People may have noticed my "obsession" with "over rate" in test matches. It is NOT HARD to get through 90 overs in a day (30 overs/ session)!!!
Yet many test sides piss about and fail to manage that... and not much is done about it. I have suggested that EXTRAS be added to the oppositions score.. at a rate of say 2 or 3 times the average achieved over rate for the day...(of course allowances can be made for GENUINE excuses, such as badgers invading the pitch)
... but who listens to me? Fucking nobody that's who listens to me
I see a small glimmer of hope in the news.....
Quote:
West Indies will be without captain Jason Holder - suspended due to an over-rate violation
Likely Team line-upsWith Southee set to come back in, the seamer most likely to make way seems to be Matt Henry, despite Henry's second innings three-wicket haul in Wellington. As BJ Watling remains unavailable, Tom Blundell will be the home side's wicketkeeper-batsman again.
New Zealand1 Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 Mitchell Santner, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Tom Blundell (wk), 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent Boult
Brathwaite is set to lead the visitors in Holders' stead. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph or uncapped left-arm quick Raymon Reifer may come into the side to replace him.
West Indies1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt) 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Shimron Hetmeyer, 4 Shai Hope, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Sunil Ambris, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Raymon Reifer, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Miguel Cummins, 11 Shannon Gabriel
Pitch and conditionsThe match will be played on a surface comprising Patumahoe soil, which means there is likely to be pace, bounce and carry right through the Test. There is some rain forecast for Sunday and Monday, with cloudy patches expected for the remainder of the Test.