West Indies tour of NZ

[MN5]

Underway in Chch.

NZ still massive favourites but with Henry and Smith down it's not gonna be a cakewalk.

I'm not sure I remember three guys getting injured in the same test before ? ( I won't count Dehli belly in India )

Latham has done an incredible job with his batting and keeping. Notwithstanding Ravindras amazing innings I'd give MOM to the captain.

( Or Hope if he gets the Windies home )

[Cyclops]

Luke Ranchi in his whites and ready to come out and field next.

[MN5]

Hope brings up the 150 partnership with a six.

Looking positive and good on them.

[Chris B.]

Arguably, we only need one wicket in the first session, two in the second and three in the third.

But, we probably want at least three with the new ball.

[Chris B.]

More full balls, Jacob.

[Cyclops]

Yeah feel like we're bowling a bit too short here.

[Chris B.]

@Cyclops Duffy throws one up and gets hit for four, but that's OK.

Throw one a little bit wider and see if he'll go again. Then closer to stumps.

[Chris B.]

Little Kane - with 30 wickets, has the most of the players available to bowl in this innings.

Despite their fabulous averages - Duffy and Foulkes are lacking the desired impact so far.

Going to be a long day, I feel.

Kane and Conway might both have to bowl.

[Cyclops]

Fantastic catch from Latham. Short ball pays off in the end. What do I know?

[MN5]

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Fantastic catch from Latham. Short ball pays off in the end. What do I know?

Was it what ? He looked like a full time keeper there. That catch was very droppable.

Hope gone for a bloody good 140, game over now.

[Chris B.]

Phew - Tommy a bit lucky that wedged in the webbing, but he nursed it safely to the ground!

That probably takes a Windies win out of the equation.

[Cyclops]

Poor review.

[MN5]

Latham is gonna have to manage these two bowlers well. A wicket now brings the tail enders in but he doesn't want to overbowl them and reduce their impact.

[Cyclops]

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

Phew - Tommy a bit lucky that wedged in the webbing, but he nursed it safely to the ground!

That probably takes a Windies win out of the equation.

Yeah I think a Windies win is off the table now. I think a draw is still possible, but these to need to bat for a session or so. But Hope looked like the only guy capable of scoring fast enough to get thew across the line.

[Chris B.]

@Cyclops They'd also have to wait longer to launch an assault.

Imlach and Roach were very defensive in the first innings as well. Might be hard to dislodge, but hopefully unlikely to be the guys to smash them to victory.

[Cyclops]

Great delivery. Into the tail now.

[Chris B.]

Well done Foulkes!

Four to get and 68 overs to get them. Surely it's just a matter of time?

[MN5]

I think we can breath out now.

Would be good to see Greaves get a ton and they've already done better than I thought they would ( Black Caps injuries have definitely helped ) but time to wrap things up.

[Chris B.]

Roach playing some shots, which should help us.

[MN5]

If there is one blight on Latham this test it's him saying variations of "bowling Beastie" every fucken ball !