*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[The Hutt Rec]

What the hell are the Fox commentators even talking about?! They've totally lost the plot.

 

[Starfighter]

Paine you are an utter spanner.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Mark on hotspot?

 

[Burgey]

Paine you are an utter spanner.

It wasn’t just him though. They all went up spontaneously, so they’ve all heard something

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I love how Blundell scored 136 runs at the MCG to exactly maintain his pre-test average of 68.00.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Great spell this from Cummins. Oz seemed to be drifting a bit until he came back and there was a visible lift in intensity which led to those loose shots from Blundell.

 

[Burgey]

Great spell this from Cummins. Oz seemed to be drifting a bit until he came back and there was a visible lift in intensity which led to those loose shots from Blundell.

**** he hits the bat hard.

Good over by Starc to back him up there, too.

 

[quincywagstaff]

**** he hits the bat hard.

Cummins is as important as anyone in Asian conditions; if he was unfit for the Bangladesh tour I wouldn't be convinced Australia would win there.

 

[Burgey]

Cummins is as important as anyone in Asian conditions; if he was unfit for the Bangladesh tour I wouldn't be convinced Australia would win there.

They’d win in a hand canter anyway, but yeah he’s very important everywhere. Am really looking forward to the next home summer.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Cummins is as important as anyone in Asian conditions; if he was unfit for the Bangladesh tour I wouldn't be convinced Australia would win there.

How long is Shakib banned? Bangladesh really need him to have any chance.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Latham seemed more worried about Wade there than any of his teammates did.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Probably the first Test day of the summer Australia have lost.

 

[straw man]

Good batting from Latham and Blundell - so nice not to have a flurry of wickets and for the openers to do their job calmly. Slower wicket has to help too.

 

[Flem274*]

good professional batting. well done.

do it tomorrow.

 

[morgieb]

How long is Shakib banned? Bangladesh really need him to have any chance.

IIRC it expires next November.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Good to see us finally outplay Australia over 90 overs and do it with our B team.

Blundell is currently averaging 76.50. Marnus who?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

this looks like a seddon park wicket. Good job regardless

 

[Fuller Pilch]

IIRC it expires next November.

Australia will dominate them then.

 

[Grasshopper]

A relief to reach stumps unscathed. Honours even today I reckon, which is about as much as we can hope for under the circumstances.

 

[Hicheal Michael]

These makeshift NZ teams do generally exceed expectations - the game against South Africa at Hamilton a few years ago springs to mind.

A long way to go in this test though.