New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2
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What do we expect when we play cricket in the middle of rugby season?
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@Crazy-Horse I can recollect as a boy, 40 plus years ago, hearing my father and other men bemoaning March weather to being too late for test cricket 🙂
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@MN5 said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
Grey as fuck and still spitting but definitely clearing.
I genuinely back this BC team to beat the Bangles even with this time lost...
At least with the toss delayed the follow on mark is reduced so if we can bat first and score decent runs we could have a chance. The Boult and Southee should have the ball hooping in these conditions.
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@Cyclops said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
@MN5 said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
Grey as fuck and still spitting but definitely clearing.
I genuinely back this BC team to beat the Bangles even with this time lost...
At least with the toss delayed the follow on mark is reduced so if we can bat first and score decent runs we could have a chance. The Boult and Southee should have the ball hooping in these conditions.
play today looking unlikely. Gone bad again.
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@Cyclops said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
@MN5 said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
Grey as fuck and still spitting but definitely clearing.
I genuinely back this BC team to beat the Bangles even with this time lost...
At least with the toss delayed the follow on mark is reduced so if we can bat first and score decent runs we could have a chance. The Boult and Southee should have the ball hooping in these conditions.
Win the toss and both teams would have to have a bowl. New Zealand would do it so they can rip through Bangladesh, Bangladesh would do it to stop that happening.
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Not a ball bowled in two days and the way some of you fellas are going on, we are somehow still a chance?
Tomorrow looks clearish, and surprisingly windy. Could be worth a bowl.
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@canefan said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
Isn't the Basin pitch a total road? There's no way there is a result assuming they get 3 full days of play. The best they can hope for is the batsmen get a chance to plump their stats
It flattens out, yeah. A bit of rain plus it does look a bit green so you never know.
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@hydro11 said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
@canefan said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
Isn't the Basin pitch a total road? There's no way there is a result assuming they get 3 full days of play. The best they can hope for is the batsmen get a chance to plump their stats
It flattens out, yeah. A bit of rain plus it does look a bit green so you never know.
In recent years I seem to recall it being juicy for a morning but if you survive into the afternoon batting conditions are perfect
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MODERATOR WARNING: Clicking on the following link takes you to an article by MARK REASON, gives him unwarranted extra clicks for his hit piece and makes you dumber.
What a load of rubbish. It’s how Wagner gets his wickets, so why would he stop?
I can’t imagine Kane ever saying ‘sorry Wags, you’ve got to keep the ball pitched up today, they don’t like the short stuff.’
They’re not playing under 11 c grade on a Saturday morning FFS!!!
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@Gunner Isn't that about what Douglas Jardine said?
Short answer to your question is that he won't stop.
But, to be honest, I'm not that comfortable with Wag's modus operandi. If he was an Australian I'd be screeching about him.
I'm somewhat surprised, given his success, that other teams haven't developed their own Wagners. In particular, new and improved versions that do the same thing but at 150kms.
Not sure that's a good way for cricket to go - though we've been there before with the Windies in the 1980s.
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@Gunner said in New Zealand v Bangladesh Test #2:
MODERATOR WARNING: Clicking on the following link takes you to an article by MARK REASON, gives him unwarranted extra clicks for his hit piece and makes you dumber.
What a load of rubbish. It’s how Wagner gets his wickets, so why would he stop?
I can’t imagine Kane ever saying ‘sorry Wags, you’ve got to keep the ball pitched up today, they don’t like the short stuff.’
They’re not playing under 11 c grade on a Saturday morning FFS!!!
Fuck sake @Gunner please provide a warning that was a Reason hit piece.
I'll edit your post so others can avoid my mistake!!
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@Chris-B maybe it's the fact he's not top drawer pace that takes the edge off. I know 135km hitting your melon ain't good, but once it starts coming faster that really amplifies the risk.
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@Paekakboyz I guess two things - (i) At 135kms any decent batsman is probably going to be pretty successful in evading it; and (ii) It's not exactly a surprise - everyone knows it's coming - the surprise ball is the one he pitches up.
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