Dan took the ballsy decision in bowling first.
If you have to win a game, bowling first is always on your mind.
Dan made the choice, and then watched Martin and Touthee get a lesson.
It wasn’t Sehwag at his muderesness best, he was almost reserved at times, but he still scored at almost run a ball for 48.
Take him out of the equation, and New Zealand were on top.
It was Sehwag’s wicket that changed the momentum.
Iain O’Blogger and Franklin came on and took both openers, and didn’t bowl anywhere as near trash as that were bowled in the first hour.
Had the first hour been a normal test match hour, not a Sehwag hour, New Zealand bowling first probably would have worked.
But that is the risk you take when you bowl first when Sehwag is out there.
That is the risk you take when you bowl to Sehwag, at any time.
Touthee got special treatment, Sehwag treated him like a naughty school boy, it’s the sort of treatment that will ruin Touthee for decades to come.
Good first session all in all, but New Zealand would be ecstatic at this green pitch they got.
Touthee is a world beater on green seaming decks when it’s moving around more than Pauline hansen in a Channel 9 interview.
Otherwise he’s a Chatfield.
Young kids like southee dont have the attention span to be taught anything in one hour. Bloody gen Y. Sehwag needs to spend more time in the middle preaching…. a quick 40-odd in the first session isn’t going to win a test match.
Man!!!!!! What a day.
man sachin looked liked god…until he got out. he is back to bossing bowlers.
as for the rest of the first day…375 is way more than new zealand would have got on this deck batting first. so not a bad move by danny boy.
I am an indian.For me sachin is a choker. Always was always will. He is not god. He is a selfish whore. He worries more about his stats.
There is only one true Cricket GOD.And no other than Sehwag!. Lets bow down to GOD!. :p