New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Dunedin

[blain]

this is frustrating. i want them to give ryder or someone a go, try something different!!

btw, guptill has scored his first first class hundred, 113*. he will have to keep scoring runs to play against india though, because this is really his first game of the season so far.

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

News just seems to get worse for Oram. He might as well give up cricket altogether!!

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

Is Gillespie injured? I thought one of the reasons he was in the side was to go through the tail - he hasn't bowled against Taylor whose put on 80 carefree runs with Chanderpaul as easy as you like. It's times like these where we could rely on Bond to rip out a couple with seering yorkers that you realise how screwed New Zealand Cricket is by the farcical banning of ICL players if just for that one right arm fast bowler from Canterbury having his international career savaged by bureaucracy and the BCCI wanting to get a greater share of 20/20 monies.

He is bowling now

 

[blain]

there was a reason why he wasnt bowling, he's sh1t. taylor just took him for 12 off this over, and hasnt looked dangerous all day. hes now on 96!! FFS

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

And he got his 100..something our own damn batsmen can't do

 

[African Monkey]

Jerome Taylor finally showed his potential with the bat today.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

2 wickets in 2 balls for Vettori, hat-trick ball was spot on but well played

Great innings from Taylor, enjoyed watching it even though it was at our expense. The typical kiwi way will no doubt be to label the bowlers crap and neglect the fact the bloke played a damn good innings, some of the shots were sensational

My view from pre match hasn't changed tbh, Martin copped a poor call from the selectors being dropped for Gillespie

 

[African Monkey]

Great innings from Taylor, enjoyed watching it even though it was at our expense. The typical kiwi way will no doubt be to label the bowlers crap and neglect the fact the bloke played a damn good innings, some of the shots were sensational

I agree. I thoroughly enjoyed the innings and have felt that Jerome Taylor could turn into a very good lower order batsman for the WI.

 

[blain]

martin has hardly done well for auckland... 1/85 off 20 i think it was?

southee got about 2/40 off 20

 

[Beavers Headgear]

martin has hardly done well for auckland... 1/85 off 20 i think it was?

southee got about 2/40 off 20

But Martin has done the hard yards for NZ over the past few years, and done it pretty well, and is dropped after an average series, certainly not terrible, where he still took top order Australian wickets. imo he has been hard done by

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

Powell looked great there at the end got 2 wickets and should of got a 3rd

 

[blain]

i wouldnt be suprised if martin is on the decline, hes 34 and not many paceys play much longer. he had also lost pace in oz...

 

[IanG]

What looks strange about this picture?

 

[blain]

the new zealand vests?

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

I looked long and hard but can`t really spot anything unusual.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

i wouldnt be suprised if martin is on the decline, hes 34 and not many paceys play much longer. he had also lost pace in oz...

Even if he had lost 5km over there, he would still be quicker than what was on offer today, and would offer more in the air and off the deck than the majority as well.

 

[blain]

our bowling didnt have alot of bite today... vettori bowled well and mills and o'brian were consistant. but to be fair the deck didnt offer any support.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

Jerome Taylor finally showed his potential with the bat today.

Before today his highest score in any kind of first class/one day cricket was 43 and he averages 13 in tests

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

LOL

how the hell did jerome taylor get a century?

he hasn't hit 50 IN ANY FORM of the game LOL and you guys were talking about how sh*t the windies attack is?

 

[kingdamo]

Calls on RadioSport that Vettori overbowled Gillespie on purpose.. Interesting!