Australia v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Day 1 - David Warner mauls the Kiwis

I find no logic of blaming the technology folks. David Warner’s decision was given out by the on field umpire, but the DRS showed that the ball was clipping the bails and in fact, it should have been out and Warner’s stay should have been cut short at 78. But did the DRS make the mistake or the person who was using it? Mate, blame the person and not the technology.

Technologies have made this game even more exciting and beneficial for the players and officials. The technologies aren’t the enemy of the game, but Twenty20 is. Why don’t point your finger towards this bloody Twenty20 format?

But, the first day at the WACA was the carbon copy of Brisbane. In fact, David Warner became a bulldozer who simply mauled the New Zealand attack mercilessly. It was a modern-day butchery of high pedigree - Warner hit his first two balls for four and never looked back. Three hundreds in his past three innings, four in four against New Zealand, 4000 Test runs at an average that today climbed above 50, and a maiden Test double century.

Warner’s impact was so much on day 1 that Usman Khawaja’s second Test ton, which was rather gentler in nature than Warner’s cyclonic display, went almost unnoticed.

GOSH! I am feeling badly for the New Zealand bowlers. How helpless they were today! Renowned pace bowlers like Tim Southee and Trent Boult should have known the length while bowling at the  WACA. McCullum’s aggressive brand of cricket and much hyped tactical moves have been back-fired so far by the brutality of the Aussies – outsmarted, outweighed and outclassed!

Thank You

Faisal Caesar