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I’ve missed a few hours play, but Aus seems to be keeping the ball at a fuller length than NZ, as Cummins induces an outside from Latham to Paine.
NZ now 7-112 with Southee in and facing a 140kph short pitched Cummins thunderbolt.
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+xpretty dominant session really. Somehow pattinson and cummins have to play, I don't know who makes room but they both are capable of averaging in the very low 20s! It is tough who to leave out when all four are fit including Hazlewood.
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pretty dominant session really. Somehow pattinson and cummins have to play, I don't know who makes room but they both are capable of averaging in the very low 20s!
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+xCummins strikes! Taylor caught in slips by Burns for 4. 3-46 after a well pitched up ball outside edge. That nick whizzed to Labs.. he looked far too close to me. Lucky with the parry to Burns.
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Patto with a snorter to Watling. Kiwis in disarray
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+x+xslightly fuller than the usual good length is so deadly on this pitch. Cummins has really adjusted 2 in 2 balls Has he struggled prior , or been unlucky? his first over was the 8-9m back of a length region going a bit over the stumps but he has gradually adusted his length to fuller there is a bit of variable bounce in a pitch around the 4-6 m mark I'm guessing
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spot on with the length for the hat-trick ball
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+xslightly fuller than the usual good length is so deadly on this pitch. Cummins has really adjusted 2 in 2 balls Has he struggled prior , or been unlucky?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot. Thanks. I’m going to refer to this analysis next time I watch him bat. I just wonder if he is another batter who will just get the job done in Aus, but fail away? Hopefully, he rectifies this weakness. Good bowlers will work on any weakness their opponent has. That is why only those with the soundest of techniques prosper as long term Test cricketers.Unless of course you are either Don Bradman or Steven Smith.. these two are freaks. Cummins looking good already. Beautiful inswinger just going over. I rate Latham.. he may be the fly in the oitment for the Baggy Greens.. not Taylor. Latham is in the mould of Edgar of SA or Burns of England.. good grafters. Yes Cummins!!! Two in two. Kiwis in the poo well and truly.
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Cummins 3-9.
NZ 4-46.
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slightly fuller than the usual good length is so deadly on this pitch. Cummins has really adjusted
2 in 2 balls
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Nicholls LBW Cummins to a pitched up next ball!
Very close decision.
Hat trick ball next.
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+xInteresting Patto has opened. Good over! His shield form over a sustained period of time is mcgrath like. I wonder what he could have been. Not too late to have a decent test career though
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Cummins strikes!
Taylor caught in slips by Burns for 4.
3-46 after a well pitched up ball outside edge.
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Interesting Patto has opened.
Good over!
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+x+xGiven Wade can bowl at 128 kph, is there any chance he can improve as a bowler at age 32? De Grandhomme and Sayers are effective at only 120kph. De grandhomme is elite with accuracy and movement. Not sure if Wade can do that. Symmonds was surprisingly good though so you never know
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot. Thanks. I’m going to refer to this analysis next time I watch him bat. I just wonder if he is another batter who will just get the job done in Aus, but fail away? Hopefully, he rectifies this weakness. Good bowlers will work on any weakness their opponent has. That is why only those with the soundest of techniques prosper as long term Test cricketers.Unless of course you are either Don Bradman or Steven Smith.. these two are freaks. Cummins looking good already. Beautiful inswinger just going over. I rate Latham.. he may be the fly in the oitment for the Baggy Greens.. not Taylor. Latham is in the mould of Edgar of SA or Burns of England.. good grafters.
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+xDec, Paine didn't get the Wagner short stuff. He got the Southee dross. Wagner was bowling when Paine came to the crease. He bowled 4.2 overs more and gave Paine around 8 runs of his 17. Paine was on 63 runs when Wagner came back. All up Paine took Wagner for about 11 runs in that innings. Paine attacked and went after Santner. Smashed him. And he found it pretty easy to score regularly and easily off Southee. Thanks.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot. Thanks. I’m going to refer to this analysis next time I watch him bat. I just wonder if he is another batter who will just get the job done in Aus, but fail away? Hopefully, he rectifies this weakness. Good bowlers will work on any weakness their opponent has. That is why only those with the soundest of techniques prosper as long term Test cricketers.Unless of course you are either Don Bradman or Steven Smith.. these two are freaks.
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Dec, Paine didn't get the Wagner short stuff. He got the Southee dross. Wagner was bowling when Paine came to the crease. He bowled 4.2 overs more and gave Paine around 8 runs of his 17. Paine was on 63 runs when Wagner came back. All up Paine took Wagner for about 11 runs in that innings.
Paine attacked and went after Santner. Smashed him. And he found it pretty easy to score regularly and easily off Southee.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot. Thanks. I’m going to refer to this analysis next time I watch him bat. I just wonder if he is another batter who will just get the job done in Aus, but fail away? Hopefully, he rectifies this weakness. Michael Vaughan also said Wade’s head falls too far over to off when he plays vertical shots.
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+xGiven Wade can bowl at 128 kph, is there any chance he can improve as a bowler at age 32? De Grandhomme and Sayers are effective at only 120kph.
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+x+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot. Thanks. I’m going to refer to this analysis next time I watch him bat. I just wonder if he is another batter who will just get the job done in Aus, but fail away? Hopefully, he rectifies this weakness.
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Given Wade can bowl at 128 kph, is there any chance he can improve as a bowler at age 32?
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+x+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy? Yeh prob more concentration with Tim. Head plays too far away from his body. You watch the real quality batsmen. They play the ball under their nose in attack and defense.. mostly defense. Head reaches for the ball.. so his head is never over the ball at point of contact which means he is not in total control of the shot.
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Another test today will be Australia only having four bowlers if the pitch flattens out.
An injury to a pace bowler means trouble.
CDG is a very decent 5th bowler for the Kiwis.
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+xThe last post is probably more applicable to the return of Warner and Smith. At at least one has always been in from, plus the emergence of Labu. Form
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I suppose I saw Boult bowl some good balls close to taking wickets, but I missed a lot of play.
The TCA folks say hello, Baggers!
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+x+x+x+x+xGot a laugh out of the kiwi commentator when Wagner got Smith with a rare really good short one lol. Seems that they're happy getting him for anything less than a hundred, a mere 85 is a great victory apparently. I also thought it was strange the way they bigged up the short stuff to Smith in the first test too. They seem to have overlooked that he was struggling and had already nicked off to the slips a couple of times that weren't taken (and should have been run out). But nah, gotta to bowl short. I think they might end up playing him into form at this rate. There are times that we have shown more mental strength than in the Michael Bevin days with the exception maybe of Warner in the ashes (who is probably still a bit of a bad boy, sublimely talented mind you). Paine is hopeless at the DRS and I don't rate his keeping as high as others, I also don't have any illusions about us being the good guys now, but gee its made a difference the change in team culture. Ironic because the old culture was justified as "winning at all costs" Similarly I wonder if its no coincidence that we started playing with more determination and mental strength (with more results to show) since Tim Paine reformed our sportsmanship. I mean I like sledging as much as the next person but there is a difference between sledging and bullying. How often have we collapsed since Paine has taken over?
That is a very good point.
It probably is an excellent point, Baggers, but do we have stats to support less collapses since Paine’s captaincy? Dunno DC.. prob not.. Just a matter of going thru the archives. I am betting those embarrassing collapses under Smith have been far less under Paine. There was however a silver lining to those collapso days.. it established Smith as the batsmen he has become. How often did he carry us in those days. Too often!
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+x+x+xI thought McCullum’s crtiticism Of The Kiwis was overly harsh. I thought they fought hard all day in the field. I missed that, what did he say? Southee seemed afraid of the stumps. I'm not going off stats mind you but it seemed like very few of his balls were near the 4th or 5th stump let alone the off stump De grandhomme was a bit better Boult was the worst I have seen him bowl. Clearly under done for this match. It was he that got Head going with a succession of flashing square cuts off very wide deliveries. The Kiwis quicks sure missed a trick not bowling in the correct areas against he and Paine.. neither have a sound technique. Interesting summation, Baggers. Other Test cricketers think Paine has good technique, but poor concentration. Where do you think Head is dodgy?
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