2nd Test: West Indies tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Dec 9-13 2017

[vvvrulz]

this lady commentator is insufferable

I have nothing against bringing female commentators into the game, but good grief most of them are just terrible .

 

[Meth]

Sunil Ambris. Really? 2nd time in first 3 test innings he is out hit wicket stepping on his stumps. Chief, little bit of advice. Take guard a foot further up and it won't happen again.

Bowlers get a hard time for overstepping with their front foot and fair enough. This is ridiculous. One is embarrassing. Two, in succession, is a serious technical issue for an international batsmen.

 

[Meth]

Whose catch was better? Boult, or Lyon?

 

[JJ]

Whose catch was better? Boult, or Lyon?

Boult has many better than Lyon's - much harder being fast bowler

 

[Meth]

Boult has many better than Lyon's - much harder being fast bowler

For sure, but it was one heck of a stretch

 

[Meth]

WI innings wrapped up with the lead 152. NZ will be looking to bat all day (obviously) and a little bit of tomorrow? What total is enough?

 

[Meth]

Williamson needs a score here. I know his numbers look pretty good, but he really needs to leave behind the conversation about whether he is 3rd of 4th and start putting some heat on Smith and Kohli again. He's capable. He's coming out to bat now in the sort of situation where Smith has proven his mettle again and again. Let's see him be there at stumps today.

 

[Meth]

Pretty marginal LBW call there- just enough for it to stick with the onfield decision. Latham gone.

 

[Meth]

Williamson on 27

Taylor on 3

Commentators already talking about them scoring centuries

 

[Meth]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/54298.html

The awful female commentator. Not a bad record.

 

[Meth]

Williamson gone. A beauty; swinging yorker from Cummins. WI are not quite level, but a couple of quick wickets and they will be in with a chance.

 

[Meth]

Not sure what kind of total this West Indian team is capable of. Best I've found from their recent history was http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...nd-1st-Test-england-tour-of-west-indies-2015/ In the WI and featuring contributions from players that are not in the team- most noticeably, Jason Holder.

 

[Das Gupta]

Not sure what kind of total this West Indian team is capable of. Best I've found from their recent history was http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...nd-1st-Test-england-tour-of-west-indies-2015/ In the WI and featuring contributions from players that are not in the team- most noticeably, Jason Holder.

They chased down 322 against the poms a few months ago.
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=2290

 

[Iafeta]

So.... tell me again why Nicholls gets an unabated run at #5? Surely we can do better. Now that we are over our unconventional strokemaker phobia thanks to CDG, can we give Munro a go?

 

[Das Gupta]

WI innings wrapped up with the lead 152. NZ will be looking to bat all day (obviously) and a little bit of tomorrow? What total is enough?

I feel comfortable with anything over 350.

 

[Meth]

They chased down 322 against the poms a few months ago.
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=2290

There you go! Unnerving.

 

[Meth]

So.... tell me again why Nicholls gets an unabated run at #5? Surely we can do better. Now that we are over our unconventional strokemaker phobia thanks to CDG, can we give Munro a go?

I don't know if Munro is the answer, but Nicholl isn't.

Cummins is bowling a great spell here. Taylor and Santner need to survive it.

 

[Meth]

No bloody idea why they are bowling Braithwaite right now. Put Gabriel on at that end.

 

[Meth]

Shot

 

[ANTiLAG]

So will Niccolls still be in the team next test?

Options include:
Tom Bruce;
Colin Munro;
Watling as a batsman;
Latham to 5 and Worker opens.

All better options in my opinion and based on a NZC no Jesse policy. I like the Worker option the least despite thinking Latham would go better in the middle.