Yeah, love supporting New Zealand when they play. I've always been a big fan of players and their attitude towards cricket. It's excellent to see them do well, especially when they've been written off before the series even began. Although for the Indian team, they should know never to underestimate weaker opposition as they generally always perform poorly against the out of form sides.
Have been asleep the last eight hours and woke up to this!! Will now also congratulate myself far more than necessary for naming Martin in my imagined bowling attack for this test (it was Martin, Southee, Arnel, Vettori). Love it. I would never ever have expected us to be in a position to win a test in this series and whether they manage it or not, this has been brilliant.
Not too dissimilar so far. I noticed Martin was bowling noticeably slower today than in the first innings, only hovering around the 130 mark. But he had noticeably superior control over line, length and swing. Maybe he's been trying too hard for pace of late and needs to just focus on doing what he does best, like he did today. He's got 4 and a bit tests to go (injury permitting) and 13 wickets to track down. C'mon the greyhound!
I'm putting my neck on the line and saying NZ will comfortably win this. India simply don't have the bowlers for a 'jaws of defeat' victory.
India to be skittled out for 120, NZ to chase the resultant 150 with 7 wickets in hand.
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