Cricket: NZ vs Aus
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After the stuffing we got last test, are they sure l'loads of Kiwis' are goig to turn up?
@Machpants there's one right here who will be.
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After the stuffing we got last test, are they sure l'loads of Kiwis' are goig to turn up?
@Machpants said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
After the stuffing we got last test, are they sure l'loads of Kiwis' are goig to turn up?
Day 1 they will as people have been planning this since the game was announced. Day 2? Depends a lot on Day 1!
Perth did show that 2 tests against England with Archer is no preparation for Australia if you play them on puddings. And it was a nice touch on a bouncy pitch with uneven bounce to open the bowling in the 2nd innings with 2 x sub-130km/h bowlers.
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yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
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Ok so a bit more detail on this 2 day match hidden in article
"Boult expects to get through "three to four" spells in a two-day match against a Victorian XI at Melbourne's Scotch College starting on Friday"
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yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
Well we're on track to break the record for both attendance on day 1 and attendance across the first 4 days for a non-Ashes Boxing Day test, so we'll tick the profitability boxes.
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@bayimports said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
yes I am looking forward to going to Day 1 and 2 of the test, after Perth it will likely be another 30 years before we get a second invite, unless of course we are competitive and that it is profitable in a big way over multiple days.
..hopefully I haven't witnessed 2 NZ innings during the 2 days I am there
Well we're on track to break the record for both attendance on day 1 and attendance across the first 4 days for a non-Ashes Boxing Day test, so we'll tick the profitability boxes.
@Cyclops given how highly the Indian tours are regarded that would be impressive if we do break it, so I hope it is accurate. That will buy the locals enough sandpaper to last them a few more series against the saffas..
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I was there 32 years ago with plenty of whanau and will never forget it. Putting aside the end, day 5 was a brilliant day of cricket from NZ.
Sure I cried after we didn’t win (I was 10) and refused to move from the MCG bench seats.
Eventually I got up and I’ll never forget my uncle saying to me as we made the long walk to the MCG car park, “boy, we’ll get them next time”.
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth
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I was there 32 years ago with plenty of whanau and will never forget it. Putting aside the end, day 5 was a brilliant day of cricket from NZ.
Sure I cried after we didn’t win (I was 10) and refused to move from the MCG bench seats.
Eventually I got up and I’ll never forget my uncle saying to me as we made the long walk to the MCG car park, “boy, we’ll get them next time”.
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth
@ACT-Crusader said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth
Was that the one run win? Dipak brilliant one handed overhead catch on the boundary, Hadlee bowled out early and had to bowl the last ball of his spell again after a no ball (would have been a dot as he beat a play and miss by Steve Waugh) and then getting Waugh to edge one to the keeper of the rebowled ball, Bracewell grabbing the skyed catch in covers off the last ball?
Don't remember it at all...
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@ACT-Crusader said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
And sure enough my uncle proved to be prophetic because we knocked over the Aussies in a thriller ODI in Perth
Was that the one run win? Dipak brilliant one handed overhead catch on the boundary, Hadlee bowled out early and had to bowl the last ball of his spell again after a no ball (would have been a dot as he beat a play and miss by Steve Waugh) and then getting Waugh to edge one to the keeper of the rebowled ball, Bracewell grabbing the skyed catch in covers off the last ball?
Don't remember it at all...
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@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
I can remember shit from 30 years ago. What I had for breakfast ...
As for the keys: no idea. Which is a worry as I'm sitting in the car wondering how to start it ...
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@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
I can remember shit from 30 years ago. What I had for breakfast ...
As for the keys: no idea. Which is a worry as I'm sitting in the car wondering how to start it ...
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@Snowy said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Don't remember it at all...
Your agging thread seems to be a bit off if you remember all that, although I'm not sure sports results count. Do you know where your car keys are?
I can remember shit from 30 years ago. What I had for breakfast ...
As for the keys: no idea. Which is a worry as I'm sitting in the car wondering how to start it ...
You know what particularly worries me about this post is my eyes... I spelt "for" as "foe" originally, so edited it and changed it to "fot" ...
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And half of the warm-up game has been canned because it's going to be too hot.
Scotch College is apparently the venue @ACT-Crusader
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Blundell opening the batting in the game vs Victoria XI.
Boult bolwing for Victoria XI and got Latham out.
Blundell has made it to 48 not out.
@KiwiMurph said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:
Blundell has made it to 48 not out.
Making his case for a start at the G. That's about 47 more than Jeets averaged on the Perth minefield
