2nd Test New Zealand v Australia March 8-12 0830hrs @ Hagley Oval

[Mr Meow]

We need this partnership to get us within around 100 runs, hope for a mini partnership with Carey (I know, I know) and then rely on the tail wagging as it does sometimes.

A captain's cameo by Cummins, with the LyonGOAT to hit the winning runs?

If there's no loss of wicket before stumps, we could still be in for an exciting day's play tomorrow.

 

[010203]

England and India gifted a dull, pathetic 5 match series, whereas this one only gets 2.
The disrespect New Zealand gets for series are a joke. Have deserved 3+ match series for years now

Unfortunately only 3 countries can afford to host test series containing more than 4 tests in a home summer.

 

[Santana]

If you are talking Smith he hasn’t averaged near that in the last 3 years

Avgered a bit over 40 last year.

Team management has really got themselves into a tango on what to do now.

 

[Xtreme]

UP THE NEW ZEALANDERS!!

 

[HalloweenJack]

I hope the brains trust in the Australian team noticed Trav's poor play ducking the bouncer when he left his bat up like a periscope. I remember Doug Walters doing the same (I think it was 1970-71 Ashes) and the ball hitting the bat and the catch taken in the gully.

 

[Boots73]

Tail wags the dog in Australian cricket.

Probably same 11 come first test of the next t summer unfortunately

When are they going to realise that this whole Smith, Green, Marsh thing does not work ?

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[Stax on the mill]

Head at least in this innings is playing with some restraint and responsibility. Hope he keeps going and doesn’t throw it away with a rush of blood.

 

[Gethelred]

Yeah small thing but he’ll learn still has had a good series

It's not something a modern coach would adjust. Some players - Travis Head is another one, so was AB De Villiers - just stay leg side of the ball. You gain the ability to score square of the wicket to straight bowling at the cost of not defending your stumps as well as you could.

It'd work if he could dependably leave the ball, but at present he's caught between playing a sixth stump line and leaving it.

 

[Odog]

Love to see a Head ton and a Kiwi win


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[010203]

BJ said Frank Worrell correctly.

 

[Santana]

Unfortunately only 3 countries can afford to host test series containing more than 4 tests in a home summer.

This needs to be pinned on this board somewhere so no one can miss it so we stop seeing those kinds of posts.

 

[Headless]

This is good keeping.

 

[Santana]

Love to see a Head ton and a Kiwi win


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Doubt Head would want to see that

 

[The Defender]

Test cricket is at an all time appalling standard & Australia batsmen are part of that.

 

[4Seasons]

Just took an Australian record number of catches in this Test.

Inglis would have broken the record by more.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Love to see a Kiwi win

 

[R00StaR]

Re the good/bad decision to bowl first storm, at the end of Day One it was universally praised as a good decision.
After 8/107 ==> all out 162, Cummins was praised by all.

The naysayers have ignored that, but both camps are upset because of where we are now.

We're in trouble now because of:
--- the pitch settling down, helping the Kiwis in their second dig. Suddenly, today, after lunch the ball turned and Lyon became dangerous. Who knew, or predicted that?
--- 2 dropped catches
--- unwise short-pitched bowling @ the Kiwis
--- profligate batting by our Top 4 today.

It's the Kiwi second dig that has us in deep doo-doo, not winning the toss and bowling. (edited)

Less complicated than that, its simply we cant bat.
Not helped by two guys hopelessly out of touch (despite Marnus' 90) who natural instincts are to play across the line.

 

[Moonwatcher]

This is the end of cricket

 

[Gethelred]

Move your feet, Travis. Stop playing him from the crease.

This is how you go out with the drift doing that much.

 

[Moonwatcher]

For the season

 

[FreoRicci]

That England/India series would have made money.

New Zealand loses money on a lot of their test matches

Maybe if the NZ public gave more of a sh*t about Test Cricket when it's not us touring they would be able to play more tests without losing money.

Then the game won’t grow. It’s not always about India, unfortunately.

 

[Odog]

Always love an underdog win in international cricket


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[gtrxuone]

Been a couple of solid days from the Kiwis.In the box seat now.Been a pretty good test wicket.
Aussies need to grind out the runs.Wait patiently for the bad ball+ run singles, rotating the strike.

 

[Plugger35]

One more wicket before stumps would be nice.

The Aussies will probably send out a decent batsman like Lyon though instead of Carey if that happens.

 

[Santana]

Then the game won’t grow. It’s not always about India, unfortunately.

New Zealand isn't the key to the growth of Test Cricket anyways. The same amount of people live in Melbourne. It's mostly Asia where Test Cricket's future will be determined.