Black Caps v Pakistan
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Can only assume the pitch evened out and got quicker with a bit of dew after the sun buggered off?
What other explanation is there to the lack of slower balls or variations, especially after Phillips made a point of it in his interview.
Ah well, bring on Boxing Day and the real cricket.
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@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Can only assume the pitch evened out and got quicker with a bit of dew after the sun buggered off?
What other explanation is there to the lack of slower balls or variations, especially after Phillips made a point of it in his interview.
Ah well, bring on Boxing Day and the real cricket.
Comms said as much, backed up in an on field in game interview with one of the BCs. The pitch lost all it's variable bounce
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@nzzp said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Can only assume the pitch evened out and got quicker with a bit of dew after the sun buggered off?
Yeah, I thought we'd defend that fairly easily.
Good thing I don't bet on sports eh
I was so, so tempted to put a wee bet on Pakistan after your massive jinx-y comment, but was just too damned lazy.
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@Kruse said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@nzzp said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Can only assume the pitch evened out and got quicker with a bit of dew after the sun buggered off?
Yeah, I thought we'd defend that fairly easily.
Good thing I don't bet on sports eh
I was so, so tempted to put a wee bet on Pakistan after your massive jinx-y comment, but was just too damned lazy.
I set it up for you, but you didn't take the bait?
We did not bowl well. They cruised it in the end
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why do we still use McLean Park for anything? not fit for purpose.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
why do we still use McLean Park for anything? not fit for purpose.
You'd better be ready to duck and cover from @Nepia @Stargazer @Higgins and the rest of the HB posters...
You're right though, I'm not sure why we're playing cricket on a rectangular field, when there probably a dozen or so proper cricket grounds around the country capable of hosting.
On that, I don't know why Cobham Oval always misses out. It's one of the biggest grounds in the country and fits their favoured 'boutique' criteria.
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
why do we still use McLean Park for anything? not fit for purpose.
Except for hosting Ranfurly Shield defences........................:face_with_stuck-out_tongue:
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@Higgins said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
why do we still use McLean Park for anything? not fit for purpose.
Except for hosting Ranfurly Shield defences........................
no one cares bro, it's cricket season
a field that doesn't drain if it rains, is the size of someones back yard, and has to have a "sun break"
fuck it off, it's barely 3rd world standard.
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@Gunner I don't care about cricket. This is the worst time for me on the Fern.
I'm glad that my cricket loving friends and whanau can watch cricket live at McLean Park though, and if it also annoys BoP fans in the process then that's just a bonus.
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@Nepia said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner I don't care about cricket. This is the worst time for me on the Fern.
I'm glad that my cricket loving friends and whanau can watch cricket live at McLean Park though, and if it also annoys BoP fans in the process then that's just a bonus.
oh, I'm not annoyed. It's just another stupid management decision by a national sporting body to spread games around the country because NZers find it too hard to drive a couple of hours up the road.
It's like giving an AB test to Nelson. Oh, wait.
we have decent grounds guys, use them so the world doesn't think we are all quaint villagers.
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@KiwiMurph nope...shame they couldnt have nabbed the old lights they just removed from Okara Park, although do they require different lighting levels for night Cricket v night Rugby?
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@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner does Cobham Oval have lights?
When Shane Jones was handing out money to all the cuzzies up here, they should have hit him up for a few million to get them installed before he got voted out. And a small stadium.
Damn.
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