New Zealand in India: 3 x T20 and 2 Tests - Nov/Dec 2021

[Bazal]

Was it that clear? Haven’t seen it yet

regardless, some umpiring careers likely over…

Oh he 1000% hammered it.

But the third umpire couldn't conclusively say whether it was bat or pad first. At full speed it looked blatant. In slow-mo, it was between frames.

There'll be some effigies in the works for sure

 

[TheParraboy]

Kholi and Pujara both out for ducks to Patel who has 3/42

India 3/156

 

[JohnDoe]

Patel keeping NZ in the game. Surely this will be Sommerville's last game for the Black Caps.

 

[JohnDoe]

Whats the odds of Saha batting but not keeping like the last test.

 

[Hutty1986]

Superb hundred from Agarwal. NZ need to blast away around him, or this game will slip away very quickly at this rate.

 

[Rod]

A nice spell from Ajaz covered what was a pretty terrible day from NZ all up. Jamieson had one of his only bad days as a test cricketer so far and Somerville showed what a terrible call it was to not bring in Wagner. India batted nicely but it was a good toss to win.

 

[Meth]

Honestly, I don't want to pile on but I just don't get Somerville. The fact that he's still considered one of our better spinners exposes how short we are in that facet of the game. You obviously are going to need spin to win in India, but I'm not sure trotting out somebody who is clearly mediocre and past it is not going to get the job done. As the conditions are so suited to spin, so too the Indian batsmen, who cut their teeth batting in those conditions, are accustomed to facing spin and they're not going to have any trouble facing a 37 year old Will Somerville.

He and Patel got the job done in Abu Dhabi once and now we think they can be a match winning pair.

 

[Twizzle]

Oh he 1000% hammered it.

1,000% ??

f**k me he must have smashed the cover off it

 

[Bazal]

1,000% ??

f**k me he must have smashed the cover off it

Slow news day

 

[JJ]

A

Honestly, I don't want to pile on but I just don't get Somerville. The fact that he's still considered one of our better spinners exposes how short we are in that facet of the game. You obviously are going to need spin to win in India, but I'm not sure trotting out somebody who is clearly mediocre and past it is not going to get the job done. As the conditions are so suited to spin, so too the Indian batsmen, who cut their teeth batting in those conditions, are accustomed to facing spin and they're not going to have any trouble facing a 37 year old Will Somerville.

He and Patel got the job done in Abu Dhabi once and now we think they can be a match winning pair.

x2, Ajaz is a good bowler, he usually shows that when he plays.

regardless of the conditions I really don’t understand playing Somerville ahead of Wagner, in fact in these conditions I’m not sure why Wagner isn’t first picked. That said, Southee has been consistently excellent for a few years now, and as someone said this is the first mediocre test day KJ has had.

 

[Bazal]

I almost feel like they expected Somerville to be the guy that bowls 45 overs for 1/80?

Which is a bit of a vain hope in India

 

[TheParraboy]

Patel gets 5

Could grab a few more id imagine

India 5/224

 

[TheParraboy]

Patel grabs his 6th, on a hat trick

Ashwin reviewing being bowled LOL

 

[JJ]

Phillips would offer more than Somerville tbh

really cool for Ajaz to play a test in the city he was born in, and do this

 

[TheParraboy]

Patel gets his 7th, can he get all 10?? A real possibility

India 7/291
Argawal out for 150

 

[JJ]

Patel gets his 7th, can he get all 10?? A real possibility

India 7/291
Argawal out for 150

If they keep bowling old man Will I’d put the house on it
Ajaz is a terrific bowler, horrible tgat Santner has ever played ahead of him tbh

 

[JJ]

Will has them in two minds, hard to decide between 4 and 6

 

[JJ]

Fine innings by Argarwal

 

[TheParraboy]

Patel now 8

Ind 8/316

 

[_snafu_]

India need Ramdeep Bangha right now.