Black Caps v England Test series

Donsteppa

@snowy Based on the shot selection it sounds like a few of them have gone for the win...

"Have not seen the visuals but been listening and reading, has the batting really been as bad as described?" Several have been shockers, Keith Powles - Raval, Taylor, Nicholls, Latham and arguably Watling. Williamson got a good ball, though

Losing Raval and Williamson so earlyremoved any remote chance of going for a win.

Donsteppa

This is from Gnasher at the ground: "There has been a change in the wind direction. Much cooler now and a few clouds starting to approach in the ground. Rain not an issue, but it's the light factor England will need to watch"

Go the cloud!!!

Snowy

Point was that they rarely achieve batting for a day defending. So might as well have had a crack and hoped for a miracle? They do seem to be better when attacking.

Basically watching them fold again just pisses me off.

Cyclops

As a black caps fan I've done my share of rain dances, but a light dance is a new one. 20 minutes until tea for these two to hang on and then we can reset in the final session.

Donsteppa

And the clouds have noticeably come in now, getting a bit gloomy at Hagley Oval...

Yeeesssss....

Cyclops

Oh new ball in two overs. Will the clouds bring swing with their gloom?

Virgil

Reports Southee isn’t well either..

Donsteppa

Got to last till tea, with then 20 minutes further for bad light to keep sneaking in...

Hooroo

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Reports Southee isn’t well either..

What's actually wrong with him? Flu or upset stomach?

Donsteppa

New ball taken. 6 minutes till tea...

Virgil

@hooroo said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Reports Southee isn’t well either..

What's actually wrong with him? Flu or upset stomach?

Doesn’t say, just a comment that’s he’s unwell but will bat if needed

Hooroo

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@hooroo said in Black Caps v England Test series:

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Reports Southee isn’t well either..

What's actually wrong with him? Flu or upset stomach?

Doesn’t say, just a comment that’s he’s unwell but will bat if needed

He was on and off all day yesterday too

Snowy

@cyclops said in Black Caps v England Test series:

As a black caps fan I've done my share of rain dances, but a light dance is a new one.

Have considered this over Craps matches before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding

Actually quite pleased now that the cricket people didn't realise that daylight saving is an hour, not 30 mins.

Bones

So what's left to face, worst case? Things to watch out for? Surely it's not that beyond comprehension...

Hooroo

Right! Piece of piss!! 191 off 39 overs.

Get amongst it lads!

Snowy

@bones said in Black Caps v England Test series:

So what's left to face, worst case? Things to watch out for? Surely it's not that beyond comprehension...

Worst case is 2 very experienced new ball bowlers with 900 wickets between them with a shiny ball under cloud cover creating swing in poor light against a fragile Craps tail.

We can dare to hope.

Bones

@snowy since when is the craps tail fragile? Have we got our top order batsmen there now?

Snowy

@bones Fair call. They often show more fight than the top order.
We could probably reverse the order and be no worse off.

Chris B.

@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:

Reports Southee isn’t well either..

I'd be disappointed if several of the top order weren't also feeling unwell. Now that Joe Parker is unemployed he could be given the job of boxing a few ears!

Chris B.

Clear blue sky overhead at present - might have to bat at least 30 overs here!

The Silver Fern

Black Caps v England Test series