The Silver Fern

Brook has a hoick at Starc's third ball in the evening spell - it's well wide of the stumps and he succeeds in nicking it to Smith. Don't know what goes through these guys' minds.

@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:

I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!

the only thing is weather, otherwise i am on the same page as you. we probably already have 250 more than we need

Looks like it will be fine.

If we were playing Australia we wouldn't be contemplating declaring overnight and leaving six sessions to get these runs, so I don't think we should leave any sort of door ajar for the Windies either, just so the boys can have a game of golf on Saturday afternoon!

Hope to crush them and get some batting practice at the same time.

@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@No-Quarter Declaration - just before lunch tomorrow - with a lead somewhere in excess of 500.

Ravindra has made a mess of this calculation.

And as I type, Shields makes a mess of his stumps!

I'd still bat for an hour tomorrow - shut the door on a Windies win and run them around in the field!

@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2025/6:

Presumably choosing to bat because they never last longer than 50 overs so they can bowl at Australia under the lights?

Plan working already!!!

Duckett gone in the first over - Starc again!

@No-Quarter Declaration - just before lunch tomorrow - with a lead somewhere in excess of 500.

@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Bradman would be rolling in his grave watching modern players get out to shots like that all the time. He averaged 100 by making sure he played everything along the ground, you'd think batsmen might try and take a leaf out of his book given his success...

It's quite weird, really. People get caught trying to hit sixes when they're trying to save a game!

Well on the way to a 100 run opening partnership and then Devon has a rush of blood and slashes to backward point. We have to make do with an 84 run opening partnership.

Currently 149 runs ahead and 1 wicket down. Taken a little bit of shine off the ball and a little bit of energy out of the bowlers.

Fuck it!

You're not likely to get easy games in the semis or the final, but getting a soft QF is highly desirable.

Dream draw for England.

Shit draw for us (and SA).

@Cyclops Yeah - it was a lot of fun watching Henry bowling, but I also really enjoyed Chanderpaul's fight. Selling his wicket dearly.

We've ended the day in a pretty dominant position, which would have probably been even better with better catching.

These two are "must win" tests if we want to be in contention for the WTC.

According to me:

Duffy has a test bowling average of 12.3 and Foulkes is averaging 8.9.

Matt Henry needs to pull finger!

FFS!

That's going to be a goober for Mitch Jr!

The Channel 9 commentators from the 80s would have an absolute field day on our catching efforts!

Bang, bang Hope and Chase go in quick succession. Likely to happen with this Windies line-up, but we certainly needed it.

Now we need Chanders Jr. quite quickly, as well.

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Devon Conway. LVP. That was comfortable at this level.

Yeah - you've got to catch that - and especially when you've already dropped an albeit harder one.

@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.

Ball going past the bat plenty. Not catching an edge yet - apart from Campbell's.

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Cyclops I'm pleased we've got Matt Henry, because if everyone is fit, I'm not sure any of the rest of the attack makes the team.

Jamieson, O'Rourke and Santner and just maybe Sears, but probably Mitch and Phillips and bowler light.

Big opportunity for Duffy who has been impressive in the short forms and could grab a place with a good performance across this series.

Things looking a bit easier at the moment. Hopefully the Windies bowlers running out of steam rather than the pitch. Still a few tricky deliveries from time to time.

Older ball, a bit of sun and a tiring attack.

Hopefully overcast tomorrow and the pitch will still have something in it. These two need to make some hay for the next hour.

Long term weather forecast for Christchurch

Weather forecast for Christchurch for the next 10 days.

@LABCAT I think I heard them say through till 7.30 pm if possible.

Forecast looks OK for the rest of the days.

@Cyclops I'm pleased we've got Matt Henry, because if everyone is fit, I'm not sure any of the rest of the attack makes the team.

Jamieson, O'Rourke and Santner and just maybe Sears, but probably Mitch and Phillips and bowler light.

@MN5 Arguably his story is even better now - he'll have two punchlines!