AUS Vs WI 15/16

[Strewthcobber]

It's really amazing how little anyone knows about how cricket pitches are going to actually perform on the day.

Comms/captains/us punters. No one has any real idea until the first 5 overs are bowled

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

NZ 142/5 chasing 189, Williamson 78* so one way or t'other it'll be over during the morning session so a little cricket & a visit to Good George looking likely. Having some mobile data roaming issues so may not be able to post from the ground but will see what I can do.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

How good has that test match been? What a crazy third day!

 

[Quick Hands]

Khawaja just scored a century off 60 balls in the T20 match. Judging by the comments of the selectors, this means he will be picked on Boxing Day.

 

[light]

And so he should be after that performance tonight.

Re-instated straight back at 3.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Yep, great signs for Boxing Day. Get him back in there at 3.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

How good has that test match been? What a crazy third day!

Watched the higHlights after my post-BBQ nap. Been ages since I've seen such reckless batting, SL were in T20 mode almost.

 

[Highlander35]

Kane Williamson is a bloody beautiful batsman.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

NZ win by 5 wickets, Williamson 108* & takes BMac's NZ record for most Test runs in a calendar year, is now fourth on the Most Int'l Runs list:200 behind Ponting with potentially three innings left (dodgy knee therefore not certain to play the ODI's).

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Kane Williamson is a bloody beautiful batsman.

And now #1 on the ICC rankings with 889 points, ahead of Joe Root (886), AB deVilliers (881), Steve Smith (874) & David Warner (863). First kiwi to top the rankings, tho Turner circa 1972-74 and/ or Howarth circa 1976-78 and/ or Crowe circa 1985-88 likely would have at some point(s) had there been rankings back then.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricke...on-climbs-to-top-of-icc-test-batting-rankings

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Kane Williamson is a bloody beautiful batsman.

Yes he is. We're lucky to have some top class batsmen in the game right now: Williamson, AB, Amla, Smith, Warner and Root.

 

[Quick Hands]

Coulter-Nile dislocated his shoulder playing T20 tonight. (bowling arm)

 

[Quick Hands]

SMarsh omitted from team for Boxing Day, Burns retains his spot and Khawaja returns.

Tough on SMarsh after his innings in Hobart, but he's had so many chances and in the past he has been picked ahead of more deserving candidates.

Alas the main competition for Australia today will be the weather - rain forecast for most of the day in Melbourne.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^ ah, NZC musta known something when they decided to have a Boxing Day ODI at Hagley Oval SL 20/2. Milne working up some good pace, not yet to where he was during CWC but mostly 140+ & one at 149.

 

[zer0]

23/4, now. If only Milne didn't suffer from an apparent case of the Shane Bond's.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Fuck me, 27/5 & Henry's got four of them. NZ'll be batting before the break if SL don't get their shit together & with Mathews & Chandimal both gone it's pretty much just the bowlers left. Good crowd in & looks like a belter of a day down those ways (as it is here in HamNZ).

 

[Highlander35]

Great fun. LBW by Henry was a beauty.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^With Boult & Southee both being rested/ kept fresh for Straya (BMac has made it pretty clear they're pissed off with how things went on West Island & are keen to make amends) it's a good opportunity for one or two of Henry, Milne & McClenaghan to lock down a spot in the ODI First XI.

 

[Quick Hands]

Still raining in Mlebourne - no toss yet. I reckon they'll be lucky to get a session of play today.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^ The delay will mean that there is a good chance that the Test will extend into the second day.

Sounds like that may not be the case for the NZ v SL test. Can NZL enforce a follow on if the team batting first fails to score 100?