Wow! Aus 60/3 at lunch, day 1. NZ lead the Trans-Tasman clash with only about 29 sessions to play in the series.
Would it be unfair for me to make a pessimistic post now? After all, I've been composing it in my head all morning.
Would it be unfair for me to make a pessimistic post now? After all, I've been composing it in my head all morning.
J-Rod has some upbeat advice for how NZ can beat Australia. Basically, bat well, field well, captain well, bowl well. Sounds like too much to hope for. I reckon we'd do better to lower our expectations. Winning a test is an unrealistic goal and we should be looking for some smaller victories. Here's a few suggestions:
- Win the toss in each test.
- Last 10 days.
- Have one of the Black Caps lead one of the stats, such as leading wicket taker or highest strike rate.
- Keep Ponting's average below 30 for the series.
- Every opening stand to last at least half an hour.
- Hasten Hayden's retirement.
- Make Ponting sweat about his captaincy at least once in each test. Maybe an unbreakable late innings partnership or someone defying every attempt to set a field.
- A first innings lead. (Wouldn't that be nice!)
- Drive Symonds to drink.
- Player of the series.
1 comment:
things are looking pretty good at the moment, reckon anything under 250 is gettable !
good luck !, how about a link swap mate
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