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Here are the revised playing times: (All in local time)
First Session 12pm-1.30pm (12.45pm drinks)
Second Session 2.10pm-4.40pm (3.25 drinks)
Third Session 5pm-7pm (6pm drinks)
You can even time your loo/brew breaks as per the above.
Weather Update – and it is good news!*
The rain has stopped and the clean up is underway. If the sky behaves from now on then we’ll have play in a little over 30 minutes.
*Unless you are a MASSIVE fan of interminable live-blogging?
Oh and here’s summink what I wrote about the incredible origin story of Yashasvi Jaiswal:
Cricket-y reading to keep you occupied:
Taha Hashim penned this lovely piece on Jimmy Anderson:
and Ali Martin has the latest on the England camp the morning after the day before:
Simon McMahon has seen an opportunity and gone for it:
“Hi Jim! Seeing as there’s no cricket (yet), maybe you can indulge me, and I’m sure a few others, by saying Happy Mother’s Day to mother’s everywhere, and in particular my own, the sainted Margaret, and of course not forgetting my wife (and mother of our children) Lisa. They both have no interest in cricket, but have family in New Zealand, so maybe somebody will let them know they’ve appeared on the OBO. I’m sure they’ll be thrilled. Go New Zealand!”
Job done. Someone give Margaret and Lisa a nudge? Welcome to the good books, Simon.
Yuck
“Evening/morning James”
Same to you Tom Porter!
“I’m 10 mins west of the ground and it’s still raining heavily (11am). I’m not complaining as after three great days at the ground I’m stuck in the office until 3pm, when I’ll head over, so I’m hoping the 6 wickets will fall after then!! As an Englishman resident in Christchurch, it’s lovely to see what a buzz the potential of a Black Caps win has brought to local cricket fans (30 years of hurt!) After the last three days, how can you not love Test cricket?!”
This is all working out perfectly for you isn’t it Tom? You lucky lad. Back to work you skiver!
Apparently this is the heaviest rain Christchurch has seen in months… BUT reports are that it should pass over by this afternoon at the very least.
It’s Brolly Time:
Weather watch: It is raining, the covers are on and we are going to have a delayed start.
Adam Buckby sends some local intel: “Hey Jim, it’s hammering it down, but meant to get better this afternoon. It’s been so dry in Christchurch this year that you can’t really moan (unless you’re having to stay awake in London watching nothing I guess) – they’ll be a result one way or another in the next 2 days. Let’s go the Blackcaps.”
No moaning from me, ain’t got nowhere else to be. Sleep? Pah!
Gah – spoke to soon! Any OBOers in Christchurch? Drop us a line and let us know how it’s looking?
Sunny days, where have you gone?
There’s enough blue sky to make a pair of sailor’s trousers as my ma would say (Happy Mother’s Day Kathy!*) Hopefully this means they’ll start on time.
Let’s hope it isn’t one of those days:
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to day four of New Zealand v Australia from Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. Well, well, well – we’ve got the makings of a corker on our hands here. After a fightback on day three with bat and then ball from New Zealand the game is tantalisingly poised.
Australia need 202 more runs to win and take the series 2-0, however, their top order are back in the hutch after a magnificent spell of seam bowling last evening from Matt Henry and debutant Ben Sears. Six wickets to play with then for the visitors, the engine room of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh at the crease. For New Zealand, it’s a matter of pocketing six more wickets in order to chalk up their first home Test win against Australia in over thirty years.
It promises to be a belter then… if the rain stays away. My sources at the ground tell me there’s some mizzle about this morning in Christchurch but that it should clear off at some point this morning to leave a decent prospect of a result today.
Jim here with you for the first half of the day, play is due to start at 11am local/9am AEDT and 10pm where I am in murky old London town. Please do drop me a line with your musings or missives. Any Kiwis out there chewing their cuticles? Email or tweet @Jimbo_Cricket with some twitchy correspondence.
I’ll be back shortly, in the meantime – catch up with yesterday’s action why don’t ya:
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