New Zealand may have matched India in the first Test and even had them at 15-5, but they shouldn’t expect any more slackness from the Indian batsmen again. The standard ’first-test-hiccup’ as well as the ’pitiful collapse’ are both out of the way, and I think the series will be won 2-0 from here.
New Zealand will be forced to make at least a couple of changes, as Ham...
For those who doubted whether the final would be a barnstorming event, I give you the New Zealand starting XI.
1 Brendon McCullum (wk, capt), 2 Aaron Redmond, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Neil Broom, 6 Grant Elliot, 7 James Franklin, 8 J Patel, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Ian Butler. [...]...
Day 1 was a bit of a disaster for Australia. The worst moment for me was towards the end. I'd been listening to the coverage on the radio while working but took a break when Pup got into the 90's - seeing him score a century would've been the one bright moment in the day. When Tubbie Ryder bowled a clever off-cutter that slipped through the gate to upset Clarke's furniture, I exclaimed in dismay. ...
You know when there's a Test match coming to Brisbane - our drought breaks and the heavens open. It's been raining pretty much non-stop for the past week although miraculously, the sun came out this morning and we should get some cricket. If only we had more Test matches in Brisbane, we might nudge our dam levels up over 50%
This should be an intriguing Test series. While most Tests against New Ze...
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