Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

Game day at last!

Im very excited. Im also a bit worried that people are almost expecting a bit to much of our guys at this early stage.

What time does play get underway?

1 i think. Coverage starts at 12.30

The toss has been won by New Zealand and they will bat.

Squads:

Australia: David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (capt), Jesse Ryder, Dean Brownlie, Daniel Vettori, Reece Young (wk), Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Chris Martin

Here we go.

Glad to see smithy there commentating, five days listening to aussies is hard work. Smithy won't be afraid of a debate here and there eitherTopLeft072011-12-01 13:04:43

I wish i wasn't at work, thank god for cricinfo

First ball just out of the way. So far, so good.

And we are approaching this entirely sensibly. No surprises there.

Oh geez, 2 early 4s from baz. now he will start to get confident and then...

Second four was a thick outside edge, and he had a wild heave at the wide.

Predicting a 20 off 12 for Baz.

Oh how I have missed the Aussie cricket commentators - take something simple that was done ok by the Aussies and break it down to incessantly wank over it for 5 minutes. (see Haddin flick from 1.5m away.)

start to?

we were just talking about this. I said watch this they will wank on about how great that was from haddin. They are pretty simple types

Start watching.  Batsman gets hit on the head.  Gr8 start. 

Guptill gone for 13.

Turn off and turn off now.

Hope that Kane can really step up today and show his worth.

3rd ball I watch.  Out.  Get f**ked young c**ts.

bring back Mark Richardson

Baz Gone 34 c Warner B starc

very typical way of getting out

Too close brendan f**k leave those

That was a vintage New Zealand innings: looking quality, hitting boundaries, getting a start and then getting out to an unnecessary shot.That's why why are good at t20 and ODIs and s**thouse at tests. ho hum

Kuwaja looks like a sh*t silly fieldsman

That is completely your fault TL.

You should be ashamed of yourself

If Vetorri could turn the ball he would be licking his lips with the action Lyon is getting on day 1.

f**k.

So angry right now. Kane didn't look that comfortable to Lyon though and he's usually sound to spinners.

Lyon is ripping it though. The Aussies have created footmarks for him in about an hour of cricket. Thats un heard of.

What's a par score for this pitch?

This is going exactly to the NZ test match script. Just wait for the middle-lower order fightback... 

Apparently this season in shield cricket 350 is the top score with most being 210-260. (From what I remember Richardson saying on the cricket show last night.)

Look on the brightside .... Crap performance = Live footy on Sunday

Well, at this rate it looks like we'll be watching Nix live on SKY after all.

Ryding his luck?

Channel Nine, still flogging off mindless "memorabilia".