There a few things about being only as strong as a deck of cards ... any sort of breeze and your foundations are bound to get wobly but, if you are lucky, as you all fall to the ground a few aces occasionally turn right side up.
Yesterday at the Basin Reserve - I just like saying that name as it sums the Kiwis - so again, yesterday at the Basin reserve, at least one of the lesser aces may have shown his face. Not Vettori, who despite his elevated status as a batsman, is ocassionally an Ace of Diamonds but rather a potential Ace of Spades in Tim McIntosh.
Some say McIntosh's are outdated and this one certainly bats like an old timer but at least he has spent nearly six hours at the crease against the blustery conditions the Australians have bought to bear against the Kiwi deck of cards. He may be worth building a suite on. He alone looked prepared to fight.
Leading the way for the fast moving, hot air mob was Doug Bollinger, a man long on enthusiasm even if a tad short on top order thinking. If ever a cricketer was more aptly named, I'm scratching to think of him or even her. The man just bubbles and fizzes and after a few sips you find yourself smiling.
Its an uneven contest and will be still until New Zealand nurture more Crowes and less Taylors. Here is ultimate dangerous result of eating a diet of fast food cricket because its cheap, nasty and done with with quickly. When you eat this way too much, you have no idea of what to do with a three course meal.
Speaking of meals, looks like by lunch time 4th day the desserts will be over.
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