Black Caps v Australia

[KiwiMurph]

CricInfo also suggesting Kuggeleijn will play

[Virgil]

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[Virgil]

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Australia:

#thoughtsandprayersaper for our bowling attack

fixed it.

[nzzp]

@Virgil that's bloody marvellous fella

[Bovidae]

With injuries and retirements, only Latham, Williamson and Southee remain from the WTC final XI.

[JK]

Won the toss and having a bowl. CougarLion playing as expected

[Duluth]

Australia 1 Steven Smith, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Cameron Green, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood

New Zealand 1 Tom Latham, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Scott Kuggeleijn, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee (capt), 11 William O'Rourke

[Canes4life]

Cummins complaining about the wind. Mate, it's a light breeze atm.

[Canes4life]

Why didn't we go Wagner over SK?

[Virgil]

Bowling first is probably the right decision, but if we dont pick up 3 or 4 wickets in the first session we could be out there a long time.

[JK]

Weird seeing Wags out there in the whites but not playing. I assume he will get some fielding time?

[Virgil]

That cant have been easy for Wags to go through, great to see him leave the field after the anthems giving the playing 11 thumbs up, giving them encouragement.

[No Quarter]

We are banking on early wickets bowling first or we will get behind the 8 ball very quickly having to bat last.

Comon lads! Knock em over!

[JK]

Gee that pitch does look green

[No Quarter]

That last ball swung in and then seamed out. Unplayable.

[Virgil]

Smith has a unique batting style doesnt he.
Squares up, walks across the crease/stumps

[No Quarter]

Getting plenty of movement, often too much to get close to the edge.

[No Quarter]

They didn't appeal because he didn't hit it lol, bloody comms

[Chris B.]

@No-Quarter Yeah - I thought it looked well worth while going upstairs because it wasn't clear and obvious it had touched the ground!

[Chris B.]

I know they have their seniority and pecking order - but, O'Rourke should have opened the bowling!