West Indies tour of NZ

[canefan]

That looks plumb from Mitch Jr. Only an inside edge will save him. Why can't our full-time bowlers put it on the spot with any consistency? Why don't we heap the pressure onto the new batsman with men around the bat to try and manufacture another wicket? We are 220 ahead FFS

[Chris B.]

Finally we do go bang, bang!

Ajaz gets Chase cheaply.

Still got Hope and Hodge to get through, and presumably Roach can bat even if he can't run. Hope still not coming out, though.

[Cyclops]

Hope's time restrictions will be over now, I wonder if he's not available to bat? Not able to watch at the moment, so only checking score periodically.

[MN5]

Hodge hit in the nuts then gets a hundy.

Well deserved

( the hundred, not the shot in the nuts )

367-6. Trailing by 208, follow on mark damn close now.

[Bovidae]

Rae should have caught that.

[Donsteppa]

He never really looked like he was sure of being under it.

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Rae should have caught that.

Can't afford to miss chances on a wicket like this

[MN5]

Draw written all over this one.

In saying that the Windies have once again surprised with their fight, even taking into account the surface.

NZ will want to roll them in an hour or so tomorrow to be ANY chance of forcing a result.

[canefan]

@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:

Draw written all over this one.

In saying that the Windies have once again surprised with their fight, even taking into account the surface.

NZ will want to roll them in an hour or so tomorrow to be ANY chance of forcing a result.

If we had our front line attack it would probably be another story. But we can only ride with what we have

[MN5]

Early wicket from Duffy, nice. Philip caught behind.

Shai Hope coming out now, hopefully still not 100%

I'm not sure I recall a series where so many guys from both teams have had so many injury issues.

[Chris B.]

Hope apparently had food poisoning. If we'd got another couple of wickets yesterday, maybe we wouldn't have had to deal with him at all, but he doesn't last long.

Eight down now and Roach might not bat.

Come on boys - knock them over and open up the chance of a result!

[MN5]

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

Hope apparently had food poisoning. If we'd got another couple of wickets yesterday, maybe we wouldn't have had to deal with him at all, but he doesn't last long.

Eight down now and Roach might not bat.

Come on boys - knock them over and open up the chance of a result!

Windies have done bloody well, I thought even with our depleted bowling stocks that the follow on would be well beyond them.

In saying that all this time they're hanging around is niggly and bloody annoying in terms of getting a result.

NZ will be doing very well to win from here.

[Gunner]

This partnership is getting niggly…
Come on, wrap this shit up!

[Chris B.]

Why are we bowling Phillips?

Surely Rae or Foulkes are more likely to knock Seales over quickly?

[MN5]

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

Why are we bowling Phillips?

Surely Rae or Foulkes are more likely to knock Seales over quickly?

Well, to his credit he pulled off a terrific boundary saver just then. He's an absolutely outstanding fielder. Probably best in the world.

[Chris B.]

@MN5 Stand him out on the boundary then to cut down the runs off Rae!

[Chris B.]

Duffy is carrying our attack, really.

[Donsteppa]

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

Duffy is carrying our attack, really.

I thought you were a bit optimistic wondering about Rae to knock over the tail before

[Chris B.]

@Donsteppa I think he's more likely to do it than Phillips.

Unless the pitch deteriorates markedly in the next 24 hours, though, I don't see where another 10 wickets are coming from.

Hooray - Jeetan gets Seales. Will Roach bat?

[Chris B.]

My boy Rae comes on and finishes Roach!

Have a rest for a few hours lads.

So, according to me we need to bat normally for about a session and then play increasingly aggressively for another session. Set them about 400 in 3.5 sessions and hope to knock them over cheaply.