New Zealand tour of Australia Nov-Dec 2015

[PokerAce]

What a performance from the Kiwis!!

Now if they get a lead tomorrow, of say 60/70 runs, then Australia will be the only side that could lose this test, with a 3rd innings collapse. If Australia bat to safety then there just wont be enough overs left to get 10 wickets in the 4th innings. What a great test this could still be!

 

[Aalay]

160.4 km/h yorker to Ross Taylor

 

[CerealKiller]

160.4 km/h yorker to Ross Taylor

TBH, it looks as fast as his other yorkers. I might be wrong, but i think there's a problem with the speed gun. One delivery from Lyon was 115 kph.

 

[Aalay]

TBH, it looks as fast as his other yorkers. I might be wrong, but i think there's a problem with the speed gun. One delivery from Lyon was 115 kph.

That's exactly what I thought. I mean we are no expert to judge the speed of the ball just from watching it on TV but it did not look too different from his other deliveries in that spell. Also that's what Craig McMilan said as well.

"I don't know, maybe someone in the truck was having a bit of fun but that delivery came out of nowhere and looked pretty similar to a lot of deliveries throughout the day that were closer to 150 than 160," McMillan said.

"I'm not sure if maybe the wrong button was pushed, but you'd have to ask Rossco whether it felt 10kph quicker than any other delivery he faced."

Mitchell Starc offers Craig McMillan net challenge | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[zwarrior]

Wow. what a knock by Taylor! Sad that he missed 300.

 

[Rehan_24]

This is some real counter attack by Newzeland. Fantastic

 

[Markkkkk]

I love it when Steven Smith and Kane Williamson score runs. My two favourite batsmen right now...

 

[abhi_jacko]

LOL. Run gluttony in progress. Scorecard seems to suggest they are playing in Kanpur and not Perth. Also, aren't these supposed to be two of the best bowling attacks in Test cricket ?

 

[PokerAce]

They are seemingly playing wherever the first Eng-Pak test was held. The pitch from the first three days was airlifter to Perth.

 

[stefan]

WACA is the same place SA chased 400+ to win , its not always bowler friendly.

 

[ParkedTheBus]

One of the best bowlers of this generation ends his career.. Starc's emergence definitely accelerated MJ's departure. MJ didn't have the freedom to be an out-an-out attacking bowler anymore. His 2013/14 was probably the best season any bowler has had in the modern era. Hats off!

 

[Aislabie]

Mitchell Marsh.

Edited by swirler 1 minute ago

 

[IanG]

It was a road

 

[PokerAce]

Excited about the test tomorrow.

 

[PokerAce]

Surprised absolutely no one is here on this forum.

Anyway, watching this test in between overs (Ind vs SA), and I think the worries about ball visibility seem to have perhaps been overstated. The ball very easy to spot, so far atleast anyway on TV. I know the key test will be under lights but so far on TV that ball is very easy to follow, if not easier.

Of course also await the players' reaction, and that of the spectators on the ground, where the main worry about visibility was. But so far on TV is all thumbs up.

I would love to have a day night test in India, but I think it may not be as easy, what with dew and all. Dew is a challenge enough in ODIs, but a test having its second half ruined with the ball too wet due to dew would be a real worry. But thats for another day.