the 1st world test championship india v new zealand friday

1 test ever world championship, what a shower pathetic even allowing for 2 days rain, do a league table instead,

Already been done.

It’s cricket elis

Just one of those things that makes it such a great game!

...and it is back on!

Here we go. We need another quick wicket and a Panty special.

oh, could be interesting day

Omfg!

Dropped a dolly!

Southern of all people!

butter fingers Southee yet again..we'll see how pivotal this might be

One more wicket and India will struggle to set a total!

I see Rahane is not going to hand around a look to score. Ideally I would like some fast runs and even a total of 175 to possibly bring all three results back into play.

I should really small green but my compulsion is to gamble for a big green rather than just get my money back.

i mean if NZ get India out relatively cheaply will they be able to dig in for the draw?

Jamiesons control of length has been fantastic and he got Kohli out playing forward to a ball just short of a good length. He brought him forward beautifully

amazing really to see the fall of next wkt only 18 runs above the present total with a pair of damn good batsmen at the crease

testament to Kiwi Bowling and conditions and fall of wkts to date or complete lack of trust in India to knucle down?

or.perish the thought is there some bug in the air or smth?

Pretty tense out there!

Go on my son!

Expect a short one soon

Nice from Waggoner. Ball is still doing things. Why pitch it short!

He really has to resist the urge to go short here. Plenty in the pitch.

I do like Atherton, top summariser

increasingly squeaky bum time for 1.11 draw backers

funny old game, this wont be a draw

Yeah baby yeah

I just was thinking about how bad a game Boult was having and I would take him off! Was also just getting ready for an NZ top up at 5 but I am well loaded both sides against the draw. Question is now to tak3 money back and walk away or let it all ride.

Omfg Panty!

Ride Sally ride!

This 5 day test thing is such a boring load of old bollox ha

Atherton is class

Ebony has opinions too you know

Today her opinion is that espoused by Doully yesterday

1.62 Draw

Unless NZ get them out in the next 10 overs, they'll have to chase over 3 an over and I don't think it'll be that easy on this pitch. Draw looking too big to me.

gone

jesus christ this is not going to be a draw!

GAME ON!

Shocking stuff

Woo hoo!!!

Yeah baby yeah

I just was thinking about how bad a game Boult was having and I would take him off!

Cricket genius!

some of these shots would be frowned upon in T20s which will soon be the longest format of the game

v poor from the Indians,out of their comfort zone but they can take solace that they will get some mojo back

in the tests to come..at the end of the day ..they're only playing England ffs

Was just about to say before that 4 is would it be worth an NZ lay? A few quick runs from Shami buy back, lay again when India are all out buy back on loss of wickets!

The question for me is can this be a draw and should I cover it now.

Cause for speculation your honour. I don't usually gamble on the last day. Too easy to get it wrong so I won't. May or may not cover the draw if it goes to ridiculous.

Goddam


did NZ just go up to 3.55?

were NZ facing their own bowlers the draw could still be on if they get off to a poor start

but the Indian bowlers haven't had the same penetration but one never knows

it will actually be a poor reflection on the Kiwi batting if they can't grasp the mettle and finish off what their bowlers have done so manfully

LOL!!!


I've been in this test match for about 6 overs in total.

u missed a word out there..Wd..a word these days that can never speak its name

Need a couple of quick wickets to bring my India green into play!

surely 10.5 to lay India is a gift from the gods

even in this day and age of major capitulative collapses

NZ couldn't contrive to get allout if things started to go awry in the run chase?

If you have steel cajones you can make so much money on the last day.

Trading is just not my style of gambling but I am Adam Ant I just saw NZ at 3.55 after a couple of fours and just before the ninth wicket. NI was going to execute but he got out to the fly slip next ball!

India were 30 at one point. Two quick wickets like India will be single figures possibly sub 6 or lower

and that is forgetting the excitement of the game itself if you are investeed as a fan of either side or lover of the game.

Nobody could begrudge NZ this except 1 billion Indians!

Dont think so Johnny just yet!

Wait for a couple of quick wickets then do it!

Judging on the opportunity Williamson gave England to achieve a result I can’t see them ever playing for a draw.

real shame though as I would loved to have seen Ashwin and Jadeja bowl on this to a crowded field.

If Latham takes first strike I would give Ashwin the ball even for 1 over to get into their heads!

Sibley not out 5, who are you kidding!

i was thinking same Wd but conversely if they make a reasonable start India will drift like the Kon Tiki and subsequent wkts won't reduce their price overly

I bet a pound to make 10 johhny not the other way round.....I guess that is why I am poor and not a Banker!

i'm not a big odds on backer..that's a conceited mugs game but sometimes when smth should be 20s on or skinnier as a layer and 10s is available it's an opportunity

what do they say..success is when hard work meets opportunity?

anyhow,as far as i'm concerned it's good to see pitches that reward good bowling and u have to earn ur runs as a batsman rather than dull 500 plays 500

mind u the way nearly all test batsmen bat these days they are doing well to get 500 in 2 inns let alone 0ne!

No success is when

you're daddy's rich and
your momma's good looking

and you can back 1/10 certs!

Quite a magnificent Test Match. Just a shame we lost so much time that the spinners may not get a chance

is there a possibility that this could be a draw,not because NZ lose wkts but that they may not score quickly enough?

oh those summers when the fish were were jumping and the cotton was high

Lovely and sunny here though!

Ella Fitzgerald

Not really I mean it is always there. The only chance that happens is a mighty calypso collapso and them hanging on for grim death but I just cannot see it.

I should have greened but I was hoping for an early wicket or two. Am happy to wait.

Kathleen Battle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRnQ-fyQldE

You can have Ella. I will stick with Kathleen and no two's thank you very much!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnXLVTi_m_M

I think I like Old Satchmo better than Ella!

India bowling pish here.

I think they should also try over the wicket to Conway and try and bring the odd one back into him through the gate and slide the rest across him

This wicket would have really suited both Bhuvneswar Kumar and Mohammed Siraj. Easy to say in hindsight but with foresight who would you have left out? Bumrah and Ishant? Can't see who could have made that decision. One of them could have played instead of one of the spinners but if it did not rain on Monday they would be in the game now but I think yes one of the spinners should not have played perhaps.

it's more so the batters who have let the side down albeit against exemplary Kiwi bowling

some ill judged shots and dismissals in both inns from their main men

maybe but have a good long at the over this morning where Jamieson set up Kohli. The way he drew his length back was kwality!

Some of the dismissals ahve looked soft but there has been some very good batting or rather application show imho

here we go!

Hoping to utilise this India green! God help us if they win though!

Need a second quick wicket to make things interesting. Coulda shoulda woulda taken some some draw at near 30!

No need for that from Latham!

Don't you love Pant!

You have to smile when you hear his laugh!

Looks out.

Wowee, was sure that was into leg

oh man that would have made it soooo interesting for the rest of us!

Indeed!

cutted and nutted!

C'mon Come on!

Limpet gone!

Draw price shortening is not what I has envisaged tbf but there are something like n35 overs to go technically anyway. Who would pull the drawbridge up? send in the Big Man to smash this total down quickly and give confidence to the others. Get Bumrah on for LT!

Good shout Sunny.

You could thor in Wagner, Southee and The Big man before LT. Hit out and get out but reduce the total!

Really need two more wickets to get into the chokers head!

Think Jamieson call would have been brilliant.

If play can go beyond 7pm to get in the 35 overs then the draw lay is back on shirley?

Draw looks a fantastic lay at 8.8 but I don't dare, no way they don't go fully at this.

8.2*

The RR for NZ was about 2.6 which none of the three innings before this have achieved. I backed the draw based on that thinking.. If NZ lose wickets, they won't take risk. Too much at stake.

A small partnership would change that though especially if NZ promote Southee or someone at the fall of a wicket. I won't be a draw layer here.

Ok, I've switched from even green to mini-red on draw.

I am maxed out on the draw lay so was hoping for wickets to lay off some India green. Got a nice win coming on a result but twice as much on India as NZ.

Don't think so DT

Root is not captain!

They will both be going for the win here. As long as KW is at the crease NZ win this.

Personally I would have saved LT and Nicholls and just thrown in 3 hitters in a row!

I think you are safe adt but betting on the last day will kill you if not financially, mentally!

I've a shade under half as much red as the two greens.

Loved the 10 dot balls since though

Think these two attempt to take it down to 20overs, whereby they'll feel they can't lose and with such a tiny total - they will have complete licence

(This is perhaps a great argument for *not* having entered just yet!)

Isa joining Gavaskar in the opposition camp!

All match the batsmen have been slow, but they've survived relatively comfortably when they've not attacked. Pitch isn't spitting for pacers or spin. NZ know they can fall back on that if they wind up 5 or 6 down once they start hitting.

NZ scoring t   o   o    s    l     o   w     l   y  here..1.07 backers need to plug the batsmen into the National Grid

This draw price is trying to get me further involved, but I'll hold off for the next few maidens

Jun 23, 2021 -- 4:39PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

I think you are safe adt but betting on the last day will kill you if not financially, mentally!

I actually have a bet running with a couple of my cousins in the UK(the t20 types) who laughed at me a couple hours ago when I said the required rate of 2.6 is too high. Had to explain to them that last day in tests is a different game.

I have more than my finances and mental health at stake here. Its my reputation.

as for my book its red all over lol but draw is still my best result

Draw red gone, no preference on NZ or India. (Though I'm sure NZ will win)

Tempting to tickle India at 36.0 but just can't see it

Safe apt!

Best to enjoy the show. I am still carrying a large draw red! but am pretty confident. India were 40-50 runs short!

Dt the only thing that really affects the run rate here is wickets. Wickets cause fear, panic and choke. These wo should be enjoying batting now not worrying. New batsmen will worry particularly if both these men are gawn but there is some confidence in the hitters in this side down the order so I never really feared this game would time out ( I am not a yank! )

Sitter!

Is that two drops from India today? Huge!

Too late now!

Ironic the sunshine and just after the longest day. No light issues today!

Well done, WD - held that draw-opposition nerve well for a few days.

Very enjoyable Test to witness in the end.

Congratulations, and well played NZ. I'm delighted for you.

Yes well done NZ. Thoroughly deserved and nobody could begrudge them avoiding a choke for the first time!

Sorry! Worthy winners. They produced a great if not flamboyant team. Emphasis on the TEAM!

Tremendous and an example to all.

Apt I think I got a little lucky. I was really in a stubborn mode and if Panty Boi had another half an hour at the crease my goose may have been cooked!