General Black Caps...

[john nick]

Hopefully I can post on this thread.
Looking like a belter in India. 😉
India 44 for 4.

 

[john nick]

Hopefully I can post on this thread.
Looking like a belter in India. 😉
India 44 for 4.

Change that to 45 for 5

 

[W.A warrior]

Matthew Hayden fired up calling out the wicket.
Crazy spin from the 6th over.

 

[Inruin]

Matthew Hayden fired up calling out the wicket.
Crazy spin from the 6th over.

Meh... I like seeing the different conditions and contest.

 

[Ref]

they owe us one

Did well without the options of Boult, Jamieson, Milne, Ferguson.
Southee Wagner and Henry carried the day.

 

[jonesy101]

Given the state of the pitch at the time, I'm not sure why they didn't bat again and put on a lead of close to 500. Gives their bowlers a rest and puts us in the field, wearing us down on a pitch that looked ok to bat on.

Must have thought we may have been fragile enough to roll again quickly.

The weather forecast possibly played a factor also. There were showers forecast for the final two days which they might have thought could take time out of the game, but they never arrived.

 

[Blackdot]

Great knock from Kane, and I’m glad Wagner could be out in the middle for another victory (and I hope this doesn’t end up being his last match).

Two really exciting test matches in a row, you love to see it.

 

[Inruin]

Another exciting test and the black caps win it off the last ball!

 

[Miket12]

Second win at the death!!!! Glad Kane was there at the end.

 

[jonesy101]

I reckon alongside England we now produce the best wickets for test cricket.

 

[JaggedJ]

I reckon alongside England we now produce the best wickets for test cricket.

Comfortably. Australian and South African wickets are almost identical but roads for anyone who doesn't bowl 140kph+. Windies are the slowest sludgiest pitches around, and lets just not talk about the dustbowls on the subcontinent.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

If you love test cricket like me, don't look at the future tours programme for NZ. We tour Bangladesh on rank turners at the very end of the year...that is it unless something last minute is squeezed in. Hence the conjecture around Wagner, though Aussie touring next summer might entice him to stay.

I'd be tempted to call time after two great wins if it was me.

As innocuous as our test attack is becoming, I still thought Sri Lanka were awesome coming into our conditions on very little cricket.

 

[Inruin]

If you love test cricket like me, don't look at the future tours programme for NZ. We tour Bangladesh on rank turners at the very end of the year...that is it unless something last minute is squeezed in. Hence the conjecture around Wagner, though Aussie touring next summer might entice him to stay.

I'd be tempted to call time after two great wins if it was me.

As innocuous as our test attack is becoming, I still thought Sri Lanka were awesome coming into our conditions on very little cricket.

Wagner out for second test, Henry might be in doubt with his hand, our bowling looks very light. We have gone from having a strong bowling lineup with some depth to not looking very strong at all quite quickly.

 

[Bangbros 2023]

If you love test cricket like me, don't look at the future tours programme for NZ. We tour Bangladesh on rank turners at the very end of the year...that is it unless something last minute is squeezed in. Hence the conjecture around Wagner, though Aussie touring next summer might entice him to stay.

I'd be tempted to call time after two great wins if it was me.

As innocuous as our test attack is becoming, I still thought Sri Lanka were awesome coming into our conditions on very little cricket.

I really thought this would be it this year for waggy! Probably another one that will force the coaching staff to make a call. I really have a gripe with how some players dont get to go out the way they should.

Guppy and Waggy should of been celebrated this year.

 

[Cces]

Anyone able to give me an idea of how much they played today & between what times? The weather was shit here until 4pm so I'm surprised they got much play in at all

 

[jonesy101]

Anyone able to give me an idea of how much they played today & between what times? The weather was shit here until 4pm so I'm surprised they got much play in at all

They played between 3:30 and 7:30 and got around 60 overs in. Can't remember the exact number but it was just enough!

 

[Dixpat]

Anyone able to give me an idea of how much they played today & between what times? The weather was shit here until 4pm so I'm surprised they got much play in at all

53 overs in about 3hr 40

 

[mrblonde]

I was wondering what the rules are if the alloted final day's overs have been bowled but the umpires still deem a result as still likely. Could the umpires get together and annouce "We're having another half hour!"? Or do they consult both captains, although I can see one of them obviously would say "We can nail this in thirty minutes!" and the other would be all "No, that cuts into our watching everyone bitch and cry on MAFS time, mate, let's knock it on the head!"

 

[Dixpat]

I was wondering what the rules are if the alloted final day's overs have been bowled but the umpires still deem a result as still likely. Could the umpires get together and annouce "We're having another half hour!"? Or do they consult both captains, although I can see one of them obviously would say "We can nail this in thirty minutes!" and the other would be all "No, that cuts into our watching everyone bitch and cry on MAFS time, mate, let's knock it on the head!"

There are well defined hours of play and play would continue until time had expired.

Said another way hours have precedence over number of overs Except in the last scheduled hour on the final day when 15 overs minimum must be bowled unless the light does not allow to do so in safety