Black Caps v England Test series
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This isn't particularly good - given that the four test players playing all failed!
A bit odd that we've got our test players playing in these warm up matches!
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I defy you to make any sort of sense of this scorecard - it's a thing of wonder.
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@kiwipie Kyle Jamieson is going to be annoyed - he's got a century against England, but his highest first class score remains 40*!
He's an interesting prospect - disturbingly he's listed on Cricinfo as right arm medium, but I think he's quicker than that - google says he can bowl at 135kms.
Most interestingly, he's the same height as Sam Whitelock, so if they can find another 5+ kms in him, he might be very awkward!
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@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@kiwipie Kyle Jamieson is going to be annoyed - he's got a century against England, but his highest first class score remains 40*!
He's an interesting prospect - disturbingly he's listed on Cricinfo as right arm medium, but I think he's quicker than that - google says he can bowl at 135kms.
Most interestingly, he's the same height as Sam Whitelock, so if they can find another 5+ kms in him, he might be very awkward!
Obviously knows which end of the bat to hold to make a 100 against that attack. When I saw right-medium I was imagining Colin Munro pace so glad to hear he's livelier than that.
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@bovidae Yep, nothing more than opposed batting practice. I feel very sorry for anyone that paid to watch this game, or indeed anyone that invested any time in it.
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The 2-day red ball game starts at the same venue tomorrow, again one innings each. I hope they aren't making the public pay to watch.
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You guys never run out of things to bitch about do you. Really important chance for some of our test batsmen to see play the pink ball for the first time. And a chance to make sure they see it under night conditions. Of course it is a good idea to bat twice if required.
As for people paying to see this.....if you pay to see a warm up game and then complain that it isn't taken seriously enough.. go give yourself an uppercut you fucking tool -
@baron-silas-greenback It's pretty impressive given nearly 20 years of the Fern ....
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@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@kiwipie Kyle Jamieson is going to be annoyed - he's got a century against England, but his highest first class score remains 40*!
He's an interesting prospect - disturbingly he's listed on Cricinfo as right arm medium, but I think he's quicker than that - google says he can bowl at 135kms.
Most interestingly, he's the same height as Sam Whitelock, so if they can find another 5+ kms in him, he might be very awkward!
He's an extremely promising bowler.
130ish kph would be his current limit.
The seam bowling depth in NZ is the best I have ever seen it, by a distance. I'd say there are about a dozen international quality seam bowlers in NZ at the moment.
Although Jamieson would be the only one of those dozen or so I'd see as a likely lad for success in a 3rd (or 4th) seamer role.
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@kiwipie said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@baron-silas-greenback It's pretty impressive given nearly 20 years of the Fern ....
that looks a lot like a pictorial representation of my stories for the boys on a Monday after the weekend during my early 20s
*may not have happened
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@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:
What' the weather like in Auckland today?
I'm imagining we're going to lose a fair bit of time in this test match - what can we expect playing test cricket in late-March/early-April!
Hot.
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@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@virgil Hot and dry or hot and wet ("nice if you're with a lady but no good in the jungle!")?
Hot and dry, I’m north in silverdale but it’s a lovely day in New Zealand’s great city, the playground to stars like Barrack Obama and Max Key
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@virgil said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@chris-b said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@virgil Hot and dry or hot and wet ("nice if you're with a lady but no good in the jungle!")?
Hot and dry, I’m north in silverdale but it’s a lovely day in New Zealand’s great city, the playground to stars like Barrack Obama and Max Key
I'm giving this an upvote for some wit in the last sentence.
