***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

[SteveNZ]

I'm really heartened that Hesson has the balls to drop Southee. He would've offered zero on this pitch.

 

[Bahnz]

Boulteh!

 

[jcas0167]

Kyle Mills is insightful and doesn't pull his punches on commentary. Really don't like his voice, though.

I find he sounds similar to Stephen Fleming. I enjoy his commentary too, you can see he was quite a thoughtful player.

 

[veganbob]

Brilliant spell from boult, he deserved that

 

[straw man]

I'm really heartened that Hesson has the balls to drop Southee. He would've offered zero on this pitch.

Sounds like Boult is getting a little swing so I'm not sure Southee would have been completely useless here.

Hoping for a wicket from Jeets soon.

 

[SeamUp]

I think as the game goes on, hitting the wicket will be best for seamers hoping for inconsistent bounce and pace.

Well bowled Boult and NZL. Deserved that.

Now Amla's in early and not at imperious best and Elgar is being tested by Jeets as travelling to the ground this morning I dont think he thought he would be facing off-spin this early.

 

[SeamUp]

How soon will slips go in front of the wicket making scoring even more difficult ? That edge went straight down.

 

[Mike5181]

Jesus, Boult's on the money here.

 

[BeeGee]

Good to see Boult with his mojo back.

 

[Bahnz]

Apparently that lbw was going over, bad luck for Cook.

 

[straw man]

Sounds like Cook was unlucky with the lbw. Still, we needed it .

 

[SeamUp]

Apparently that lbw was going over, bad luck for Cook.

Hawkeye showed it hitting ?

 

[Prince EWS]

Really don't think two spinners is the right call - and would prefer Sodhi to Jeets as he's the more attacking option, but hoping to be proven wrong.

Yeah I think if they wanted to play two spinners, Santner had to bat in the top seven.. or at the very least CdG had to play over Neesham to give a more reliable third seam option. Two seamers just doesn't cut it for me at all, especially when one of them is Wagner.

I'm very happy with Patel over Sodhi though.

 

[Bahnz]

Hawkeye showed it hitting ?

Just going by cricinfo.

 

[veganbob]

So much negativity about the pitch on here. The first hour has been a great watch.

 

[burr]

What a beautiful delivery.

 

[straw man]

Hawkeye showed it hitting ?

Haha thanks cricinfo

"Was there a hawkeye replay I missed for Cook's dismissal? The one I saw had umpires call for impact but your comment says missing the stumps?." Apologies, Liam. You're right.

 

[weldone]

Ruthless captain Kane - Boult bowling 9-over spell

 

[straw man]

Alright, where's the next wicket coming from? Wagner time.

 

[_Ed_]

Alright, where's the next wicket coming from? Wagner time.

Excellent call.