Hello and welcome back to my blog
Anyone who was watching the cricket at the Basin Reserve will have an idea as to what the title refers to, but for those of you who missed the moment, NZ were struggling to get runs on the board and one Chris Martin strode to the crease having not scored a run in his last 29 games. He proceeded to belt Harbhajan Singh down the ground for FOUR and Martin Crowe delivered the line of commentary I have used for today's title.
Unfortunately that was about as good as it got for the Black Caps today as Khan nicked out five of batsmen and keeper Dhoni took 6 catches. None of the batsmen could last long at the crease - in fact Taylor (140 minutes) and McCullum (88 minutes) were the only ones to bat for more than an hour.
With the NZ scorecard in tatters the commentators began discussing how India would use a lead of 180 odd - aim to win or simply bat the Black Caps into submission. I believe both are likely at this point because even if the bowlers knock India over for 197 (the NZ score) the lead will be over 350 and Singh will get plenty of turn on days four and five to negate any fight Vettori's men may put up.
BUT FIGHT THEY MUST! The pitch is good and the team is full of talent so victory is not impossible yet and I must say if they get close it will be very entertaining.
Well that's it from here and I hope you join me again.
It's good bye for now
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