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Pies4shaw wrote:What, for NZ, would a "better 100th Test" look like against Australia? Will Williamson improve on his series average of 4.5 or will he end the series with a lower series average than Southee (who is averaging 4)? Will Southee get a wicket - if so, will he average under 69 with the ball in this Test? Those are the questions sane New Zealanders are presently asking themselves.
It looks like the answer to my first question is a "yes" and "yes": Williamson has nearly doubled his series average to an 8.66 but Southee now averages 14.5 for the series.
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5 for Haz. All out 162.
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Hazlewood 5/31. Glad he got his Michelle.
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Good opening over from Southee. Tested the Smudge.

0/2.
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The story of that effort is in the mini-collapses:

3/24, 5/28 and 2/0.
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After 7 overs, 0/11.

Khawaja 4*, Smith 7*.
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Smith lbw, not playing a shot to a shooter shortly after Tea on the first day. Shouldn't have been given out - but it's umpire's call.

What a crap pitch.
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1/24 after 12 overs.
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That's not good - it exposes the tail, now.
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2/81.

Green 25* Labu 24*.
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Australia is halfway to the NZ total. 2/81. 18 overs still to be bowled on Day 1.
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Green is charging Henry - coming two metres out of the crease to every ball. I have no idea why. Henry is a crap bowler. of course, but not that crap.
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And now - as if to demonstrate what stupid strategy it was, Green wanders half forward from his crease and gets bowled.
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Stumps.

Henry keeping the Ceps in the picture, with 3/39.

4/124. Labu 45*
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They really do need to put SPD BradSmith back in the middle order to shore it up - Head and Marsh have both tnhrown their wickets away, cheaply, again. The lineup just looks flakey with Australia's best batsman thrown to the wolves at the top of the order.

6/166. The lead is 4. The game, however, looks lost.

Henry has bowled a huge pile of half-paced, unthreatening crap - but has 5-fer: that tells you everything you need to know about Australia's middle-order batting.
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