New Zealand v West Indies 3rd Test at Hamilton

Good morning all from a warm Hamilton where it looks like an intriguing days play here. The morning session will be crucial and set the tone for the rest of the match. Weather is fine, a lot more cloud in the sky but they are harmless. boy that was cliched. I see the prices have moved a bit to where I thought they should be, but could still move a bit more (imho). Someone did say NZ bat deep but I tend to disagree slightly. Southee at 8 is a walking wicket but the 3 below him do offer some runs. Sodhi actually looks ok with the bat. But having Southee at 8 is a liability (cue for him to prove me wrong today).

hi, careful all of that back bet of NZ runs 325 at for 60 quid at 137

G'day Tyco,
Perhaps I was being a little optimistic, or it was wishful thinking but the NZ tail is currently scoring better than some I could mention
Glad you are enjoying the weather, it was cold and frosty here in Birmingham this morning when I went for a stroll.

Windies were lucky to reah total.  NZ fielding was awful compared to normal.  Windies score more like 367/18.

Their 3 wickets were also eithe special catches or a bad LBW.  They wont get a lead (or big enough lead) or score enough quickly enough to win this game.

A big lay of Windies from here.  Should by 5+


Looking ahead to India test series......both Flynn (yet again) and Latham are pushing hard for an opening spot.  Latham looks a class act to me and will be a fixture in this team in next 1 year.  I'd put money on the Home India series being McCullams last test ever due to back issues.

NZ win appears to be the least likely result - odds wrong way round for me. Starting off with a NZ lay

Made a bit of a hash of overnight trading, but managed to scramble an OK position. Now all I need is plenty of maidens to make my big draw green worth something come stumps.

Yeah almost flip flop time. Wi have been too long all game

and hope wickets dont fall pxb, coz you are not going to get any help from the weather :)

If the draw gets to 3 before the next wicket, I'll be pretty happy.

why windies not taken new ball

what are they doing the windies

dont know what the windies are doing but NZ like to self destruct dont they

what is happening to the NZ price. A wicket and they go lower ?

Keeping the spinners on with the old ball isn't a good omen for NZ 2nd inn.

that may be but the spinners seem less effective this morning than last night... but it is still very interestingly poised and could go either way in a hurry

spinners should bowl 9 overs max a bowling spell, 13 overs is stupid to expect the spinners to remain effective.

you would think west indies should get a draw at least here

be careful about the draw guys. WI are behind and so to square the series may set a "reasonable" declaration to give themselves enough time to bowl NZ out with the conundrum that NZ may then also get the runs. Ie put the draw out of question. Not saying its going to happen that way but its a possibility

tyco i dont really think they can afford to be over expansive with fancy declarations they will make sure any target is out of new zealands sight, they have lost a lot of test matches recently they will make sure 1-0 series loss is the max.

that looked out lbw

nigel long useless umpire

it was out lbw, but now Taylor is out and that really makes it interesting. Will NZ get to the WI score?

Market has no faith in WIndies batting.

struck him outside

exactly, this market is weird. NZ are going to have to bat last and that will make it that much more difficuly. Im not complaining though, just thankful I can get such good prices on the WI's

i thought that was going to be given not out

the draw is going out very quickly. Like it probably should. We are only half way through this test and it has result written all over it.

18 lead

tyco how will west indies play this now your thoughts

34 overs left in the day

hi Slip5. I dont know, they seem pretty keen to win the game or determined to do well. I do not think they are going to throw away their wickets either. Do not think the NZ bowlers will have the same impact they had in Wellington. And the WI have a few ahead. They bat all day today and tomorrow if they can and then see if they can bowl NZ out on day 5. Can they do that?

need 350 target really and say 110 overs at new zealand but its never that easy with the windies they can be blown away sometimes.

you may be forgetting that NZ will have to bat on a day 5 wicket against these spinners. That might not be that easy. Rutherford and Fulton are walking wickts, so really all the WI have to do is get through Taylor and Williamson and they have the game.

yeah but you do need runs on the board so you can use spinners in attacking mode it is no good getting bundled out for 200

Sitting on a NZ lay hoping for a decent start from WI.  0/30 would be nice to start dwindling the trade down.

I'd have the break even for a Windies win around a 275 lead.

blimey balls again after 2 overs.

that shot lol

1 down, 9 to go

should send in chanderpaul at 3

i get the feeling windies collapse here

fooking typical west indies maybe 100 all out job here

2 down, 8 to go

30 overs left for the day

13/2 off 7.0 overs slow start by the Windies

Boult with NZ's 3rd wicket

3 down, 7 to go.

these idiots should send in chanderpaul at 4

what a collapse. This is well unbelievalbe. Yes slip5 Chanders should bat at 4

not even 1 decent ball got them out

tyco you on the wi

any idea where Chris Gayle is for this test match?

time to lay WI and back the Draw? Gayle is injured. Yes Wi is my best result

Chanderpaul is the key for me, he can bat for long periods of time

backing the draw is a awful bet

west indies would want to bat at least tommorow and the rest of this evening

Draw @ 6/1 is not a bad bet, but wouldnt back it or lay it at the price

So in what way does that make any sense?

come on man west indies have not got mental strength to bat that long with 7 wickets

West indies will want to bat as long as possible............

likely to get bowled out in 80 overs setting new zealand 220

But remember they are 0-1 down in the series.........have to give themselves some time to bowl out NZ

bjt can you tell these guys

Chanderpaul does.  The rest won't give a yelp.

20 overs left in the day west indies have to try and knock the ball around and get the lead upto 100 without anymore wickets down.

bjt what about sydney thunder to beat the sixers looks a good bet

4 DOWN , Samuels goes

this mugs are playing awful shots

unbelievabele, well not really it is the WI after all :(

chanderpaul playing loose shots

wtf was he doing this is over

chanders gone, game over

Dec 21, 2013 -- 3:12AM, slip5 wrote:

bjt what about sydney thunder to beat the sixers looks a good bet

Warner the most in form batsman in the country at the moment and was born to play T20.  Tough call on who wins that, but would certainly pick Thunder.  Don't know that the odds are out, think it is a coin toss.  Plenty of hitters in both sides.
Sandhu looks a decent talent with the ball.  Nannes great bowler but not sure how he is travelling.  Lee back in the day yeah, but should be short of pace.  Good enough to get the area though and be solid.

Warner the match winner, so have to side with him.

i am on sixers.

feel the top 4 are very similiar with the bat (warner obv the best of em) but maddison is set to explode


fast bowlers i rate evenly hazelwood > sanhu but nannes > lee pretty much break even.


sixers have a real edge in spin since thunder have no one good and are playing bit part players

and i give sixers the edge in the 5-8 departments both teams playing alot of all rounders but i think sixers slightly better with bat and ball in this region

so i give sixers a slight edge in team strength and as such am backing them. obv have to fade warner though which is always risky.

sixers also have ravi bopra which is massive disadvantage

hopefully his mediums will be able to block an end, not so worried about with the bat.

ramdin doing good here

7 DOWN looked plum 1st time

West Indies showing no application

can they some how get another 79 runs to set 200

would be a tight game if they do

Darren Sammy gone , 8 down

they play like a pub team sometimes the windies

9 DOWN

THAT LOOKED PLUM

not out

not out, hot spot

thank god for Hot Spot

THAT WAS PLUM

100 Wickets for Tim Southee

imagine being a windies fan lol

that looks plum as well

what a bowling performance by NZ

well back tomorrow to go to the ground and watch a NZ victory. 121 should not be a problem

poor batting nothing special

yeah i agree, windies batting poor

What a scorecard to wake up to.
The NZ lower order played their part but I was wrong about everything else.

At least managed to remove the big red on WI at little cost. Who knows, there could be another twist in the tail.

nz to finish this before lunch.  Rutherford 50 and two down

west indies need a miracle they need narine to pick a 6 wicket bag for 50 runs.

new zealand broadcast giving out match odds lol