Australia v New Zealand | 3rd Test | Adelaide | Nov 27-1 Dec 2015 | Match Thread

[Aman]

Toss for the very first day night Test in 15 minutes.

 

[Aman]

 

[Random Aussie]

Let me be the first poster to declare this a road.

 

[Aman]

Let me be the first poster to declare this a road.

I thought they were going to leave it green?..

 

[Random Aussie]

I thought they were going to leave it green?..

"They" are outright liars. They talk about help for bowlers to get people through the gates for all our Tests, it's a complete fabrication.

 

[Aman]

$10 Aus win the toss.

 

[Gilly]

Any Australian player that makes more than 20 runs is a HTB.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Predicting the ball to lose shape within 20.

 

[Random Aussie]

Any Australian player that makes more than 20 runs is a HTB.

Are you stealing [MENTION=132715]Varun[/MENTION]'s posts Gman?

 

[Random Aussie]

Predicting the ball to lose shape within 20.

Well one of the Perth balls took two deliveries so you are not going out on a limb there

 

[Belawal2014]

NZ to bat first [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] pay up.

 

[trogger]

Guess all we can do is keep it as tight as possible until the ball gets old and starc can go to work, kiwis should be looking to tee off from ball 1 on this deck.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Well one of the Perth balls took two deliveries so you are not going out on a limb there

Playing it safe.

 

[Random Aussie]

What do you mean the Hobbits win the toss? That's unAustralian!

 

[Aman]

2 spinners...

 

[Gilly]

The CH9 commies are crap and so biased.

 

[Aman]

Guptill is apparently a pink ball specialist lol

 

[Gilly]

Australia would get whitewashed in Asia.

 

[Random Aussie]

Australia would get whitewashed in Asia.

Don't you have work to do on Twitter defending CA?

 

[trogger]

warnie back in the comm box... ugh might be worse than losing the toss.

 

[AG93]

Why did Mitch Johnson retire before this game

Should have been part of the "history"

 

[street cricketer]

The CH9 commies are crap and so biased.

Wow, this is new from you

 

[Random Aussie]

The great Peter Siddle and the neverbeen Shaun Marsh in for us. Great. And we shuffle the batting order for Marsh. It would be funny but it isn't.

 

[Gilly]

NZ are better than Australia in the UAE.

Overall NZ are a better team than Australia.

 

[Gilly]

KW is the best batsman in the world.

 

[Aman]

Interesting comments from Michael Slater.

"KW's footwork the closest to Sachin's"

"KW the best batsmen in the world at the moment, better than AB"

 

[Aman]

KW is the best batsman in the world.

Nah, it's Usman Khawaja.

 

[khalil1986]

Hmm this should be an interesting test, will be intriguing to see what the ball does when lights are on as supposedly it starts doing all sorts but than I've heard that many a time before.

 

[trogger]

Hmm this should be an interesting test, will be intriguing to see what the ball does when lights are on as supposedly it starts doing all sorts but than I've heard that many a time before.

I think it's more that the players just can't see the ball at night, it doesn't have to do much to be dangerous when you can't see the damn thing

 

[khalil1986]

Do you mind shutting up mate? You made your point.

Come on don't play spoilsport he is just trying (really hard) to be clever.

 

[Convict]

Hmm this should be an interesting test, will be intriguing to see what the ball does when lights are on as supposedly it starts doing all sorts but than I've heard that many a time before.

The lack of visibility helps with getting wickets

 

[street cricketer]

The pitch looks fantastic. Already we have spectators taking naps/reading novels/splashing in the pool/basically doing everything other than watching Test cricket. Now this being a day and night test, expect a few to bring in blankets, pillows and night shades as well.

 

[khalil1986]

I think it's more that the players just can't see the ball at night, it doesn't have to do much to be dangerous when you can't see the damn thing

If that's the case hopefully this idea gets shelved quickly, could cause serious injury in the pursuit of more money by these money hungry boards.

 

[Gilly]

The pitches in India are better than this crap, should have played the first night test in India.

 

[trogger]

If that's the case hopefully this idea gets shelved quickly, could cause serious injury in the pursuit of more money by these money hungry boards.

I agree i wouldn't mind if the pink ball did swing at night but was still easily visible, lord knows our players need practice facing that sort of stuff but getting out or injured simply because you can't see the ball turns the whole sport into a farce.

 

[Gilly]

As expected Australia will be the first team to sledge in night tests.

 

[khalil1986]

I agree i wouldn't mind if the pink ball did swing at night but was still easily visible, lord knows our players need practice facing that sort of stuff but getting out or injured simply because you can't see the ball turns the whole sport into a farce.

If there is such a need of 'evolution' why not simply use a white ball?

 

[ChachaCricket]

Eventually they'll have to resort to a white ball and coloured clothing to play day-night tests. No other colour is gonna work.

 

[AG93]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The official Pink Test balls for today!
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[Gilly]

If there is such a need of 'evolution' why not simply use a white ball?

The ball is pink for the television cameras to pick it up. White ball is no good when in the sky during the day and red ball is no good in the sky at night.

 

[trogger]

If there is such a need of 'evolution' why not simply use a white ball?

I assume the white ball was ruled out because they didn't want to use coloured clothes and that the white ball likely couldn't be used for longer than say 40-45 overs.

 

[Gilly]

I assume the white ball was ruled out because they didn't want to use coloured clothes and that the white ball likely couldn't be used for longer than say 40-45 overs.

The color of the ball is all about TV cameras being able to pick the ball up in all situations.

"We have conducted several broadcast trials in recent years which identified the pink ball as the most suitable for use in a day-night Test," James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia CEO said. "However as we move closer to scheduling a match, we felt this was a good opportunity to take advantage of Nine's full-camera set up and help it adequately prepare for a potential day-night Test later this year."
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/821899.html

 

[Aman]

OMG [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=137419]dashing_man[/MENTION]

 

[Aman]

 

[Junaids]

It's grass, but it's straw-coloured dead grass.

I wrote this morning that the curator has lost his nerve and taken off too much live grass.

 

[street cricketer]

OMG [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=137419]dashing_man[/MENTION]

Why are the WWE supporting the Kiwis?

The kiwis are supposed to be well mannered.

 

[khalil1986]

Can't pick the ball much even on tv it's like a blur

 

[ChachaCricket]

The ball is pink for the television cameras to pick it up. White ball is no good when in the sky during the day and red ball is no good in the sky at night.

Lol what?

 

[Aman]

This ball is doing nothing.

 

[Belawal2014]

Can't pick the ball much even on tv it's like a blur

I thought I was the only one.

 

[Gilly]

Its confirmed, its a road, tests should be banned in Australia.

 

[Suleiman]

The ball looks like Pink Panther's turd being thrown around...

Good NZ won the toss, hopefully the match is interesting and no issues at night.

 

[Aman]

That should be the end of Guptill in Tests.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Poor shot from Guptill. Gave his wicket away. [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

 

[Aman]

The pink ball looks plastic, sounds like it too.

 

[Thivagar]

Thats's a gigantic bubblegum lollipop

 

[Aman]

Poor shot from Guptill. Gave his wicket away. [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

Nah, just a crap technique. He's not cut out for Test cricket.

 

[AG93]

KW to score a double here. Aussies can as well sleep here

 

[Aman]

Hazlewood bowling really well.

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies get early wicket .

 

[Gilly]

Aussies get early wicket .

It was a poor shot, the bowling was ordinary.

 

[Justcrazy]

The pitch is supposed to help pacers

 

[Gilly]

Siddle is a trundle, going at 6 per over lol.

 

[Gilly]

The pitch is supposed to help pacers

The speed guns in Australia are crap, they only bowling mid 130's.

 

[Pantani]

Gilly has been on fire today

 

[Justcrazy]

Williamson is closing on 50 test average.

 

[dashing_man]

OMG [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=137419]dashing_man[/MENTION]

another one of many attempts by WWE to get fans behind Reigns )

 

[Justcrazy]

35 / 1

10 overs

 

[Thivagar]

OMG [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] [MENTION=137419]dashing_man[/MENTION]

This is not real...

 

[Justcrazy]

Both the batsmen looking good here.

 

[Justcrazy]

So far , pink ball has behaved like a red ball.

 

[Justcrazy]

up for kiwis

 

[shortbread]

Lyon bowling well, either that or modern batsmen are all at sea against orthodox spin!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Starc need to do something special here.

 

[Random Aussie]

Better bowling from us, keeping it tight.

 

[Pantani]

Gone! Full and straight, you miss and I hit buddy! [/Mark Nicholas]

 

[ChachaCricket]

Big wicket.

 

[Gilly]

KW gifts his wicket to Starc with a poor shot.

 

[ChachaCricket]

KW gifts his wicket to Starc with a poor shot.

hehehe

 

[AlphaFighter]

Does Siddle have any long term future? Looks like his loss of pace is massive.