2nd ODI: Australia v New Zealand at Canberra on Dec 6, 2016

[AlwaysGreen]

Southee in Freeby Ferguson out
Faulkner in zampa out.

Id have kept the spinner and dumped levers or brought the show in and dumped levers.

Or just dumped levers and gone in with ten.

 

[Bazal]

Clarkey helping an old lady down the stairs, what a human

 

[Tommy Smith]

Do NZ always bowl first against Aus because of romantic memories of when they chased like 330 b2b in NZ about 8 years ago?

Surely you'd bat first. It's much easier to set 325 than it is to chase it.

 

[vvvrulz]

So they'd rather have Levers over Zampa and The Show, interesting.

 

[vvvrulz]

Do NZ always bowl first against Aus because of romantic memories of when they chased like 330 b2b in NZ about 8 years ago?

Surely you'd bat first. It's much easier to set 325 than it is to chase it.

They want to make use of the conditions, plus they should never have been chasing 325 last time if they took simple catches and reviewed a plumb lbw, (those aren't excuses, just crap cricket).

 

[Pete Cash]

Maxwell is clearly being punished thought not being selected because Maxwell in for marsh makes sense from a balance perspective.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

I thought channel 9's commentary couldn't get any worse. Enter Michael Clarke. He's abysmal.

 

[vvvrulz]

I thought channel 9's commentary couldn't get any worse. Enter Michael Clarke. He's abysmal.

Nasal twang aside, what's the problem with Clarke?

He's actually calling the game, it's a miracle.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Yeah clarkey's westie voice can hurt the ears but he brings good analysis to the game.

And when he's teamed with the others he gets them talking sense.

 

[Pete Cash]

Michael Clarke is good and his outrageous westie accent is growing on me.

 

[vvvrulz]

The key difference is reducing the comm box from three to two, separating the Slats/Heals/Tubbs party much more. Slats is an idiot but the other two are capable of better.

And of course dumping Brayshaw for good, what a muppet.

 

[vvvrulz]

Ugh Nicholas calling Finch/Warner in the same league as Gilchrist/Hayden

 

[Pete Cash]

Tubbs was horrible with KP.

 

[umina panther]

They want to make use of the conditions, plus they should never have been chasing 325 last time if they took simple catches and reviewed a plumb lbw, (those aren't excuses, just crap cricket).

3 Australians played on and 1 absolute fluke of a run out in that innings

 

[Bazal]

Muppets with no clue: Manuka is a small ground
Dave Warner: Almost runs four

 

[hineyrulz]

Ugh Nicholas calling Finch/Warner in the same league as Gilchrist/Hayden

Laughable comment.

 

[vvvrulz]

3 Australians played on and 1 absolute fluke of a run out in that innings

What's your point?

It was shit cricket from just about everyone that day.

 

[aussies1st]

Typical Victorian

 

[Pete Cash]

Khawaja for finch plz

 

[vvvrulz]

Fatty Finch departs with a useless shot, an innings full of plod.