New Zealand v West Indies

[Siam]

@Gunner said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Siam said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@voodoo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

What odds would this side be paying to win a test series in Australia right now? $5?

And in India? $5?

And Australia to win a test series in NZ right now? Even money favourites? Max $2 underdog? India in NZ maybe $3?

Let's be real here.

Spot on. A year ago I saw us looking worse than the windies so let's not get too carried away at how good we are

I don't think anyone is getting carried away, it was just mentioned that if we win this game we go to number 1 in the ICC test rankings.

Pretty big deal if you ask me, I don't recall us ever being there before.

Tough crowd.

Sure, but the thread sounded like we were poms talking up before the first test too. Short memories

[Hooroo]

@Rapido said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Did the kiwis take a knee with the West Indians? That will keep @Rapido happy....

I don't get it? Unless its a pun on bridesmaids / proposals?

Sorry mate. I thought it was you that said you would watch the cricket so long as they didn't take a knee. Must have been someone else.

[Rapido]

@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Rapido said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Did the kiwis take a knee with the West Indians? That will keep @Rapido happy....

I don't get it? Unless its a pun on bridesmaids / proposals?

Sorry mate. I thought it was you that said you would watch the cricket so long as they didn't take a knee. Must have been someone else.

Not me.

Pink jerseys is the hill I'm prepared to die on, not knees.

[dogmeat]

203/5 BJ just gone. Not the worst score having been inserted but need plenty from the lower order please.

[canefan]

@dogmeat said in New Zealand v West Indies:

203/5 BJ just gone. Not the worst score having been inserted but need plenty from the lower order please.

Kylo and Wags to step up

[Godder]

Apparently there have been 99 test centuries at the Basin.

[Bovidae]

@Godder said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Apparently there have been 99 test centuries at the Basin.

Yes.

From the Stuff article by Mark Geenty:

Eden Park - 81
Lancaster Park - 61
Seddon Park - 53 (only from 1991)

[Higgins]

@Godder Do we start the countdown to Test Century 100 at the Basin now that Henry Nicholls have moved into the 90s?

[Higgins]

And he has since moved onto 95* after clipping one off his pads to the square leg boundary for 4.

[nostrildamus]

@NTA said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@mariner4life said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

Astles 222 in a losing effort will never be beat. I lay on the couch still drunk from the night before and watched the entire innings. Just brilliant stuff.

Nathan Astle Nathan Astle
You neeeaaaarly won the match
You may have scored two hundred
But you droooooped
The vital catch

The barmy army can be quality

It's certainly a bit more clever and witty than "Hadlees a piston wristed gibbon"

@NTA shit it must be embarrassing to be Australian sometimes.

It's alright, actually. Particularly when it comes to cricket.

Being a kiwi mistaken for an Aussie though? Ooft...

Not as bad. I'd imagine, as being Scottish, mistaken for a Kiwi!? (Not sure what the sideways glance at MN5 emoticon looks like but no doubt it has Chris Gayle's eyes)..

[Higgins]

Nicholls now on 99* and on strike so almost there. And whilst I type that he scores two runs to bring up his century. His average now stands at just over 41 in his 35 tests.

[MN5]

Shot Henry. Great work son.

[Damo]

I have just got home from work.

Is it just my imagination, or is the pitch almost indistinguishable from the rest of the field. I shedder to think what the pitch looked like at 10:30 this morning.

287/6 seems a reasonable return after being put in.

[mikey07]

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

[Damo]

@mikey07 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

Well I'm looking at a wide angle shot of the block and I can't tell which is the pitch and which are the pitches to be used next week.

[Damo]

@Damo said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@mikey07 said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@Damo I’m not impressed being 6 down for only 200ish but maybe that just because I’m used to the BC racking up big scores.

Well I'm looking at a wide angle shot of the block and I can't tell which is the pitch and which are the pitches to be used next week.

I add that this is not a criticism of the groundkeeper. Far from it. I suspect the pitch will be juicy for days.

[KiwiMurph]

@mikey07 more like 300ish

[mikey07]

@KiwiMurph I didn’t see the exact score so 200ish was close to enough.

[canefan]

We'll get 400 then smash them with the ball

[MN5]

Well done Nicholls. Listening on the radio the innings sounded as streaky and lucky as you could possibly get, but what an important knock.