***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

[wellAlbidarned]

yeah it's pretty unreasonable to say we should've enforced the follow on. Really can't see how it would've worked otherwise, we were 400 ahead ffs. There's not a lot you can do from there other than send 'em back in without taking some pretty crazy risks.

 

[BeeGee]

Well of course... but that would be the case whether we enforced the follow-on or not.

If we had enforced the follow-on either:
- We would have scored 100 to give our bowlers a session rest... and right now we would be crapping ourselves as the Windies near a record 500 chase, or;
- We would have batted a bit longer to score 200 and the equation would be fairly similar to what it is right now imo, because the max we could reasonably chase in the second half of today is around 200.

yeah it's pretty unreasonable to say we should've enforced the follow on. Really can't see how it would've worked otherwise, we were 400 ahead ffs. There's not a lot you can do from there other than send 'em back in without taking some pretty crazy risks.

We did enforce the follow on. I think you mean didn't enforce the follow on.

 

[hendrix]

Well of course... but that would be the case whether we enforced the follow-on or not.

If we had enforced the follow-on either:
- We would have scored 100 to give our bowlers a session rest... and right now we would be crapping ourselves as the Windies near a record 500 chase, or;
- We would have batted a bit longer to score 200 and the equation would be fairly similar to what it is right now imo, because the max we could reasonably chase in the second half of today is around 200.

The argument is that our bowlers were tired. But I don't think this is a good enough reason not to enforce the follow on.

They'd only bowled 60 overs. They had a night's rest as well. Now they've had another night's rest, they have an opportunity to finish it off.

I think it's best just to say that Bravo has batted an ATG innings and that our 3rd seamer hasn't been good enough.

 

[hendrix]

****.

Rain.

 

[straw man]

YES!!!

That really kept low

 

[hendrix]

there we go Boulty!

 

[hendrix]

finally something from the pitch.

 

[BeeGee]

Nice one Boult.

 

[straw man]

Can actually give that one to Craig McMillan, who was just complaining that NZ pitches don't deteriorate enough and day 5 should be the most difficult time to bat.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Boult you beaut!!!!

 

[straw man]

Mild commiserations to Bravo - took some pitch trickery to get him out

 

[wellAlbidarned]

We did enforce the follow on. I think you mean didn't enforce the follow on.

ahaha, yeah. A year of science has pretty much wrecked my proof-reading skills.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

YAYAYAYA BOULTEH z

 

[hendrix]

Bishop actually makes a good point there. The "strength as a weakness" plan gifted him 106 runs through the covers.

 

[hendrix]

I don't like around the wicket.

 

[hendrix]

very good knock from Sammy.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Bishop actually makes a good point there. The "strength as a weakness" plan gifted him 106 runs through the covers.

Would've gifted him 106 runs through easy leg glances otherwise. Sometimes you've gotta give the batsman credit, it definitely wasn't a pitch you wanted to bowl too straight on yesterday either.

 

[Athlai]

Bravo definitely better than Williamson.

Sad times.

 

[straw man]

Richardson and McMillan currently advocating our bowlers abandon line and length and 'mix it up' (bowl more licorice allsorts) as far as I can see.

Oh and now Richardson, who said a few moments ago about Southee's last bouncer 'yeah that just didn't get up enough' is now saying 'NZ fast bowlers for some reason don't think they should bowl bouncers unless it can be a rip-snorter that roars past his nose'. Which one is it?

 

[Athlai]

Sammy looking as uncomfortable here as Phlegm does outside of his show jumping uniform.