Sports 🏏 Black Caps

[jonesy101]

Should be some rain over Wellington right about now. With all due respect to the good crowd at the Basin today hopefully the afternoon is wiped out.

 

[John Nick]

Phillips hat trick??
Important to scoop up the tail now

 

[Ever Hopeful]

This is great, but also gives them more time to bowl at us.

Chasing 350 plus is about as tall order as it can get in this particular situation, even for the most positive of minds

 

[jonesy101]

Game is getting interesting at 7 down. Still a mountain to climb but its looking more Cook than Everest. They have to get the last 3 out extremely cheaply to have a sniff at a chase of well less than 400 for an unlikely win. So annoying that partnership of 100 yesterday that should never have happened, otherwise things would be very interesting right about now.

 

[miket12]

Another great bit of leadership by the Black Caps.... don't bowl Phillips in the first innings and then he nearly gets a hat trick in the second.

 

[jonesy101]

I hope O'Rourke is ok. Please not be a long term injury.

 

[jonesy101]

Phillips you legend. Our new allrounder!

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Who is the fielding coach this summer!!! I haven't seen anything like it from NZ since the mid 90s

 

[jonesy101]

The Black Caps used to be the best fielders in the game. That drop was a shocker.

Kuggeleijn really needs to repay the faith shown in him by batting sensibly if its needed. He's largely had a test match to forget so far.

 

[John Nick]

The Black Caps used to be the best fielders in the game. That drop was a shocker.

A replay showed some good catches but yes .Take them all and see a different story

 

[jonesy101]

Not again!

 

[WA Warrior]

Not again!

Inexcusable. This is embarrassing.

 

[jonesy101]

Great effort in this session. They need to have some self belief with the run chase and chip away with the weather likely playing a part. No run outs for Kane please.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Wouldn't it be ironic (in some parallel universe) if we make a good fist of this before being thwarted by the weather!

 

[WA Warrior]

Wouldn't it be ironic (in some parallel universe) if we make a good fist of this before being thwarted by the weather!

I would be more than happy to get out of this with a draw.

 

[WA Warrior]

Hate to be such a negative prick.
But if we stopped the last wicket 100 run partnership like any top tier team should, we would be chasing a much more achievable 280 odd.

 

[WA Warrior]

Weak from Latham. Terrible dismissal.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Weak from Latham. Terrible dismissal.

I'm not going to bash a guy for cutting at a short and wide ball. If you were extra critical you could say that it could have been left due to the extra lift we have seen, but I'd prefer we were playing positively.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

We sure do have some players in a rut. Together with our casualties it doesn't make for pretty results.

Who on Earth plays for O'Rourke next game?! I'm sure Wagner won't reverse his decision. Santner, to leave us a quick down?

 

[jonesy101]

We sure do have some players in a rut. Together with our casualties it doesn't make for pretty results.

Who on Earth plays for O'Rourke next game?! I'm sure Wagner won't reverse his decision. Santner, to leave us a quick down?

If O'Rourke is out it might have to be, with a bit of extra medium pace work from Daryl Mitchell.