*Official* World Test Championship Final 2021

[nzfan]

Gavaskar trying to put pressure on our boys from the commentary box I guess. Hope the boys have the audio muted in the dressing room

 

[cnerd123]

Shami's bowling well but a touch short

Get Jaddu in

 

[Window]

All this talk of rain and rain dance from fans when they’re team is losing is the worst.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Gavaskar trying to put pressure on our boys from the commentary box I guess. Hope the boys have the audio muted in the dressing room

Is he doing a clenched fist in front of Simon Doull's face?

 

[Arachnodouche]

NZ don't look too harried. Think they'll ice this without much trouble.

 

[Aritro]

They'll surely bowl Ashwin continuously for the rest of the day.

 

[hendrix]

Need to score some runs tbh. Would be bitterly disappointed with a draw from here.

 

[Meridio]

Scoring at 3 an over here is not going to be easy. Shami's just going to hang the ball outside off stump and we seem paralysed against Ashwin

 

[Pup Clarke]

Got to get Jadeja involved. Big game player and he can really bowl dry

 

[Bijed]

Feels like the required run rate is just high enough to get into their heads. Latham’s head especially.

Yep, just high enough so that even if you get a boundary, it doesn't take too many dot balls to get you feeling like you have to do something again.

Think it's fair to say that there's been exactly the right amount of rain to make this finish as interesting as possible, imagine how boringly straightforward this would be if it had been dry the whole time

 

[Jack1]

Taylor ....... what are you doing son

 

[OverratedSanity]

High quality spell from ashwin. Hope he has the stamina for a marathon here.

 

[Meridio]

ffs there were about 3 half volleys that over from Ashwin, need to pick up runs off them

 

[Flem274*]

This is the benefit of sending bowlers up the order for a mow in a small chase. They don't have to care about batting properly, and their wickets are no value.

 

[nzfan]

Is he doing a clenched fist in front of Simon Doull's face?

One more wicket and he will. Just consistently taking about the run rate. We don't need 8s for **** sake

 

[Shri]

Scoring at 3 an over here is not going to be easy. Shami's just going to hang the ball outside off stump and we seem paralysed against Ashwin

if kanos goes after ashwin successfully it'll be an easy win

he has the skill to do it

 

[hendrix]

ffs there were about 3 half volleys that over from Ashwin, need to pick up runs off them

Yeah this is exactly what we didn't need from Taylor. Pretty poor tbh.

 

[OverratedSanity]

ffs there were about 3 half volleys that over from Ashwin, need to pick up runs off them

He gets drift on a lot of those, can be tricky to play early on.

 

[TheBrand]

CdG in next please.

 

[Moss]

Build a partnership and RR will take care of itself, but then scoring isn't easy without risks. I suppose they're reasoning that with wickets in hand later they can have a dash at the end if needed.