***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2012

[Zinzan]

And the agony ends for Nicol..

 

[Hurricane]

That Nicol inning may well have cost us the match unless we bat well from here. he has dug a hole for us and now he has given away his wicket without accelerating to make up for his slow start.

 

[Mike5181]

Come on Williamson!

 

[Bahnz]

Mccullum is so important now.

 

[SeamUp]

Could see Parnell open the batting later.

Nicol very much hit and miss for me, no test player. It might be a baptism of fire but I would be looking at a young gun like Tom Latham even if he hasn't done much domestically yet.

 

[CricAddict]

Surprising to see both teams going into the match with very few batsmen and a whole set of allrounders (mostly bowling allrounders). Even before the match, we can predict that it would be low scoring.

 

[Hurricane]

Could see Parnell open the batting later.

Nicol very much hit and miss for me, no test player. It might be a baptism of fire but I would be looking at a young gun like Tom Latham even if he hasn't done much domestically yet.

Whywasn't LAtham picked for this game ahead of Colin.

 

[SeamUp]

Would love to see Biff and Gazza after their half marathon and marathon respectively hehe

The old WP opening duo teaming up again.

 

[straw man]

Whywasn't LAtham picked for this game ahead of Colin.

Because we desperately needed an 8th bowler?

 

[Hurricane]

Come on Williamson!

Needs to get going soon.

 

[SeamUp]

Whywasn't LAtham picked for this game ahead of Colin.

Probably the catch 22 NZL selectors are in at the moment with a young player.

Obviously identified him as one for the future but feel he needs to play as much 4-day cricket given the opportunity for his development.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Would be nice to get the run rate back over 3.

 

[Neil Young]

Why De Grandhomme over Latham? CDG has shown nothing. Some of the selections are quite baffling. Nicol has be shown up against this lot and will be in the tests also.

 

[Mike5181]

When was the last time McCullum scored three consecutive 50s against non-minnows?

 

[Zinzan]

Let's face it, we really needed to win the toss and bowl today. Just can't see anything less than 300 troubling SA chasing at the moment, let alone the 220 we may get.

 

[Flem274*]

Williamson to consider scoring another run.

The test squad... Ellis I understand, but Nicol? He's far from the best Plunket Shield batsman left.

Baz!

 

[Neil Young]

Williamson to consider scoring another run.

The test squad... Ellis I understand, but Nicol? He's far from the best Plunket Shield batsman left.

Baz!

Wright's justification of Nicol's selection was that whe has shown form in this series. Unless he means average or poor form, I am missing something.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[straw man]

So McCullum... really standing up lately after that critical Cricinfo article. In the new position of 3 as well, and captaining an underperforming side. Impressive.

 

[Howsie]

Why De Grandhomme over Latham? CDG has shown nothing. Some of the selections are quite baffling. Nicol has been promising against this lot and will be in the tests also.

Fixed

 

[Flem274*]

McCullum scores a bunch of fifties every so often and convinces us he's turning a corner.

Not convinced yet.