Black Caps summer 2010.

And after the good start it turns to shit

FML

sigh

wtf is with just chipping catches back to the cunts?

The wicket really has slowed right down. The 1st 10 overs will be crucial. If we have a total to actually defend that is

Fuck I *HATE* batting first
So BS

*gives up*

No boundaries since the 18th over

FUCK I HATE SHANE WATSON

44th over
so bad...

3 6's from Tuffey impressive. Shame no one could string a proper innings together... again. *sigh*

It was a frustrating watch, just as someone started looking good they would chip a stupid catch

Rain has arrived...hopefully that means the DL might shaft Aussie like it did us the last game. Or does that fact we were bowled out in ~45 overs mean the DL screws US?

Will there still be a game tonight? I am looking over at the city at the moment and it's still looking pretty dark.

Ok. 34 overs. Target of 200.

That will probably be too easy for Aus ...can we have the rain back please?

Bizarre, no comment from anyone on our victory last night???

I didn't see the game live thanks to SkyTVs ghey policies.

What policies are those?

Decent enough game - always nice to see that strong Aussie batting lineup blow out. Although we did get given 2 ridiculous wickets. I'd be pretty ropey if I was Punter after that clanger.

Skippy into the test unit. Hmmm.



gc.

Probably because it was on Sky Sport 2 due to the rugby.

UHF sky is being switched off soon isn't it?

UHF!?



gc.

So Yak, I'm thinking our bet is basically $50 on whether or not it's gonna rain for a sustained period in either or both of the test matches

Well, we have a lodge down here in QT, and each room has its own decoder with 3 sky channels, running off sky digital. As much as i'd like those channels to be SS1, SS2 & Trackside, from a guest perspective it's not going to happen. Although, I had a domestic cricket commentator staying here over the last 4 nights and he couldn't watch the game on Sat. from his room.

Fuck sky!!!

Harvey, where did you hear about the UHF thing?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3426685/Sky-to-switch-off-UHF-service

That's certainly a crucial part of it yes. I also think that our chances of scraping out a draw aren't terrible

UHF has already been switched off, as stupid as it is for Sky to show cricket on SS2 while they show Golf replays on SS1 it really doesn't matter now.

Here we go, first ball about to be bowled.

Phil Hughes in for Shane Watson. Ryan Harris and Brent Arnel making their debuts.

What is it with Ponting and winning tosses? this is unbelievable!

And Arnel takes a wicket in his first over!

Yesss one down NOW BRING ON THE RAIN :>

I can feel the sweet Maestro & gummi money in my hands already ... oh yeah...

lol @ it raining in wellywood today.

Forecast suggests some rain for day 4 i think, but it'll be over by then

115 / 3 Hussey down!

Looking good

if we can get katich out within the next ten overs, its all on

You sound like a fkn commentator Interbreed. Can't stand it when they say random crap like that
It's all on anyway. If we get him in 15 overs is it really going to make much of a difference?
Or if we get 3 other wickets but not Katich? :

it katch stays in for another ten overs, hell have about 70* and be set. hell be able to attack the bowlers and let the new batsmen (clarke at the moment) do their thing and rotate strike.

id much rather clarke/north out there within 30 minutes then katich/north

He has 51.. he's already set. You speak like our only shot is getting him out in 60 balls and otherwise they're just cruising to inevitable victory There's hundreds/thousands of ways this could go down..

The radio commentators aren't exactly talking like he's set. He's run Ponting out and they are saying he's been quite tentative at times. Apparently Martin coming round the wicket at him caused him some problems as well.

Having said that. Aussie are still going to get a big score. They've still got 3 guys in the shed that could get plenty of runs.

All out for 438, heard it here first.

NZ rolled for 229, risk following on.



gc.

Two dropped catches.

Yessssss Katich gone.

Dans on his average now, wicket coming imo! :>

time to drop everyone but taylor, guptill, vetorri, tuffey, martin, arnel & mccullum

Attn: gummi

STFU

I wasn't gonna say a word!

Wouldn't it have been easier to say the names of the 4 people you want to drop instead of the 7 that you want to keep? Haha.

Top 3 is always going to be fragile - there simply aren't really any better options. Even Williamson, if picked, has no business batting in the top 3. That's why they've picked Sinclair in the squad. As much as I hate it, this is pretty close to our best test team. We just aren't up to scratch against quality opposition like this.



gc.

While the cricket sucks... the commentary team is awesome!

Greg Blewett is great,. Alan Border is great

Fuck the Channel 9 team! These guys are 50x as good. Even Simon Doull is good this test!

Holy crap! 50 run opening partnership. What's going on?

Come on rain!! ... One time!

NO SUCKOUTS FOR YOU... HOLD, HOOOOOLLLLDDDD, HHHHOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDD!!!

Look how good he ran last night, we are dogs

"The players make their way back out onto the field after lunch in what are very gloomy conditions. Thick dark clouds look menacing"

Just hit a flush draw on the turn too

ffs i know.

edit:



wtf ! Re-suck!

"Not a long break as the light looks to have improved and the players return to the field"

There's hope yet Maesty :>

But yeah, I knew I should never have bet against Mr. "I-run-like-God" over here

hahahaha

Hauritz to McCullum, no run, full ball hits the foot marks and turns sharply from outside the off stump, McCullum doesn't offer a shot and the ball thuds into his front pad. Huge appeal but not given, the decision is referred and it looks like McCullum is safe as 'virtual' is not available because the cameras have been taken down due to the wind

L O L !!!!!

Yeah, on the radio they were saying not all the virtual cameras are up because when the wind is over 100km/h hawkeye is not reliable.

Fuck playing cricket in conditions like that. It can't be pleasant out there.

They also said one of the rollers was getting blown along by itself earlier!

Yeah....So hard to run in and bowl

Anti-sweating my own team when they are running good in weird ways ftw!

"New Zealand lead by 4 runs with 5 wickets remaining"

:>

FML, Vettori gone

gg vettori

gogogogogo baggy greens

It feels like I don't even know you any more...

Fuck I felt so dirty after that post

Betting on Australia is hard work, psychologically :>

Fucking Saffa cunts!



gc.

To be fair, saffas will do most things if you wave $50 in their face

ffs, why isn't maestro getting slack over this as well?

Cos he's not a Saffa cunt!

:>

gc.

Yeah but the dude is a horrible nit! :>

wtf!

Huge winds knock the bails off and send Katich's helmet down to the third man boundary

Jesus

"The umpires come together as the light is not looking good. they decide it's too dark to keep going. The decision has been made to take tea. The New Zealanders will be satisfied with 97 for 1 in that session with McCullum looking at his best and getting stoic support from Tuffey. Join us in 20 minutes for the final session and some more comedy as the outrageous wind really dominates proceeding here on day 4 "

Looking good :>

<3 watching an offspinner turning the ball

even if he's a filthy aussie

They aren't coming back out yet. The light is still bad and now it's started raining.

Man this is really going to come down to the wire if the last session today gets called off :>
Esp if we can take our sweet ass time getting to about 200 lead tomorrow...

The forecast for tomorrow morning is rain as well.

LOL. Groundsman and security guards sitting on the covers to stop them from blowing away.

ya, draw seems like the likely result

*sigh*

Looks like play is to resume at 4:55pm.

lol @ the replays they are putting on during rain breaks. Marshall and Cumming smashing Warne and McGrath etc around for 100 & 70 odd. Surreal

McCullum brought up up century quickly this morning. Two 4s off the 2nd and 3rd balls of the first over.

McCullum out. Is there any rain about???

Fuck!

18°C | °F
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: N at 19 km/h
Humidity: 64%

Not looking good grrrrrr McCullum

Ok we're gunna have to do this without the weather today.

We just need to be slow, careful, hopefully get to a lead of ~200 with not much time left.
3 wickets, we can still do it...

FML. Southee out second ball. Okay fuck this

Stupid from Southee. He needed to try and stick it out and help Tuffey. Not swing his bat at a wide delivery.

Yup, just retarded :/

Well at least we got past 100 lead, this test hasn't been an embarassment...

gg Aussie..

Tuffey left stranded on 47. I imagine he'll be slightly pissed off that the last 3 guys couldn't hang around for a bit.

What does FML stand for?

http://www.fmylife.com/

ha! that'll learn you to play rags in EP Yak


PS. Bloody!

Simple catch dropped in the slips by McIntosh.

nothing simple about it ... he hardly got a hand to it.

Both the radio and cricinfo said it was simple. They had a discussion on the radio about how he got himself in the wrong position to take a slip catch by going into the long barrier?

cricinfo didn't say anything about it being simple?

12.2 Arnel to Hughes, no run, dropped full ball angling across finds a thick outside edge and flies to McIntosh who only gets a finger to the ball at second slip

Maybe I got muddled up with that they were saying on the radio then. Cos they all definitely thought it was a simple chance.

These guys are just taking the piss now

As predicted - outclassed, outplayed and outsmarted at pretty much every turn.

NZ 564 for 20 wickets...
Aus 565 for 5 wickets.

Might as well have been an innings defeat - such was their superiority in every facet. I suppose We'll be talking about how we took them to the 5th day or whatever, but it's a crock. Batsmen with poor technique and poor attitudes, and slow unthreatening bowlers.

I wish we didn't suck so much at tests, but that's just the way it is.



gc.

yes we were outclassed - but they're way better than us?

I think there's quite a bit of positivity to take from this. Our bowlers were quite disciplined on day 1, some good scores from the middle/lower order etc... Tonne of room for improvement but was pretty enjoyable watching imo.

Tuffey has a broken hand, and won't be playing the next test.

Right so who do we call up?

Anyone?

fuck.