gutted if today is rained out. 
Haha...what I was proposing was far from a 'moral victory (ie something like a hard-fought draw or a close loss).
What I'm saying is come what may with the weather (an uncontrollable), it shouldn't detract from the immense positives from our performance (controllable). Just because it rained won't stop me feeling very proud that we got into a position, minus Taylor, Boult and Southee, where we were strong favourites to win the Test and very likely would have. Without winning I'll still be proud of our openers effort, especially late on day 2 (and Tom working hard through a form slump), Kane's epic knock, Henry's efforts, Colin continuing to offer something at Test level, our catching etc (whilst trying to forget our horrendous use of DRS). And expecting that that's our standard going forward to next summer (whilst gutted we have no more 5-dayers before then).
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
To be fair, we were saved by rain against SA in both the 1st and 3rd tests in 2012, against India in the 3rd test in 2009 and in the 2nd test against England in 2013. Obviously the lost wins sit in the memory more because of the sting.
jcas0167
International Regular
Also the rain helped in the semi-final in the 2015 WC
And 2003 (can't remember if that was a pool game or Super Sixes). South Africa probably feel like rain is their arch nemesis at big tournaments (picturing Boucher blocking out Murali with one to win after a big six) so maybe their fans will feel they're owed this weather.Also the rain helped in the semi-final in the 2015 WC
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
I hear napalm would dry things up pretty quickly. Would be an improvement on Hamilton, too.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
who has the worst climate for cricket?
a) england
b) new zealand
c) cydonia
a) england
b) new zealand
c) cydonia
WindieWeathers
International Regular
Got to give NZ credit for being in such a dominant position without the likes of Taylor, Boult and Southee. And I'm sure they will take heart from this test despite them (probably) losing the series. Although I must say Broom doesn't look up to much and Nicholl's future at Test level is gonna be interesting because he still looks a little unsure of himself imo. Ravel looks good though. SA, on the other hand, have some serious question to answer. Of course they've got the De Villiars factor up their sleeve but is he still even interested in Test cricket? And the opening spot is once again a major issue. The spinner done well during the first two tests but on a decent deck he looked harmless tbh so again it will be interesting to see how he copes after people have seen him now.
lockton2skipper
U19 Debutant
Colin de grandhomme looking the best of the non performing allrounders. Decent genuine seam bowler and now chipping in with usefull runs. Looks handy.