QF WP First Test Cricket Report - Australia v New Zealand @ The Gabba

[QF WP]

Different seat for today. Higher up and under shade from 11am.


Kiwis have a DRS challenge in first over



Bad luck - not out

 

[RB]

Much more happening with the ball this morning.

 

[QF WP]

Smith out for 48, caught behind down the leg side. Lowest score of all the batsmen thus far. 3/399 still has us firmly in the box seat, GPH ðŸ

 

[QF WP]

RB, ball is seaming off the pitch and is likely to stay moving around given the overcast humid conditions

Smith on the lonely walk back:

 

[serfty]

Time to declare ...

 

[BillytheFIsh]

My afternoon just opened up. Might have to head over to the Gabba at lunch time.

Wave to me in the cheap seats QF WP!

 

[Deleted member]

Smith out for 48, caught behind down the leg side. Lowest score of all the batsmen thus far. 3/399 still has us firmly in the box seat, GPH ðŸ

Never give up, never surrender.

:

 

[JohnK]

LOL! The Kiwis must be treating this game as the warm up match they didn't play?

 

[moa999]

LOL! The Kiwis must be treating this game as the warm up match they didn't play?

4 wickets and over 1000 runs scored against them

 

[QF WP]

Wow, I've been offline for hours. Had to charge my phone.

So, what an innings by the Aussies. We sat down for lunch to this men:



First up a starter red. Sirromet are a local winery and my uncle is good friend with the chief winemaker:



Starter:


Mains:


Dessert - oops I forgot to get a photo

 

[QF WP]

But the post dessert wine was this


and a Yulumba 2011 FDR 1A (didn't get a photo)

 

[QF WP]

Damn, forgot to post:



Whilst it was nice (and 1.5 litres did take a while to drink), I enjoyed the FDR1A 2011 more (maybe because it was my money @ $110)

Now we are cleaning up the Kiwis. After declaring at 4/556 with Khawaja out for 174, we have been attacking off and outside off stump.

Now got them 3/105 so I cleaned up on the $5 bet in our group about the number of wickets.

 

[QF WP]

Better make that 4/114. McCullum out for 6. Slips getting a bit of practice this afternoon:

 

[QF WP]

Better make that 5/114 - Starc has comprehensively bowled Neesham.



Read and weep NZ - what's that you say GPH??

 

[Deleted member]

To paraphrase Baldrick. We have a cunning plan !!

 

[Major]

To paraphrase Baldrick. We have a cunning plan !!

Now would be a good time to implement it

 

[JohnK]

Be lucky to last 3 days.

The Australian tail including Marsh would be fuming. Cheap batting average booster for all of them had they continued to bat instead of declaring.

 

[QF WP]

My call was that the Aussies would have declared at tea ~5/600 and put the Kiwis in. I am not unhappy with the early declaration - considering they are 5/ at stumps. JohnK, it'll last 4 days but I can't see us getting 15 wickets tomorrow (but will happily accept it)

 

[Deleted member]

Prepare for a stubborn rearguard action

 

[turtlemichael]

I'm there too. I came up from Melbourne especially for the first three days. I'm about the same distance as you are QF WP from the screen but in the other direction. My lunch was therefore a beer and a sausage roll. A very enjoyable day's play and I look forward to tomorrow. The Hilton lounge now beckons.