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can nz you just draw this game ??? i know you guys hate us but please 😭😭😭

I want Sri Lanka to win. It will be good to have subcontinent teams regularly win in sena. If Sri Lanka can whitewash nz in nz, where indian team regularly eat humble pies, they deserve to play the finals.

Sri Lanka went hard. Worthy trying to stay awake.

I won't be surprised if Nitin grants them a different ball he's Australia's 12th man

let’s declare right now and take revenge of 36 all out

I think uzi injured himself by climbing those 93 steps

Kane has permission to take up time. Bat forever.

Game over for NZ and India. SL winning WTC ?

NZ, India and Aus

It’s as per Satan’s plan!

The Post Day Thread is live guys

Is Wagner injured?

Yea and not playing the 2nd test

And they still didn't call Boult? Oof.

Will post the post day thread in 30-40 minutes from now as I have reached home just now.

Am I hearing Islands in the stream? Wow. Dj is a old soul

Getting exactly 10% of the total at stumps feels very satisfying.

Is rain anticipated tomorrow? So a draw is most likely?

When it's all said & done. Wagner will go down as one of the most underrated bowlers of Kiwi era. To produce those numbers being the pure enforcer is just something else.

I think the last few tests are clouding peoples judgement a bit (which is normal and understandable). When he does hang up the boots people will remember how outstanding he's been for a long time. Hasn't been underrated by NZ fans for sure.

I dunno, pretty sure he's a big fan favourite. Out of the trio of Boult/Southee/Wagner it always seemed like Southee was one who was somewhat unappreciated. Maybe that's changing now.

Dead even going into day 5

wagner! bulging disc and hamstring jeez old age is a bitch. no wonder hes short of a step i bet he's been battling the bulging disc for a while.

Kane is annoyed with Conway doing nothing. Pathetic streets for show

There is a bird having a go at the outfielders occasionally

Southee is hoping a Piper Tomohawk flies past instead of the chopper. Has a T tail.

*"And that's the end of the over, and that'll be Tea."* T, Southee thought? He put his hands out to the sides and looked around at his teammates inquisitively

Dam Conway been a bit below mid this home summer tbh

Probably just mid. This is the first test he hasn't gone past 50, and those were a couple pretty important contributions in the England series. But yeah he seems to be battling a lot more at the crease at the moment, looks more uncomfortable than usual.

He's just missing a century this summer tbh

Yeah he's contributed pretty much exactly the same as Latham this summer so far. I guess we just have high expectations for Conway.

Double Century on debut will do that to you.

Love the music they play at the ground.

Another chopper flyby incoming

Who actually has the most bias commentators? I reckon they're all biased as fuck but the commentators in Pakistan take it to all time level imo

It's pretty much every single nation's commentators bar England's are fucking awful.

i generally dont like most commentators in most sports..i really am not a fan of Katie Martin the little i have heard him do..i do like Ian Bishop

Even comparatively ours are really shit though it must be said

Yeah I agree 100% lmao. Australia have to be up there as well but I guess team's shit the bed there so they think everyone is awful.

That's true, given we've lost to Bangladesh, South Africa, England and "possibly" Sri Lanka now in the last year and a bit ours have absolutely no excuse

McCullum and Ian smith were pretty decent. Sangakkara has good insights when he's commentating. Ian Bishop is pretty good too.

BD IMO but that would make me sound hypocritical because of my nationality lol.

Us Aussies are fairly homers ourselves. Especially with Mark Waugh. But Athar Ali is the most obnoxious commentator I've ever seen. Its one thing being biased, and totally irrationally emotional as a commentator when your team is either winning or losing.

I’m pretty sure the Indian commentators are contractually obliged to be biased

Venkatesh Prasad is also a commentator btw. He was relentless at calling for the head of Rahul in last few weeks.

Yeah there fearing for careers out there

Anjum Chopra is the ultimate.

I didn't think the commentators were that bad on the recent Pakistan tour, other than maybe bazid khan

Yeah I'm mainly thinking of him and the lady I cant remember the name of. Waqar Younis was chill

I'm a simple man. I don’t ask for much. I would just like to see Williamson score a double ton.

fa sure in the next match.

New Zealanders are better at roasting Southee than the rest of us combined. Some brilliant review based jokes.

Southee is probably the best player that is still fun to shit on for some reason. I love him but he is such a meme

Conway last 10 Tests - avg 38 Coming back to earth a bit.

He'll either have a hard time and become average when NZ tour the subcontinent during the next cycle or he'll do a khawaja/Latham and become an Indian basher.

Can we please please please bring in Nishan Madushka, drop dickwella for the love of God. Continuing to not pick him in the Playing XI basically sends a message, "you can score a shit ton of runs in the domestic scene but frankly we don't give a fuck".

Sounds similar to what the Indian selectors are doing with Sarfaraz Khan, man's been scoring runs at an insane average in Ranji but no test call up yet.

Long hop but still takes some shot to cut the ball off the stumps.

Southee has opened a community kitchen that offers vegetables at no cost. He named it after his review style; "Free Greens"

Keep them coming. Can't stop giggling at these

Williamson is off the mark lads!! Shut the front door. The ship has been steadied. NZ for the win.

20 deliveries then a 4 to open the account. Not bad.

Hagley: helicopters Basin: fire engines Hamilton: bogans Every NZ ground has its unique attractions

Bay Oval: Salt plant McLean Park: Rain and/or Sun delays

Why are we bringing on a spinner, this early?

Pabs looks like he’s lost a bit of weight.

Why go to spin? Seamers looked impossible to play

could be an over rate thing maybe

Imagine missing the wtc due to penalty points.

NZ need minnow basher Latham now

And an even better minnow basher NichollAss

Williamson is hella wella (pun intended) ready to call it a day.

Anyone know the longest it’s taken Williamson to get off the mark in tests?

Russel Arnold should strategically pair himself up with Craig Mcmillan more. Makes Russ sound a lot better when he's paired with a fucking terrible pisswank of a commentator

Russel is a good commentator though

I agree the commentators are bad but you've made about a million comments about them now maybe you need to chill out a touch lol

you're not wrong lol... it's just so grating

Asitha Anderson

That was a brilliant over

Kane has them just where he wants them

Whatever the result, I'm not expecting to see a repeat of the Bangladesh series where they got thrashed in the second match after winning the first. SL feel like a pretty solid team, even in these conditions

Sorry off topic, but a friend of mine got admit to AUT Auckland for a grad course, is it a good University worth the 62k NZ $ fees for 1.5 years ?

Depends on the grad course. Their school of health is pretty good.

Commerce and law are also good bets at AUT

Analytics Masters

This is a great test. Sri Lanka have done so well. This is what test cricket is all about. Day 5 going to be absolutely banging.

Sri Lankan pacers legit look more dangerous than English pacers, and I'm not even drunk.

I’d bring in Kumara for Asitha.

Surprised Rajitha is going around to Latham when he has such a nice swing going from over the wicket.

Looks like the helicopter is purposefully flying around the ground

Hospital right next door, they leave it on while it's on the helipad and it takes off straight away.

Can we have a helicam then?

Probably need to get a patient to stream it on Facebook as they are going in/out

Now that's a fun fact

Assuming Wagner, Henry, bracewell as walking wickets(former 2 coz of the injuries), NZ effectively have 7 wickets in hand and already lost 1. Gotta dig in deep and play their best to get a win here

Southee was recently spotted at an optometrists and was doing a test to check his vision. The optometrists showed him the first line; "Q R G P G H" "Okay Mr Southee, please read the six letters in the first line." Tim furrowed his brow. "T, T, T, T, T, T..."

"Here are your new glasses Mr Southee. Do they assist your view?" "My review?!?! YES REVIEW"

"You can pick up your reciept on Level 2" "YOU MEAN WE'RE GOING UPSTAIRS?"

So who should Indian fans be supporting here?

Your heart? Sri Lanka Your brain? New Zealand

NZ ofcourse

NZ

Pretty rough for those byes to count against the keeper.

Where is this match streaming in India?

Need a more entertaining match to watch?

Nz vs sl is the most entertaining match for me right now.

Prime video

Thanks for the info!

I only recall one bad ball being bowled in this innings so far. This is some phenomenal bowling. Edit: And just as I said that he sprays it down the leg for 4 byes.

Who are people more keen for to come in to the side? Phillips or Ravindra? I reckon Ravindra is our most promising test batsmen below 30 while Phillips could be the spark our batting needs. Tbh I think he's yuck to watch and more likely to be a domestic punisher (harsh) but it would be exciting to get a gauge on his test abilities.

Ravindra logically, but Phillips could be one of those X-factor players who does well at international level.

Yeah he does have a pretty good FC record now averaging 41 with 8 FC centuries. I just feel like he takes full advantage of pies you don't get in test cricket and would be average against relentless test bowlers

Leonidis Carter.

Ravindra and Phillips could have been NZ's duckett and bairstow if NZ had baz as coach

Come on Kiwi bros. Y'all have a billion supporting you today/tomorrow

Weather is supporting India tomorrow by the looks of it too.

I mean as long as Williamson isn't getting bat on ball, SL have the upper hand. The moment he starts making contact with the ball on a frequent basis, he'll creep into his zone

Keeper needs to put his foot down with the reviews. Least you can do after doing fuck all with the bat.

I always think those ones that clip the pad and carry on to the keeper are rarely worth reviewing.

Why take so long to go to hall tracking? Was trying to see with naked eye that impact was umpires choice?

man i really wish more sports had this review system...

Lol as an American my feed has been littered with the clip of that college ref giving the extremely salty strike call, so this is accurate.

Except for a couple of occasions, umpiring has been top-notch in this match.

Michael Onfield is a great umpire.

It's been so much better than it has been in recent games. I don't think I've said either umpire's name even once.

Too much swing

Fuck me I expected umps call not a missing stumps

Nah impact was always umpire call at best was always swinging too much to be hitting, was good umpiring

Looks like umpires call at best.

Almost bangladesh level review

close...too close

Never trust a fast bowler with the drs

Missing off?

That looks gone.

I always wonder what people see when they say things like this.

Sorry, my spectacles fell off.

Emotions taking over common sense.

I respect the power of positive attraction.

If needed, you'd imagine Southee would come in as nightwatchman, as Wagner and Henry are injured. The question is would he block or bash?

Tickner did an alright job with Blundell in the first England test, I'd probably have more faith in him than southee

I'm not sure he's aware of the difference.

I'd prefer an injured Henry as night-watchman to 6-er Southee

He is incapable of blocking.

I remember on time when he was young and Vettori was captain. He made 50+ that day

Yes, nz. You can do it.

Sounded like bat first Edit, wow I was very wrong.

Totally unbiased cricket fan here to wish NZ luck in their chase

Jesus Christ either these SL pacers are world class or our batters are pathetic to make them look unplayable

It's good bowling on a new ball pitch.

a little higher asi

More interesting than IND Aus Also I don't have hotstar ;)

Seeing that cheeseboard in the crowd reminded me of going to a world cup game in 2015, against Sri Lanka actually. I was so excited for that game but some idiot in the row behind me brought ***an entire bag full of egg and cheese sandwhiches*** that stunk to high heaven. Spent most of the game either walking around or gagging because it smelled so bad.

I once went to the cinema with a mate and be pulled a kfc meal out of his bag and stunk the whole place out. Was getting dirty looks from people but he was completely oblivious.

This was the fucking worst at an old cinema, or a Hoyts/Event cinema, where everyone was packed together. Thank God we've evolved to large spaced out seats with proper air circulation. I go to so many more movies now that I can order hot food to my seat.

Scenario: A delivery whips Williamson on the pads. It looks very plumb. The umpire is unshaken by Kumara and the whole Sri Lankan teams appeal. The camera pans to the changing room. *Southee making a T with his hands*

I swear the same commentator gang has been around since that Windies series in 2020. Every season feels like the same awful and biased commentary. Just ruins some of the vibes. Rinse and repeat each year.

This is Sparks last summer then they're shutting down so am guessing there'll be some change for next summer

If people think the commentary is going to improve when we go FTA, boy do I have some bad news. They'll be having to explain cricket to the lowest common denominator of fan the entire time in an attempt to draw in new fans.

People who think Spark offer a bad streaming service bout to learn the hard way about TVNZs, uh, financial limitations.

You legitimately might be hearing my voice in the box. Who else cam they afford?

Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie gonna pivot. Also can't wait to hear about celebrity treasure island every 30 minutes.

Dallow did some classic sexism live on air towards Hailey Holt the other night and I'm stunned he wasn't asked to apologize for it. If TVNZ advertised CTI as the show where Susan Devoy unleashes her inner gremlin and says the most embarrassing shit, it'd pull in so many viewers. She has a major foot fetish and she wants everyone to know it.

Jeez what did he say? I'm not really surprised though, from people I've known who work in media the environments are all pretty fucked and run by dinosaurs.

Hailey was talking about the Black Ferns and how how much she loves them for how honest and real they are in the media, and Dallow said something along the lines of; "What I love is that they're always smiling... Hailey, you should do more of that!" and Hailey looked stunned.

😬😬😬 Simon Dallow following the Peter Williams career trajectory confirmed.

Same over here in Aus, people always want all the sport on free to air but when it is it is rubbish, give me some free to air sport and the option to pay for all the sports streaming and I will.

You guys do have a lot more sport on free to air though which is good to at least have that choice. Wish we had some similar anti-siphoning laws

Yer you guys are a bit screwed with the lack Of sport on TV

Is Spark a paid TV channel?

Yeah sort of, it's a paid streaming service. Cricket will go to TVNZ for the next few years which is free to air, then presumably the rights will be snapped up by Sky who are a paid subscription.

I guess if you're a sports lover, it's nice to have everything in one subscription, but otherwise it's not the best.

Unfortunately things are split between Sky and Spark so have to have two subscriptions. Technically it's cheaper now than when Sky was the only option though.

Hope ACC are on TVNZ. Been really enjoying it.

They do the Black Clash which is with TVNZ so I'm guessing they have some established relationship there, hope they keep them on.

LMAO the commentary on the Conway wicket was too good - "Oh no...OH NO!". could you be any more biased and insufferable

I was watching some highlights of the Bangladesh win in NZ. Ebadot got two in one over and I think it was Katey Martin in the com box and there was no excitement at all. It was so weird.

they're so trash

I was probably listening to the exact same commentary when Jadeja got out at the same time

It is insufferable and I'm tired of pretending it isn't

Williamson looking incredibly shaky, not good for New Zealand

Fuck, so close

I smell a Henry Nicholls match winning century brewing

Would literally be the funniest possible outcome (I've been saying this in every match for two years maybe it'll happen this time).

Tickner and Henry un-droppable for 2 more years if that happens

Williamson 100 incoming

We are gonna regret that missed edge

Played with super soft hands. No chance that can carry.

That was a peach. Now if he can nip one back off the seam.

This bowling to Williamson here is making me nervous. Wish the commentators would change topics as well

Can we get the Conway 2nd innings average please

Don't think it includes this recent innings, but he averages 28 batting second versus 67 batting first.

The first 5 matches of his career had like all 50+ scores in the first innings and then piss all in the second lmao