Black Caps vs Bangles
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The annoying thing for me is they give Watling 3 games against Aussie, in Aussie, to see if he is good enough to play as he ODI keeper. Shockingly he is shit against the best ODI pace unit around on their own tracks (as is everyone else).
Now we are facing a terrible touring unit, with a bowling side utterly unsuited to NZ conditions and we call up Ronchi. To learn what? That he can smash 7 shades of shit out of that attack on home pitches? We could have either stuck with Wating & if he can't score runs v the Bangles then he's done in the ODI game, or given a very gentle 1st cap to some 21 year old guy& actually learned something.
Same with Broom, WTF will we learn from him playing? That he is OK at home v a bowling unit not quite as good as Northern Districts?
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In IPL news Colin Munro, Corey Anderson, Trent Boult & Marty Guptil just got shitcanned -
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1073340.html
Kane & Baz keep their gigs obviously.
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Strange that Guptill always struggles to get contacts in the IPL. He's one of the best players going around in the short forms. I'd actually take him over Kane in T20s...
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@Rapido First time seeing Bruce on TV tonight. He might have talent but he looked like a slogger in this format, and was very uncomfortable with the short ball. In comparison Clarkson was striking the ball so sweetly.
In Mitch we trust!
Yeah. He looked too leg side reliant, and trying to overhit everything.
Wonder if that was bowling plans base on a bit more knowledge.
Don't know enough.
But wasn't very impressive.His batting partner Young, who I've always rated, looked a better bet as he has scoring options 360 degrees. But even he was looking a bit scratchy.
Young, who I think is the best young uncapped bat in the country has had a poor start to the season (when the field is wide open) and assume he's not currently in close contention. He's not outperforming Nicholls. Plus he needs to sort out his flemesque conversion rate at this lower level before higher honours in the red ball stuff.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
Whatever happens we'll hammer them in all forms and fans will get a false sense of where they stand in the cricketing world before being beaten into submission in a mid year overseas tour.
Classic 'rinse and repeat' Black Caps really!
We play both Aussie and SA at home this summer don't we? No need to wait to go overseas or for mid year
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Damn. Can't move from couch. Christmas kittens have decided that my ample err waist is comfy place to sleep off breakfast ... have to stay here now. Would be rude to wake them.
Latham puts one over the rope and its 97 for 2 off 18.
Boxing Day test starting on the other channel...
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