Black Caps v England Test series

[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!

[Donsteppa]

Sodhi has lasted more deliveries than Williamson, Taylor, and Nicholls combined.

[No Quarter]

Great to see the lower ordering putting up a fight again - if we pull this out of the fire it'll be some effort considering the top order failings this test. Hard to see them surviving the new ball though.