Key events
Let’s hope it isn’t one of those days:
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to day four of New Zealand v Australia from Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. Well, well, well – we’ve got the makings of a corker on our hands here. After a fightback on day three with bat and then ball from New Zealand the game is tantalisingly poised.
Australia need 202 more runs to win and take the series 2-0, however, their top order are back in the hutch after a magnificent spell of seam bowling last evening from Matt Henry and debutant Ben Sears. Six wickets to play with then for the visitors, the engine room of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh at the crease. For New Zealand, it’s a matter of pocketing six more wickets in order to chalk up their first home Test win against Australia in over thirty years.
It promises to be a belter then… if the rain stays away. My sources at the ground tell me there’s some mizzle about this morning in Christchurch but that it should clear off at some point this morning to leave a decent prospect of a result today.
Jim here with you for the first half of the day, play is due to start at 11am local/9am AEDT and 10pm where I am in murky old London town. Please do drop me a line with your musings or missives. Any Kiwis out there chewing their cuticles? Email or tweet @Jimbo_Cricket with some twitchy correspondence.
I’ll be back shortly, in the meantime – catch up with yesterday’s action why don’t ya:
