Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final
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Cricket in England faces logistical headaches after India placed on ‘red list’
Cricket faces another summer of logistical headaches after India was placed on the so-called “red list” for travel to the UK – a decision which could have knock-on effects for England’s international fixtures and the World Test Championship final
I'd assume no IPL players for the England test series (both sides), or at least for the first test.
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 Devon will be looking to run up the scores. Have our batting stocks ever been this strong? I'd say no
Even if Martin Donnelly, Glenn Turner, Martin Crowe and Bert Sutcliffe all played in the same era I’d still say no.
Conway looks to the manor born. Unfortunately for him he’ll still struggle to break our 3/4/5 axis, despite a relatively lean period there’s no way they’ll drop Taylor. KW walks in obviously so is there a chance Nicholls place might be in jeopardy ?
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 Devon will be looking to run up the scores. Have our batting stocks ever been this strong? I'd say no
Have to fit him in without injuries first.
This is a difficult selection for the Lords game. Lots of intricacies when you take into account India's strengths and weaknesses and the Lords slope. Do we even need a spinner? Do we play an allrounder (Bracewell/CDG/Mitchell) or Santner, or stack the batting?
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@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 Devon will be looking to run up the scores. Have our batting stocks ever been this strong? I'd say no
Have to fit him in without injuries first.
This is a difficult selection for the Lords game. Lots of intricacies when you take into account India's strengths and weaknesses and the Lords slope. Do we even need a spinner? Do we play an allrounder (Bracewell/CDG/Mitchell) or Santner, or stack the batting?
He’ll always have a special place in my heart for his efforts in Australia but that was ten fucken years ago.......I hope he isn’t seriously considered because a) we have much better bowling options and b) he’s not an all rounder.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Conway looks to the manor born. Unfortunately for him he’ll still struggle to break our 3/4/5 axis, despite a relatively mean period there’s no way they’ll drop Taylor.
An article I was reading said it could be Conway vs Blundell as the other opener. Blundell has done well at the top of the order but is more a middle order batsmen. His recent tons for Wellington have been from the middle order.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 Devon will be looking to run up the scores. Have our batting stocks ever been this strong? I'd say no
Have to fit him in without injuries first.
This is a difficult selection for the Lords game. Lots of intricacies when you take into account India's strengths and weaknesses and the Lords slope. Do we even need a spinner? Do we play an allrounder (Bracewell/CDG/Mitchell) or Santner, or stack the batting?
He’ll always have a special place in my heart for his efforts in Australia but that was ten fucken years ago.......I hope he isn’t seriously considered because a) we have much better bowling options and b) he’s not an all rounder.
Kylo is shaping into an allrounder
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@bovidae said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
Conway looks to the manor born. Unfortunately for him he’ll still struggle to break our 3/4/5 axis, despite a relatively mean period there’s no way they’ll drop Taylor.
An article I was reading said it could be Conway vs Blundell as the other opener. Blundell has done well at the top of the order but is more a middle order batsmen. His recent tons for Wellington have been from the middle order.
Would be hard on Blundell, he has played well. This is an unfamiliar problem for the BCs to have
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
@mn5 Devon will be looking to run up the scores. Have our batting stocks ever been this strong? I'd say no
Have to fit him in without injuries first.
This is a difficult selection for the Lords game. Lots of intricacies when you take into account India's strengths and weaknesses and the Lords slope. Do we even need a spinner? Do we play an allrounder (Bracewell/CDG/Mitchell) or Santner, or stack the batting?
He’ll always have a special place in my heart for his efforts in Australia but that was ten fucken years ago.......I hope he isn’t seriously considered because a) we have much better bowling options and b) he’s not an all rounder.
Kylo is shaping into an allrounder
.....and the way he’s bowling I wouldn’t care if he batted worse than Chris Martin. He’s a hell of as talent.
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour to England:
This is an unfamiliar problem for the BCs to have
It is a bit of a mind fuck. Having to decide which good players to leave out, instead of choosing which of the least shit players to put in.
Pretty sure I remember a period just after Fleming retired and just before Taylor emerged that the Black Caps had a top six with NO test hundreds between them, only McCullum and Vettori batting down the order had any. ( shudders )
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On Bracewell.....what has he done to justify a recall ? After his amazing match winning performance ( which due to a mental health day I watched in its entirety vs Aus ) his career has been quite the disappointment to me. Surely there’s younger, better guys around ?
He’s the kind of guy I really wanted to have a good career but I feel time has run out.
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial They moved it to Southampton. Not being played at Lords but at the Hampshire bowl or Rose bowl (whatever they call it).
Ah yeah, forgot about that. I think that brings a spinner into the mix which is a pain as it we lose a 'quick' and/or an allrounder.
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Batting avgs
Blundell 38.43
Latham 42.25
Kane 54.31
Roscoe 45.83
Nicholls 43.92
Watling 38.11
CDG 37.03
Santner 25.05
Jamieson 56.58 of those are in the all time top 30 for NZ
4 in the top 13.If you look down the current list of avgs the last era that had more than one top bat was the 1930s
The averages there equal an innings of 375. If we can squeeze in Conway and a couple of bowlers that's pretty strong
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@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
If we can squeeze in Conway and a couple of bowlers that's pretty strong
Where though - for Conway I mean.
I wouldn't be thinking about Santner in the test team. If we play a spinner, and you're correct we probably need to at the Ageas Bowl (that place has so many names!), then it will have to be a genuine turner of the ball. Ajaz?
Tough team to pick.
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@snowy said in Black Caps tour to England:
@crucial said in Black Caps tour to England:
If we can squeeze in Conway and a couple of bowlers that's pretty strong
Where though - for Conway I mean.
can he roll the arm over? Gentle offies perhaps?
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour to England:
can he roll the arm over? Gentle offies perhaps?
Not that I am aware of, but he seems to be able to do most things. Maybe we could have a keeper at each end and BJ could bowl too. Could be like the old days where everyone got a bowl.
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