Official Cricket Thread Part 302 - Page 28

Axver · 02-11-2016, 05:40 PM

Yep, our batting is brittle as all hell.

cobl04 · 02-11-2016, 05:59 PM

ffs.

Axver · 02-11-2016, 07:11 PM

We've come back from this before at the Basin, and let's not judge things until Australia have also had a bat, but this is a pretty shit start really. Well at least the Corey Hotline seems to be ringing today.

This gave me a laugh: New Zealand v Australia: Dialogue from a one-way conversation that may or may not have happened | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Axver · 02-11-2016, 07:24 PM

Fuck, no, the Corey Hotline has rang out.

Can we please somehow stagger to 200?

Edit: OK cricket gods, I'll settle for 150 at this rate.

Axver · 02-11-2016, 07:54 PM

Well, 183, could've been a shitload worse.

The top five batsmen scored a combined 48. Mark Craig scored 41 not out.

cobl04 · 02-11-2016, 07:55 PM

Mitch Johnson always bowled better when he batted well, so watch out for Mark Craig!!!!!!!!!!

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Axver · 02-11-2016, 09:19 PM

Mark Craig has decided that when he bats well, he then goes on to drop crucial catches at second slip.

Vlad n U 2 · 02-11-2016, 09:20 PM

Is it swinging a lot?

cobl04 · 02-11-2016, 11:42 PM

We check for a no-ball every fucking time there's a wicket but we don't check when the umpire calls it on a wicket. Fuck me. Infuriating. NZ should be in a better spot. Aus get the best of the conditions tho

MadForIt · 02-12-2016, 01:25 AM

Awful umpiring - that 4th wicket was crucial

Smith being a git demanding a replay for his c&b - arrogant twat

Get Aussies for 300 max for NZ to try and do something in this match

Weather forecast is good for all 5 days so need someone to bat for a long long time

NZ were so poor with the bat.

Vlad n U 2 · 02-13-2016, 12:24 AM

Less said about this test match the better.

Axver · 02-13-2016, 02:05 AM

I'm still holding out hope that we will do what we've done at other recent Basin Tests and bat for ages in the third innings. Force a draw if we can. But we need big knocks from Kane, BMac, and others to have a hope, and we could really really use Ross back.

cobl04 · 02-13-2016, 07:51 PM

Adam Voges averages 97 after 14 Tests. Fucking hell.

Smart work from Lyon and Marsh just now. Not sure it was Guptill's smartest shot when you're 17,000 runs behind on first innings.

Axver · 02-13-2016, 07:53 PM

Just two or three minutes before that wicket I sent a text to my mate saying "Guppy won't make fifty. Great ODI player who always finds a way to get out in Tests."

That ball was the first bloody ball of the day I saw too, after finally a). waking up and b). stopping my Internet from being a dick.

cobl04 · 02-13-2016, 08:38 PM

Fingers crossed the Kiwis can salvage something from here. Decent start. 562 is not horrific, all things considered, if you ignore NZ's first innings.

Axver · 02-13-2016, 08:53 PM

Our last two third innings at the Basin were 8/680 and 5/524, so here's hoping we get a another in that vicinity.

cobl04 · 02-13-2016, 09:10 PM

For. Fuck's. Sake.

Guess everyone has to have a form slump, even Kane. Wonder when Smith's, Kohli's and Root's will come.

Vlad n U 2 · 02-13-2016, 09:18 PM

Amla only recently got out of his. AB is firmly into his own at the moment.

Axver · 02-13-2016, 10:03 PM

Oh fucking HELL Latham, you had to go on with this. You absolutely had to.

For once I'd love New Zealand to produce a good opener.

Vlad n U 2 · 02-13-2016, 10:10 PM

Can somebody please explain why NZ are struggling even more so at home than they did in Australia?

02-11-2016, 05:40 PM	#541
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Yep, our batting is brittle as all hell. __________________ __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-11-2016, 05:59 PM	#542
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	ffs. __________________

02-11-2016, 07:11 PM	#543
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	We've come back from this before at the Basin, and let's not judge things until Australia have also had a bat, but this is a pretty shit start really. Well at least the Corey Hotline seems to be ringing today. This gave me a laugh: New Zealand v Australia: Dialogue from a one-way conversation that may or may not have happened \| Cricket \| ESPN Cricinfo __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-11-2016, 07:24 PM	#544
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Fuck, no, the Corey Hotline has rang out. Can we please somehow stagger to 200? Edit: OK cricket gods, I'll settle for 150 at this rate. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-11-2016, 07:54 PM	#545
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Well, 183, could've been a shitload worse. The top five batsmen scored a combined 48. Mark Craig scored 41 not out. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-11-2016, 07:55 PM	#546
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Mitch Johnson always bowled better when he batted well, so watch out for Mark Craig!!!!!!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference

02-11-2016, 09:19 PM	#547
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Mark Craig has decided that when he bats well, he then goes on to drop crucial catches at second slip. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-11-2016, 09:20 PM	#548
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,382 Local Time: 10:28 AM	Is it swinging a lot?

02-11-2016, 11:42 PM	#549
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	We check for a no-ball every fucking time there's a wicket but we don't check when the umpire calls it on a wicket. Fuck me. Infuriating. NZ should be in a better spot. Aus get the best of the conditions tho

02-12-2016, 01:25 AM	#550
MadForIt Refugee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,248 Local Time: 12:58 PM	Awful umpiring - that 4th wicket was crucial Smith being a git demanding a replay for his c&b - arrogant twat Get Aussies for 300 max for NZ to try and do something in this match Weather forecast is good for all 5 days so need someone to bat for a long long time NZ were so poor with the bat.

02-13-2016, 12:24 AM	#551
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,382 Local Time: 10:28 AM	Less said about this test match the better.

02-13-2016, 02:05 AM	#552
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	I'm still holding out hope that we will do what we've done at other recent Basin Tests and bat for ages in the third innings. Force a draw if we can. But we need big knocks from Kane, BMac, and others to have a hope, and we could really really use Ross back. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-13-2016, 07:51 PM	#553
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Adam Voges averages 97 after 14 Tests. Fucking hell. Smart work from Lyon and Marsh just now. Not sure it was Guptill's smartest shot when you're 17,000 runs behind on first innings.

02-13-2016, 07:53 PM	#554
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Just two or three minutes before that wicket I sent a text to my mate saying "Guppy won't make fifty. Great ODI player who always finds a way to get out in Tests." That ball was the first bloody ball of the day I saw too, after finally a). waking up and b). stopping my Internet from being a dick. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-13-2016, 08:38 PM	#555
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Fingers crossed the Kiwis can salvage something from here. Decent start. 562 is not horrific, all things considered, if you ignore NZ's first innings.

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02-13-2016, 08:53 PM	#556
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Our last two third innings at the Basin were 8/680 and 5/524, so here's hoping we get a another in that vicinity. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-13-2016, 09:10 PM	#557
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 58,491 Local Time: 10:58 AM	For. Fuck's. Sake. Guess everyone has to have a form slump, even Kane. Wonder when Smith's, Kohli's and Root's will come.

02-13-2016, 09:18 PM	#558
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,382 Local Time: 10:28 AM	Amla only recently got out of his. AB is firmly into his own at the moment.

02-13-2016, 10:03 PM	#559
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 10:58 AM	Oh fucking HELL Latham, you had to go on with this. You absolutely had to. For once I'd love New Zealand to produce a good opener. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

02-13-2016, 10:10 PM	#560
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,382 Local Time: 10:28 AM	Can somebody please explain why NZ are struggling even more so at home than they did in Australia? __________________