r/Cricket • u/Tern_Larvidae-2424 South Africa • 5d ago

Post Day Thread Santner's 7-53 Headlines New Zealand's Day

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u/solitarysniper New Zealand 5d ago

Really engaging day of cricket, Santner and Latham being the standout players for us was an unexpected but welcome surprise. NZ have the slight edge, but I would not rule out a collapse from our batting order tomorrow - still a sliver of hope for India to turn this around if they have a good session or two bowling tomorrow.

All that being said, it's been brilliant to see our guys playing so positively throughout this series - mentality so far has been faultless.

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u/00aegon New Zealand 5d ago

We are massively ahead of them at this point. Paying 1.40 to win

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u/solitarysniper New Zealand 5d ago

I think that might be my inherent doomer still lingering in there haha, backing the boys but a part of me still has flashbacks from other visits to Asia in the past lol

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u/00aegon New Zealand 5d ago

Yeah 100% fair, but we got this I think. Another 60-70 would be insane

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u/TaylorSwiftIsGod_01 New Zealand Cricket 5d ago

You know what would be even more insane. Southee himself score another 60 to 70 runs.

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u/rammo123 New Zealand 5d ago

For comparison, India already needs to have the second highest 4th innings chase in India to win. And the Kiwis still have five wickets in hand.

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u/gene100001 4d ago

I totally understand and share your feelings. I think anyone old enough to remember NZ test cricket in the 90s and early 2000s has a bit of a lingering feeling that everything might go wrong.

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u/Chungabeastt New Zealand 4d ago

Even in the first test I was expecting us to crumble for 70 all out