Cleavy
Hall of Famer
no, 2-0 or don't come homeWould Australia be a happy with a 1-0 series win from here ? The way tests are played these days, a player like Will Young will get found out at this level if he sits back and just defends for all life. He needs to be more open and look to score, to move the game ahead. Given how much ample time was remaining, your best form of defence in test cricket is to attack. Sitting back and letting the Australian bowlers dictate with dot ball after dot ball and not looking to rotate strike plays into Australias hands , as they can bowl a consistent set of deliveries in the same block.
I just woke up its 8:30am WST and was expecting it to go a bit deeper today.
NZs tail is fairly longer from 8 onwards.