Rather unusual site to see one of the umps score a stump [the Banga ump].Chris Martin at the end went and got his jumper off him and looked as though he was trying to score the stump but the Banga ump wasn't giving it up.
Haha, yeah I saw that too. Good on him too, first Bangladesh umpire to stand in a Test since 2003, first outside of Bangladesh in the era of neutral umpires. He had a brilliant match as well, very professional performance. He's done heaps of ODIs but good on the ICC for working him into a pretty low-key Test match.
What a comical day of cricket. I was thinking at the start of the day of NZ batted for too long, they would struggle for force a result after yesterday's rain - LOL! Pretty upset there's nothing to watch tomorrow, but for NZ to have won 3 of our last 4 Tests, it's a very pleasing result.
Brilliant from Chris Martin, he's had a very good last 18 months. Great for him to pick up career-best figures this late in a career. Will move to 3rd-highest wicket taker for NZ in his next match.
It was a very good pitch for Test cricket - something for everyone - which you don't often see at Napier. Can't wait for the Tests against South Africa now on hopefully sporting pitches.
Will be interesting to see where Jesse Ryder fits back into the side assuming he's an automatic pick. Personally, I'd stick with the same side. Vettori at 6 provides such freedom to play 4 quicks and realistically you don't lose any batting at all considering our prone-to-collapse top order. It's Ryder v Brownlie IMO, and Brownlie has earned the whole summer after his efforts over here.
Watling was pretty good with the gloves I thought. Anyone else think he should have been given out on the run-out appeal on 99?