Black Caps in Zimbabwe
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Just the 3rd time in test history 3 batsmen scoring 150+ in the same innings.
Might as well make the most of it and keep batting -
Just the 3rd time in test history 3 batsmen scoring 150+ in the same innings.
Might as well make the most of it and keep batting@Virgil said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Just the 3rd time in test history 3 batsmen scoring 150+ in the same innings.
Might as well make the most of it and keep battingWas gonna say, that can’t have happened too many times.
But yeah, going for milestones against Zimbabwe isn’t cool these days, that South African dude declared when he had Lara’s 400 in reach.
Nicholls and Ravindra both have double tons at test level after all and not outs boost the average
As it stands now Zimbabwe need to score an absolutely ridiculous 477 JUST TO MAKE US BAT AGAIN.
They will probably fall a couple or three hundred short of that.
If Henry gets another bunch of wickets it might make MOM interesting.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
A long way off Turner too. I didn't realise Matt Horne had 4 test tons, that's 4 more than I would have guessed. I normally put him in the Blair Pocock/Hartland bucket of futility.
I’m surprised Bruce Edgar only has three.
We certainly put some of these 80s folk heroes on a bit of a pedestal
@MN5 said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
A long way off Turner too. I didn't realise Matt Horne had 4 test tons, that's 4 more than I would have guessed. I normally put him in the Blair Pocock/Hartland bucket of futility.
I’m surprised Bruce Edgar only has three.
We certainly put some of these 80s folk heroes on a bit of a pedestal
At the time Turner's 7 centuries was the overall record, so three was genuinely up there in NZ Cricket history (especially with some of the 90's opening combos that we then went on to try)
I hazily remember seven centuries being talked about a lot when Crowe reached that mark.
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Assuming the weather forecast is good, no rush to declare with three days to go. Added bonus (if unlikely needed) of cooking Zimbabwe in the field before batting.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Assuming the weather forecast is good, no rush to declare with three days to go. Added bonus (if unlikely needed) of cooking Zimbabwe in the field before batting.
We have the lowest ever test total, may as try to highest ever test total as well.
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Cricket is a funny sport, most ‘experts’ would say we are so on top with zero chance of losing. So we should declare and get the game over with
Yet in rugby you’d be up 50-0 at halftime do you stop trying and score no more points?
Plenty of sides in the past have kept going so why shouldn’t we. -
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Assuming the weather forecast is good, no rush to declare with three days to go. Added bonus (if unlikely needed) of cooking Zimbabwe in the field before batting.
We have the lowest ever test total, may as try to highest ever test total as well.
@LABCAT said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Assuming the weather forecast is good, no rush to declare with three days to go. Added bonus (if unlikely needed) of cooking Zimbabwe in the field before batting.
We have the lowest ever test total, may as try to highest ever test total as well.
This would be very funny, Rachin taking Brian out on the way would also be funny
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Cricket is a funny sport, most ‘experts’ would say we are so on top with zero chance of losing. So we should declare and get the game over with
Yet in rugby you’d be up 50-0 at halftime do you stop trying and score no more points?
Plenty of sides in the past have kept going so why shouldn’t we.@Virgil said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Cricket is a funny sport, most ‘experts’ would say we are so on top with zero chance of losing. So we should declare and get the game over with
Yet in rugby you’d be up 50-0 at halftime do you stop trying and score no more points?
Plenty of sides in the past have kept going so why shouldn’t we.To be fair Rugby doesn’t tend to get get rained off and called a draw though.
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First time ever three left handed batsmen have got centuries in the same innings.
Looking at the comments on cricinfo everyone is saying NZ should keep batting and pointing out we’re only on day three. I agree now I think about it, may as well have a crack at some records one way or another.
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Ffs they declared
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lol Henry clean bowls one of their openers first over
The guys selling hotdogs would have preferred we kept batting, the test could be over by lunch
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Henry gets another
He’s bowled 2.1 overs, not conceded a run and taken 2 wickets -
@Virgil said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Henry gets another
He’s bowled 2.1 overs, not conceded a run and taken 2 wicketsYeah it’s not Australia lol
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Fat lady warming up..
Foulkes has a serious chance at 10 wickets on debut
He has 8, with 2 more available
Impressed how well he swings it
