West Indies tour of NZ

[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 !

[Cyclops]

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

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

Also 'Love that Chinny'. I assume he's saying similar things to the quicks but we can't hear because he's further from the stump mic.

[Gunner]

Don’t like this short leg side bowling plan that we are persisting with. Not troubling them at all, they’re just letting to many go.

[Cyclops]

I feel like we need to mix things up here. We're in a bit of a holding pattern that's all a bit samey. I think it's time for a part timer to bowl a few overs and see what happens.

[canefan]

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

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

Wags knows

[Cyclops]

Ravindra bowling to a spread field is not what I had in mind as a way to mix things up.

[Cyclops]

Hmm, Roach has the third most test runs without a test 50. Pretty close to get his first one now.

Actually, he's second most - Lyon well out in front on about 1600, Roach 1300 odd and Major Younis third with just over 1000.

[Cyclops]

We've somehow got a 4th review here and I don't understand how.

[Donsteppa]

Yep, if you've already burnt three reviews from shit judgement, I don't have a lot of sympathy after that.

[Cyclops]

Dropped on 47! That was tricky but absolutely catchable.

[Gunner]

Fuck sakes. Professional cricketers don’t know how to call for the catch, and it goes down.
That was the mistake from WI we needed to get an opening. Can’t see them giving another soft chance like that again.

[Gunner]

We need to try something else, see if a part timer can nab a wicket.

Conway?
Williamson?

Something. Please. Coz these batters are under zero pressure.

[Donsteppa]

Latham is a shit captain for these types of situations. Just lets games drift.

[Cyclops]

Baz was the last captain who would try stuff. Latham, Southee and Kane were all the same, very organised, very orthodox and unwilling to get too creative, happy to stick with a plans for too long.

Martin Crowe wrote a piece about a decade ago that talked about the judgement of when to give up an a plan being a key trait for great captains.