New Zealand vs Bangladesh (2 Tests)

[TubbsFarquhar]

Das is hitting beautifully here.

 

[Plugger35]

Got to admire the way that the Bangladesh batsmen keep on playing their shots despite being in a hopeless position, I guess they don't have much to lose now.

 

[Costanza_]

Three of the most sumptuous drives you'll ever see in the same over from Das.

Decent average for a wicket-keeper/batsman (33.5) after 28 tests. And at 27 should just be entering his prime years.

Edit: Wait, he's not keeping. Nurul Hasan is.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Got to admire the way that the Bangladesh batsmen keep on playing their shots despite being in a hopeless position, I guess they don't have much to lose now.

It helps when you're timing and driving them as well as Das is. Sohan nearly just threw his wicket away at the start of this over.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

That was coming, Sohan finally comes undone by playing a shot that wasn't there. He's done that a few times in the last 5 overs or so and gotten away with it but not that time.

Fantastic catch as well.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Belter of a catch Wagner.

 

[Plugger35]

A chance for NZ to wrap this match up today with that partnership broken.

 

[Costanza_]

A chance for NZ to wrap this match up today with that partnership broken.

They may run out of daylight.

Commentators were discussing that across a test series, if one of the ground doesn't have lights then lights can't be used at the venue that does have them. Is this specific to NZ? Or this series? What an absurd restriction.

 

[Plugger35]

They may run out of daylight.

Commentators were discussing that across a test series, if one of the ground doesn't have lights then lights can't be used at the venue that does have them. Is this specific to NZ? Or this series? What an absurd restriction.

The lights look like they are on there but it still looks quite dark.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Well done Das, a thoroughly deserved century . Clean hitting all innings. Just his 2nd one and his first out of Bangladesh.

 

[Plugger35]

Das brings up his ton, one of the few positives for Bangladesh in this test.

 

[Costanza_]

Brilliant century from Das. Some of the cleanest drives and pulls you'll see.

The lights look like they are on there but it still looks quite dark.

Yeah I don't what they were talking about, they were speaking as if the lights couldn't be used but 10 minutes later they were on.

 

[PhatBoy]

What a sparkling hundred that is.

Not dissimilar in circumstance and manner to Laxman’s famous 167 at the SCG

 

[BStaff17]

Gotta give roscoe a bowl surely.

Wouldnt hurt to give him a few overs may get a test wicket.

 

[Jamurp]

Damn, Das as playing seriously well, match will be over quickly now, what an innings though.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Out strides Ebadot - career batting average 0.5, hs 2.

Ed: edges his first ball for 4, new hs

 

[Jamurp]

Ebadot gotta get that average above 1.

 

[Costanza_]

Give Taylor an over if they survive this Jamieson over. Crowd would go mental.

 

[Costanza_]

Ebadot with the sponsor-less bat, classic.

 

[Plugger35]

Give Taylor an over if they survive this Jamieson over. Crowd would go mental.

Might be embarrassing if they started tonking him though.

 

[Jamurp]

Ebadot with the sponsor-less bat, classic.

are you actually allowed to use a branded bat if you aren't sponsored? Never understand the sponsor-less bat.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Ebadot on strike, give Taylor a trundle.

Ed: it’s happening.

 

[Trojan90]

Yes! Rosco getting a bowl.

 

[Jamurp]

haha Taylor getting a bowl!

 

[Plugger35]

Taylor getting a bowl.

Would be a fairytale finish if he gets the last wicket to win the test.