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AUS Tour to NZ 2016

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waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Forecast for Auckland is warm (26C max) & dry but humid.

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt.), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Henry Nicholls, 5 Grant Elliott, 6 Corey Anderson, 7 Luke Ronchi (wk), 8 Mitchell Santner/Ish Sodhi, 9 Adam Milne, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Trent Boult.

Decision on Santner or Sodhi will probably be made after they've had a last look at the pitch.

Hoping for a repeat of last year's epic (& esp. the result :))
 

Brumby Runner

David Wilson (68)
The bowling attack is certainly the weakness in the Aus team atm. IMO the policy of resting our front line bowlers has a particular down side. Hazelwood was way off the mark in this game. I believe bowlers need to keep at their trade to be consistently at the top of the game.

Also, early in the innings, there was much too much short pitched bowling. We have been told for weeks that the NZ conditions would be similar to England last year, and that full pitched swing bowling would be the go. Why would a bowler like Richardson or Mitch Marsh continually send down half pitchers at a gentle medium pace? Too many balls ended in the crowd while McCullum and Guptil were at the crease.
 

Brumby Runner

David Wilson (68)
Reminiscent of the Ashes efforts on lively pitches in England. We have selectors who are giving us sides with only one bowler up to the required standard, and who persist with batsmen who can't handle the swinging or seaming ball.

And while I've got a lot of time for Steve Smith as a cricketer, I have to wonder at his judgement when he comes out and says that Usman Khawaja can't force his way into the side because of how good the rest of them are playing.
 

Hugh Jarse

Rocky Elsom (76)
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The case for those of us in the Eden Park Hoodoo non-believers and naysayers group is getting weaker.

We couldn't even make it to halfway in the chase. Well done NZL. Dished up an old fashioned trousers down arse whipping of monumental proportions. Should be no complacency now.
 

Highlander35

Andrew Slack (58)
Hasto played well. Otherwise the bowlers were underwhelming.

Batting was worse though. Wade and Faulkner frustrated, they did well compared to everyone else, with the biggest 6th wicket partnership against NZ in ODIs, but both got out playing a bit dumb despite being settled.
 

Highlander35

Andrew Slack (58)
Stoinis is the replacement for the injured Faulkner.

I get that he's the next all rounder off the rank, but he's not only a batting all rounder, but he's a top 3 or 4 order batsman with a very different style of scoring.
 

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Bailey now being quoted as saying he DIDNT tell Warner not to review that shocker of an LBW. Gotta wonder, therefore, why he didn't: I've seen it suggested he maybe got a touch to it & it was caught so maybe he thought that in reviewing the LBW he might get given out caught?

Seddon Park is apparently sold out for Game 3, forecast for Game 2 in Wellywood still not too good.
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
Voges with a big hundred in the shield and Lyon picked up some wickets and bowled plenty of overs with Neville

Pattoman and Siddle in the wickets agaiant Tassie.

Burns missed out on a flat Adelaide track with a couple of 30s. Bowled and edges to slip too, the two big criticisms of his game. Boult and Southee will be licking their lips

Warner, Smith, Ussie, hazlewood and Mmarsh in the ODIs - hopefully put in a better display over the next two games.
 

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Latest forecast for Wellywood is much more promising than a few days ago, cloudy with a southerly picking up in the afternoon. If the venue were the Basin that'd be a problem for some poor bastards bowling into it, but at Westpac not so much as the roof deflects most of the wind & there's virtually nothing at ground level.
 

Highlander35

Andrew Slack (58)
Obviously Sayers has a day's play to to, but do we think that the selectors have decided the Seamers for the Test with the Bushrangers v Tigers game drawn to a close? Would be hard to argue against Hazelwood, Bird and Pattinson now, with Patto getting the nod ahead of the other two for the pace aspect.
 
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