West Indies tour of NZ

[MN5]

Seemed only a matter of time. Straight through. Athanaze gone.

[Cyclops]

Hope batting with sunglasses on!

[Virgil]

do any of the windies batsmen average over 30?

[MN5]

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Hope batting with sunglasses on!

A gun at ODI level but that's a really ordinary record for someone who has played 44 tests.

[Virgil]

hmmm ok which of you guys are commenting over at cricinfo...

Howard: "Matt Henry taking the fielders out of the equation!!That aside, I find it interesting that Mitchell could not pass a fitness test to make this team, and now he's out there fielding. He must have been very close if he's now out there on the morning of Day 2? And so they didn't want to risk him? But now he's out there fielding..."

fucking copy my remarks!

[Gunner]

God I hate umpires call, if it’s hitting, it’s hitting.

That rule doesn’t make sense to me.

[JK]

@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:

hmmm ok which of you guys are commenting over at cricinfo...

Howard: "Matt Henry taking the fielders out of the equation!!That aside, I find it interesting that Mitchell could not pass a fitness test to make this team, and now he's out there fielding. He must have been very close if he's now out there on the morning of Day 2? And so they didn't want to risk him? But now he's out there fielding..."

fucking copy my remarks!

Probably Sparky. He's bloody everywhere.

[MN5]

@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:

do any of the windies batsmen average over 30?

no.

30 indicates a competent test batsman and even that should be a minimum for anyone decent.

Most teams would drop guys averaging under 30 but the Windies depth in this form of the game is paper thin so they keep getting selected.

[canefan]

Foulkes needs to make them play forward as much as possible

[Chris B.]

@canefan Yeah - I think he's been a bit short. Looks cool with the ball bending like a banana, but it's probably doing too much and too early.

[MN5]

Really nice tribute to Robin Smith from Ian Bishop.

[canefan]

Not a bad thing seeing the Windies drive on the front foot

[canefan]

Ugh, catch put down!

[MN5]

@canefan said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Ugh, catch put down!

Very tough but still a chance. Bugger, thats a second one.

[Gunner]

Hope looks like he could get the edge any at any time, he really throws the bat weirdly at the ball wide outside his body… not sure how to describe it, but it’s very different!

[MN5]

@Gunner said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Chase looks like he could get the edge any at any time, he really throws the bat weirdly at the ball wide outside his body… not sure how to describe it, but it’s very different!

Jeez give him a break, poor guy hasn't even batted yet !

[Gunner]

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Gunner said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Chase looks like he could get the edge any at any time, he really throws the bat weirdly at the ball wide outside his body… not sure how to describe it, but it’s very different!

Jeez give him a break, poor guy hasn't even batted yet !

Yea, brain fart. I knew who I was talking about, not sure why I typed the wrong name

[Gunner]

We really need another wicket before lunch. Feels like we’ve been way more on top than the 2 wickets show.

[MN5]

@Gunner said in West Indies tour of NZ:

We really need another wicket before lunch. Feels like we’ve been way more on top than the 2 wickets show.

These two have toughed it out and starting to look a bit better. Just hit their first four.......

Maybe throw Henry at them before lunch ?

[MN5]

Latham is keeping pretty tidily.

If he wasn't captain and opening batsman I wonder if they'd consider him for the next test if Blundell doesn't recover ?

Fairly sure Hay will make his test debut if that is the case.