4th ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland March 11th 2010

[Iafeta]

Ponting should buy a lottery ticket. You don't mind 50/50s not going your way but fair dinkum, when you're hit in front of middle stump on the back foot... what on earth could Asad Rauf be thinking? Deplorable umpiring.

 

[IanG]

Hence why they should have the referral system in for Coloured Clothing cricket as well.

 

[El Diablo]

Asshead and Bowden are two of the worst in the game

 

[ozbash]

Billy's ok...

 

[El Diablo]

ok for what?

 

[Big Pete]

Scoring an awesome position to watch the cricket.

He's more a supporter of cricket than he is an umpire.

 

[Iafeta]

Billy's the worst of the lot. God that's frustrating. Australia are a million leagues ahead at the moment so no excuses, but man, what a horrific decision. Once a bloke like Ponting gets a shocker his way like that, with such a small total on such a small ground, its game over.

 

[cupid]

lol tuffey

 

[Iafeta]

I'd like to say, no disrespect intended in relation to Ponting, he and Watson are in terrific form and it's New Zealand's own fault for their lack of class with their batting.

 

[ozbash]

what is this guys,, "Lets hate on Billy week" ??

 

[WarriorsFan4Life]

It's not just this week but his whole career that he's been copping it.

 

[Iafeta]

what is this guys,, "Lets hate on Billy week" ??

Ask Ross Taylor. Bowden is a glorified clown in a wide brimmed hat.

 

[El Diablo]

It's not just this week but his whole career that he's been copping it.

well deserved

 

[Bracko]

Yeah Bowden is a shocker of an umpire. He deserves all the crap he gets.

 

[Iafeta]

Congratulations Australia. Far too good. Hopefully the NZ bats realise you have to get more than 20's and 30's to be a good team. One of the many reasons NZ languishes at test level is this basic flaw, not many of them want to churn out a long match winning innings.

 

[beads6]

I didn't expect the Aussies to chase down those runs as easily as they did. Also the Kiwis need to get rid of Franklin he really offers them nothing. Also Tuffye doesn't seem to be much of an ODI bowler there must be someone else they can pick.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

Why weren't those kiwi commentators whinging about how unfair D/L was tonight?

They sooked up when NZ lost 5 overs and only 12 runs in game 2, AUS lost 16 overs and 38 runs tonight.

 

[aussies1st]

Well to their credit they were crying about that Johnson wide.

 

[TheParraboy]

Unless we drop the ball, NZ will get their asses kicked in the test matches

They need a couple of blokes to stand up big time, especially that Bond wont be there, cant keep relying on Vettori

Bollingers form a bit of a worry for us

 

[beads6]

Yeah I agree Bollinger has been a bit off but I think his length just needs to be sorted out and he will be fine..