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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    replied to voodoo on last edited by
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    @voodoo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

    @Rembrandt Australian nanny state is really gwtting out of control

    Especially in the Peoples Republic of Victoria...

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  • DonsteppaD Offline
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    The instant that pundits start dribbling “the best ever Black Caps side to leave New Zealand to tour Country X” onto their keyboards - we should call off that tour immediately.

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  • No QuarterN Offline
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    Aus well on top. Still really struggling with the decision to bowl first. Shows a real lack of confidence - playing Aus in Aus you go hard or go home.

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    Well this has turned out to be quite the damp squib

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    Outplayed again.

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  • gt12G Offline
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    Kane should never be allowed to call even if we do win the toss!

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    Stead and Williamson should be giving themselves uppercuts for persisting with Santner

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  • MokeyM Offline
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    Too many runs, not enough wickets for the end of day one. Smith looking very comfy. If we don't get him early tomorrow, we are kinda farked. BC's need to be sharper in the field, we are not at all great at chasing down Aussie totals. Especially when their bowling attack has a lot more teeth than ours.

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  • No QuarterN Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
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    Don't want to be a broken record but choosing to bat last against Aus in Aus is such a poor decision. I wouldn't want us chasing anything against their attack, we should be setting the target and using scoreboard pressure to take wickets, which is exactly what they get to do now.

    We just needed to bat and get 300 odd and we are right in the game.

    Stupid cricket is so annoying.

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    replied to No Quarter on last edited by Chris B.
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    @No-Quarter Yeah - probably not a good decision, but it might just have been if Kane had made that runout.

    Unfortunately, we need to play out of our skins and take everything to beat Australia.

    The unfortunate thing is that while our batting line-up might almost edge theirs, their bowling is so much better than ours - to win we need a flattish track and to take everything.

    The upside is that I haven't seen anything in this track that will make it as difficult as Perth, so we need to bat fucking well when we get our first dig and not give Lyon a chance to spin us out on the last day.

    To ram the point home - my Australasian team - Latham, Warner, Labuschagne, Williamson (c), Smith, Taylor, Watling, Cummins, Starc, Hazelwood, Lyon.

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    wrote on last edited by KiwiMurph
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    I can understand the decision to bowl first.

    The pitch was not easy to deal with - an enormous crowd - their bowlers who bowl 20 km/h faster - our openers who are either green or out of form - also being out in the field in 20 degrees is far more pleasant than the temperatures forecast for the coming days.

    I reckon if we had batted first we would be in big trouble.

    What I can't understand is playing Santner - the bloke is punishing to watch bowl. That was a soft call not to drop him.

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    @KiwiMurph Yeah - we should have called up Ajaz Patel when Ferg was injured.

    Not really much point in having Jamieson there, when Henry isn't playing and would have played ahead of him. Maybe as a net bowler.

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    @KiwiMurph
    Bowling first seemed like the best option and hope for the best...
    Missing runouts against Oz you will always get punished and a couple of pieces of luck went against us so I guess we just get up tomorrow with a relatively shiny nut and go like stink in the first session and hopefully playing on a road for the second half of the day.
    Pitch looks like it could turn into anything so let’s just hope we get the best batting conditions, knock them over cheaply and score enough to take it to a decider in Sydney !
    I am a positive supporter who has been hanging off the bandwagon for 50 years so indulge my fantasies 🤓

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  • Xpat61X Offline
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    The best batting conditions will be tomorrow afternoon and Saturday when we should be at the crease!
    I watched something on TV about drop in pitches today so I feel quite qualified to comment on this!
    Restrict them to 330 score 480 then bowl them out for 300 and it’s on😎
    I’m taking my sons to the first day in Sydney and I want a decider dammit!

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    replied to Chris B. on last edited by
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    @Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

    And Seedy G gets him - but, probably not as cheaply as we should have and needed.

    A like for "Seedy G"

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  • No QuarterN Offline
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    @KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

    I can understand the decision to bowl first.

    The pitch was not easy to deal with - an enormous crowd - their bowlers who bowl 20 km/h faster - our openers who are either green or out of form - also being out in the field in 20 degrees is far more pleasant than the temperatures forecast for the coming days.

    I reckon if we had batted first we would be in big trouble.

    What I can't understand is playing Santner - the bloke is punishing to watch bowl. That was a soft call not to drop him.

    I can sort of understand the forecast reasoning, but the rest just speaks to a complete lack of confidence. If we don't back our batsmen to put a total on the board batting first then we have no business touring Australia. Bowling first and hoping for the best very rarely works against them at home.

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    @Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

    @No-Quarter Yeah - probably not a good decision, but it might just have been if Kane had made that runout.

    Unfortunately, we need to play out of our skins and take everything to beat Australia.

    The unfortunate thing is that while our batting line-up might almost edge theirs, their bowling is so much better than ours - to win we need a flattish track and to take everything.

    The upside is that I haven't seen anything in this track that will make it as difficult as Perth, so we need to bat fucking well when we get our first dig and not give Lyon a chance to spin us out on the last day.

    To ram the point home - my Australasian team - Latham, Warner, Labuschagne, Williamson (c), Smith, Taylor, Watling, Cummins, Starc, Hazelwood, Lyon.

    Aussies look a lot better now they have Labuschagne. Out of nowhere they have another batsman who is seemingly world class. Warner is also very good when not facing Broad. Hard to argue with your bowling attack in their conditions. Their guys are quicker than ours - Boult/Southee generally need a bit of swing. In some conditions, I think we could take the Aussies but not on a pitch like this.

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  • SiamS Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Siam
    #628

    Yuck. This is looking ominously familiar

    They only need another 150 to be in a position where they won't lose.

    Fair enough having a crack, and like day 1 in Perth, we haven't done much wrong and, Santner aside, bowled pretty well, but it's fine margins against oz in oz - you gotta get special run outs.

    Australia got great, patient service from it's big 3 and have batted with incredible determination and steadfastness. Really impressive. Just what's needed to get the job done against our decent attack

    The big news today is we have to set about getting 400 plus whatever the game situation, so that's something that has to happen lest the series gets dunny flushed right here and now.

    Oz are hard to beat at home and this wicket will be a cnut to bat on last.

    There's no daring to dream, but winning some sessions would be nice

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  • Chris B.C Offline
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    replied to hydro11 on last edited by
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    @hydro11 Yeah - it's not really a reflection on our guys.

    If you were picking a World XI to play in Australia it probably wouldn't change much from the team I've named above.

    Kohli would definitely come in.

    Maybe Bumrah or Rabada. Maybe Ashwin or Jadeja for Lyon. Maybe Rohit for Latham. But all these guys would be marginal improvements, if at all.

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