The Silver Fern

maybe we should leave a couple of shot glasses by Maxwell every over

Panto-villain Dave leaves - hey at least he embraces it.

Chapman lennons Starc's first ball

Cummins gets Ravindra and will no doubt be hailed as the great saviour (still think he's somewhat overblown)

And they may just have bowled Conway back into form. If so I don't care about the result.

Oh...My...Gawd

Hey Dad, I think we've got a good 'un

Damn I like this kid

@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia:

It didn't take long for Stevenson to fuck up the player ID.

He' a complete cock but Garth Galloway is actually worse on radio which takes some doing

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@SynicBast said in Black Caps v Australia:

There goes Finn...Boom or Bust

did his job tonight.

I would certainly take 32 off 17 from an opener in a T20.

Yeah I've been in test mode for so long, i's all a bit out of my comfort zone

yeah and Starc's already 50% through his allocation @ 6's I'll take that

There goes Finn...Boom or Bust

I hope Aussie are bowling Conway back into form/confidence.

in game mics should be banned

it would help if they actually had a handle on the pace

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Australia:

Jeepers. Cummins, Starc and Hazelwood playing this version of the game.

We’re fucked

Hopefully the faster they bowl the faster t gets to or over the boundary

I'll take a test win over Aussie over winning the 2024 t20 WC every single time. I'm old enough to remember every test win over Aussie. They are scarce enough to be valued much higher than some biennial tourney

The fielding absolutely, the effect on batting technique, not so much. I'm all for faster scoring but there's a lot more to test batting than is able to be learned in t20. Also, t20 requires flat pitches to satisfy the LCD crowds. If here is one positive it's that spinners are actually getting more respect and recognition although that's counterbalanced by the inability aof many t20 batters to handle a non-optimal batting strip against a decent spinner

I could care less about the hit and giggle games...at least ODis have some subtlety and tactical nuances involved. But for me It's all about test Cricket, to the point I just deleted every single piece of t20 and ODI footage I've collected since 2004 - I'll never watch them whereas Test match stuff - I could watch every one of Kane's test 100s again and gain along with McCullum's 302/Roscoe's 290 and not be jaded

I don't think I've cheered on an Indian Side since before Ganguly was in the team. However there's a lot to like about the team (not the admin though - pack of fluffybunnies) but particularly that Jaiswal whippersnapper