New Zealand v Australia, 1st Test, Wellington

[HBF]

Quite a long tail we have for this match. A lot is going to be left to these two, plus Marsh and Nevill.

 

[The_Reaper]

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone in as good a form as Usman Khawaja is at the moment.

Ricky Ponting 2005/2006

 

[Van_Dyke]

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone in as good a form as Usman Khawaja is at the moment.

M.Clarke 2011-2012

 

[McCrabblett]

Quite a long tail we have for this match. A lot is going to be left to these two, plus Marsh and Nevill.

One of the unknowns here. We could easily drop the last 6 wickets for under 50 so we need to get the most out of this partnership.

You could raffle spots 8-10, personally Id actually have Lyon above Siddle and Hazlewood.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone in as good a form as Usman Khawaja is at the moment.

Mitchell Johnson 2013-14

 

[madmug]

Just looking at scorecard.
Amazing to see that we are 13 dismissals into the match. Every wicket so far has had the batsman out caught.
Unlikely to have ever happened before.

Well one should have been bowled out

(but dont tell the Kiwis that)

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Bloody hell Khawaja is in the form of his life.

Remind me why he wasn't in the ODI and t20 sides first thing...

 

[danstar]

Good to see another road when are they going to stop producing highways and not minefields

In saying that we bowled brilliantly yesterday

 

[McCrabblett]

Remind me why he wasn't in the ODI and t20 sides first thing...

It's a Marsh thing.

 

[Demosthenes]

Khawaja is nowhere near those guys.

 

[Mister B]

Just saw the no ball decision for the first time before. Not sure if anyone has raised it, but I wonder if the orange wedge of colour at the back end of the bowlers shoe had any impact on the decision. I wonder if in the light that the orange didn't stand out and the umpire mistakenly was watching the white part of the shoe thinking that was the heel?

 

[Van_Dyke]

Remind me why he wasn't in the ODI and t20 sides first thing...

ODI- Marsh, who has a very solid ODI record was preferred, with Khawaja having an average ODD cup.
T20- Where would he bat?

 

[Rustin Cohle]

3 no balls in the same over. LOL

 

[LukeParkerno1]

We need 450+ as this pitch is a belter now

 

[SilentHunter_]

I don't know if I've ever seen anyone in as good a form as Usman Khawaja is at the moment.

Ricky Ponting 2005/2006

Mitchell Johnson 2013-14

M.Clarke 2011-2012

 

[LukeParkerno1]

ODI- Marsh, who has a very solid ODI record was preferred, with Khawaja having an average ODD cup.
T20- Where would he bat?

Khawaja is better than Marsh, period. As for T20..he should open. Warner can bat at 3 or 4.

 

[HBF]

First time today Khawaja looks a bit shaky at the crease.

 

[JackOutback]

Remind me why he wasn't in the ODI and t20 sides first thing...

Because you don't drop in-form batsmen on the assumption that he will automatically make the transition. So Khawaja had to wait six ODIs and three T20s to get a go, boo hoo. And a form batsman was still dropped to make way. He was handled fine.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Khawaja is better than Marsh, period. As for T20..he should open. Warner can bat at 3 or 4.

Marsh has the better ODI record. Marsh had a better performance in the ODD games.

 

[The_Reaper]

Remind me why he wasn't in the ODI and t20 sides first thing...

Because the selectors acted the same way they normally do and have done for years?

 

[HBF]

Shot Voges.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Because the selectors acted the same way they normally do and have done for years?

That's gone so well recently with overseas losses all over the joint!

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

FFS Adam, broken bat now. Been desperate for a s**t for 15 minutes now.

 

[danstar]

Whos the numpty in the comm box saying voges is in the form of his life he hasnt done much

 

[Willo_]

I have so many jobs to do this morning that are getting neglected becasue the Cricket has been on since 8.30