West Indies tour of NZ

[Gunner]

WOW, just checked the score.

Did not expect us to be 255/0, how bloody good!!!

[bayimports]

150 up for Conway great knock..and
record opening stand in NZ

Didnt expect that when we started batting this morning

[MN5]

Conway 150.

....and with 276 for 0 they have just broken the record for the highest opening partnership in NZ.

[bayimports]

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Conway 150.

....and with 276 for 0 they have just broken the record for the highest opening partnership in NZ.

old news

[MN5]

300/0

Conway looking a bit tired.

[Godder]

An acceptable day at the office for NZ...

[LABCAT]

The only bad thing about this partnership is that Williamson won't get as much chance to progress towards 10K and the other batters are less likely to get the chance to score centuries.

[bayimports]

Part of me is waiting for half of the bowling squad to fall over the drinks in the sheds and become unable to bowl

[KiwiPie]

Think of poor little Kane being padded up all day.

[SouthernMann]

Looking forward to a Dizzy Gillespie like double ton from Jake Duffy tomorrow.

[Cyclops]

@KiwiPie said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Think of poor little Kane being padded up all day.

He gave up part way through the third session and made Ravindra do it instead.

Is it bad that part of me is glad the Turner/Jarvis partnership wasn't broken? For all his faults, Turner is one of our greatest batters and I think it's fitting that he has a place in our record books.

Fantastic day. Conway locks in his place for the England tour. I hope Mariu still makes the squad though. Good to see Latham back in the runs too. How often has an NZ batter got 2 tons in a series?

[MN5]

Grossly irresponsible for Latham to get out so late in the day and expose the night watchman.

He should be taking a long hard look at himself in the mirror after that.

[African Monkey]

Lol a night watchman, come on haha.

[MN5]

@African-Monkey said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Lol a night watchman, come on haha.

There may have been a hint of sarcasm

What an amazing day of batting.

[Chris]

Great to see Conway back in form moving better, still vulnerable to the 5th/6th stump line but that is something he has to work around with his technique.
He is a nice batsmen to watch when playing well, very fluid bat.
Awesome from Tom Latham getting past 6000 test runs 2 centuries in the series and getting his 15th test century closing in on Taylor and Crowe he could end up as the player with the 2nd most test centuries for new Zealand.
Under rated bat but the gritty opener teams need.

[mikey07]

@Cyclops Was it Taylor I remember grabbing a couple against them in 2016 if my patchy memory serves me correctly.

[Godder]

@mikey07 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

@Cyclops Was it Taylor I remember grabbing a couple against them in 2016 if my patchy memory serves me correctly.

3 in 2013-14, but a very purple patch: https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/series/batting-most-runs-career/west-indies-in-new-zealand-test-series-2013-14-8475

[Godder]

@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Good to see Latham back in the runs too. How often has an NZ batter got 2 tons in a series?

33 if the filter has been set up correctly - this being the 33rd time.

[canefan]

Only watched the highlights so I don't know how difficult it was to bat on that green deck early on. But it played like a road for the most part and we went to town. Are we going to be able to bowl the Windies out on this road?

[Dan54]

I think I getting old (well I know lol), but I genuinely enjoyed watching the test yesterday, and seeing batsman slowly building an innings, and just ignoring balls they didn't to play.
Something pretty relaxing watching test cricket, and seeing that. Mind you I admit, I not glued to screen, just watch for 30 mins or so at time.