1st Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin on Mar 8-12, 2017

[Meth]

Yep - and now triply important that we win this test - we rely so heavily on Williamson,. Taylor, Boult and Wagner it's not funny

Hope they resist the temptation to bring in Guptill for #4, someone in the Herald said Broom and Munro were the two options - OMG I hope they're not considering Munro

Broom or Brownlie would be my choice (have them both other Nicholls in a heartbeat) - unless they think de Grandhomme is up to it (which I don't)

Guptill is out- 6 weeks of hamstring rehab.

And yeah...

Raval
Latham
Williamson
Broom
Brownlie

 

[JJ]

Guptill is out- 6 weeks of hamstring rehab.

And yeah...

Raval
Latham
Williamson
Broom
Brownlie

Well at least the Guptill stuff won't cloud the issue - I suspect they'll keep Nicholls (although why escapes me) - but think your lineup is better wouldn't surprise me to see Brownlie at 4/5 in place of Taylor, he's done well against this lot before, and Philander/Rabada/Morkel etc aren't plodders

 

[Meth]

I was even open to shifting Latham down to 5, but that might be a bit of a knee-jerk

 

[Bazal]

Jeez any muppet Aussie fans who reckon Renshaw can't rotate the strike really should be watching Santner....34 deliveries for one scoring shot!

 

[Meth]

Ground's been evacuated

 

[JJ]

That's a first - hope some idiot didn't schedule a fire drill for the wrong day! Or it's an O-week prank?

 

[Meth]

A real bummer, as NZ could have snagged a couple of wickets and really had South Africa on the rack.

 

[El Diablo]

what a backward country

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Must have been tough evacuating 984 fans.

 

[Hutty1986]

Ground's been evacuated

I hear there was an absolutely cracking tennis match going on nearby and JJ shepherded everyone off to watch it

 

[Twizzle]

what a backward country

troll

 

[JJ]

Bit of damp around in Dunedin this morning, not conducive to cricket or tennis

 

[_snafu_]

Catching ability:

Wade > Latham

 

[Iafeta]

Appalling from Latham. In the space of a month he's gone from being a good international cricketer to being a bloke who shouldn't get picked for Canterbury B. What's changed? I've never seen a cricketer go to custard as remarkably quick and as bad as this in all my years. Gav Larsen, if you ever pick this bloke to be the wicket keeper again you need to be sacked instantly. His confidence is now completely shot.

 

[JJ]

Hindsight is 20:20 I thought Latham keeping was an ok idea ahead of time, nothing has gone well for him since

 

[JJ]

Dave never seemed convinced....

Duminy is such a myth

 

[Iafeta]

This team is absolutely disgraceful at using DRS. Three opportunities, got it wrong three times. Awful cricket from New Zealand.

 

[JJ]

Two clownish reviews one non review and a spilled catch, brilliant!

 

[Iafeta]

They have an outstanding chance to win a test here, but they have completely ballsed up this session. Appalling cricket. And now Watling drops another. This is his worst test keeping by some margin.

 

[Iafeta]

Plumb son.