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From NZ perspective they would be bothered that Southee is not picking wickets with the new ball. Bowler of his experience is expected to do much more especially with two new ball rule and in conditions in NZ.

Looks like the weather is ok.

SA win the toss and will bowl

gonna be an all-nighter for me

NZ unchanged

SA make 3 changes with miller, parnell and pretorius coming in for rabada, behardien and shamsi

rabada has a minor knee injury

Nice for the UK Kiwi fanbase that this is a day game.

Cricinfo saying this is normally a ground for big scores, but also it's humid today and the pitch is underprepared.

Rabada is a big loss. But not as much as Guptill for NZ.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Rabada is a big loss. But not as much as Guptill for NZ.

especially when latham is struggling, might be him that makes way for guptill once he is fit

groundsman must have been feeling a bit artistic today

I read rich westerners are buying up NZ as a bunker for when Trump burns up the globe like a match, so maybe the crowd today will be lighting cigars with fifty dollar notes.

another failure for latham

think thats something like just 9 runs he has scored in his last 4 ODI innings

rich1uk wrote:

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Rabada is a big loss. But not as much as Guptill for NZ.

especially when latham is struggling

Right again.

Good effort from Brownlie.

very poor decision by the umpire to give brownlie out and they dont review it

Latham's a throwback, a keeper who opens. Remember when every team threw their keeper in at the top. Now they're all finishers.