2nd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch on Feb 20-24, 2016

[hineyrulz]

Draw coming up.

 

[Hutty1986]

This is just f*cking ridiculous. 2 wickets down and 14 in arrears to this.

 

[Eelectrica]

Match winning partnership from these two I think.
We just can't get their tail. They were 7 down for 270odd in the first innings, and almost another hundred run partnership here.

Edit: It's over a hundred run partnership already.

 

[ANTiLAG]

This is just f*cking ridiculous. 2 wickets down and 14 in arrears to this.

It has been enthralling.

You've bowled extremely well. KW, Corey, BJ and Matt have fought tooth and nail. Patto and Hazelwood have been brilliant. Lyon is not being disrespected by batsmen so far. Bird destructive with 2nd new ball.

 

[TheParraboy]

Game on..

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Australia are a useless side

 

[ANTiLAG]

Shame BJ waited until the last match of the summer to remember how good he is.

Finally Raval gets some media attention.

Patto lookin tired now. Hazelwood must be getting tired.

Henry well done for 50.

 

[Pete Cash]

Darn annoying tail lol.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Darn annoying tail lol.

8 and 9 is NZ's engine room . Henry averages more than Guptill right now.

Boult and Wag's is the tail

 

[Pete Cash]

Again I am not watching it because of dumb old work but when I get the chance to check on Cricinfo it just looks like good old fashioned batting. Something our guys after Smith and Burns got out should have really done.

This is putting NZ into a pretty strong position. The pitch appears to be true still but the ball does swing a bit.

 

[Mixmasterreece]

Shame BJ waited until the last match of the summer to remember how good he is.

Finally Raval gets some media attention.

Patto lookin tired now. Hazelwood must be getting tired.

Henry well done for 50.

Jeet is a 2 scores a season man.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Jeet is a 2 scores a season man.

Which is 2x as good as Guptill and Latham.

He and Smith can shoot it out over donestic summer. Jeets arguably has more consistency and experience than Ben, though. Comfortably better average now after that 202* is recorded.

Ben is elegant on the eye. Looks graceful with his drives. But looks does not equal runs.

 

[Hutty1986]

The two frontliners are clearly cooked and the entire attack just looks clueless against any sort of counterattack

 

[ANTiLAG]

The two frontliners are clearly cooked and the entire attack just looks clueless against any sort of counterattack

That was the risk I mentioned in the first session. Possibly could fail but hasn't yet.

 

[Pete Cash]

You know what is funny this is entirely how Marsh has been justifying his place but he is failing to do the business here.

Decisions are going to have to be made about the Australian number 6 spot. Lets remember that is a batting position historically. Here are the facts. The top 6 this tour have all scored centuries but Warner and Marsh. I can forgive Warner because he opens the batting and he bats a certain way. It wont work all the time. Marsh though....I mean really. He should be averaging at least low 40s with the position he has had to work with.

 

[TheParraboy]

im pretty sure there will a result in this game

Even if NZ bat into tomorrow, McCullum will declare at some point, and we will go for the runs.

We are not a good side playing for a draw.

Day 5 could be something special for the ages


edit: 8th wicket falls, ok we could be batting later today perhaps ?

 

[ANTiLAG]

Soft dismissal BJ.

Cmon Wagner!

 

[Hutty1986]

Burnsy took a catch!

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

That more or less sums these two tests up in regards to the batting at least. The NZ batsmen who have managed to get starts have really come up with some soft dismissals that just didn't need to happen while the Aussie batsmen have gone on to post big scores.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Deadheat between English Super League commentators or Kiwi Cricket commentators as to who are the most biased twats on the planet