Black Caps v England
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Oh look, Nicholls up against a side who doesn't drop catches.
(Also Latham in a test against not Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or the West Indies...)
Have had to return the Year Five to bed on a school night, so am no longer at the ground to sort out the batting. Need more South Africans to bat with Devon.
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Yep, almost looking forward to the Nicholls getting out nowadays. We've got far better options in the wings, let's get clear on who's of value to us going forward. Someone who has a great average because of a shitload of drops isn't really who we want in at 4.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v England:
lol i love this. Whack up 300+ and then declare with plenty of under-lights overs to bowl in.
It's a bit like the olden days when people would declare on uncovered sticky wickets!
Well, we've done better with the ball than I expected - lets hope our stronger suit can pay dividends and keep them at bay under the lights.
Bugger. That worked better than I hoped it would.
Henry Nicholls is trying my patience.
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps v England:
lol i love this. Whack up 300+ and then declare with plenty of under-lights overs to bowl in.
It's a bit like the olden days when people would declare on uncovered sticky wickets!
Well, we've done better with the ball than I expected - lets hope our stronger suit can pay dividends and keep them at bay under the lights.
Bugger. That worked better than I hoped it would.
Henry Nicholls is trying my patience.
Surely Young has to come in for Nicholls now.
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@Canes4life Henry seems a weak option at 4.
I reckon Kane should be batting at 4 and Young or Conway at 3.
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As expected batting against the new ball under lights was extremely difficult. Kane's wicket really put England on top. Gonna need Conway to go big tomorrow (to state the blindingly obvious).
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@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
@LABCAT said in Black Caps v England:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
Just got home from morning coaching session
Catching up, A worry to see Scott Kuggeljin playing a test he is not up to test cricket,it would have been better to blood a youngster for the experience, probably would not lose a lot short term but gain long term.It's a lose lose selection all round. Ordinarily the Outraged of Twitter are best ignored, but slightly conflicted feelings in this case, as they're being aggravated for a journeyman with no recent first class form to speak of. Maybe best to have gone with Duffy... or... arguably a bloke sitting 500m away watching via his WiFi.
I would have blooded a youngster.
Genuine question of - which one? I have no other names leaping to mind (maybe there should be). Doug Bracewell would have been ideal (gnashing of teeth from @MN5 aside
)... others?I would have picked:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/zakary-foulkes-1202098First class record doesn't look much yet but watching him play he looks like he has the skills to be the next Souther/Boult
Too early for the kid. Looks like he has talent but also looks like he is still trying to find out who he is as a cricketer. Batsman who bowls, bowler who bats or genuine all-rounder?
He's definitely a bowler who bats a bit, nothing else.
Was it too early for Southee, Boult, Vettori etc?
Genuine question because I don't know. Does Foulkes have any age grade pedigree? I ask because I seem to recall Southee and Boult spearheading an age grade NZ side to a handy world cup place.
The only thing I know about Foulkes is McMillan mentioning Foulkes was considered more of a batter and Canterbury were surprised by his success with the ball.
Edit @chris - wiki tells me Foulkes played in Qld during a T20 comp. Did you get to see him or hear about him?
We pulled out of the U19 world cup, for covid travel reasons, so his age cohort didn't get a national selection. So, don't know whether he would have been in that team, or not. Or, if he then would have had pedigree compared to international peers.
NZC usually don't spend any money on youth cricket, only attend tournaments where the ICC is paying the bill. So, its basically 1 tournament (plus a warm-up) every 2 years. It is all therefore 50-over cricket, only. But that is still a good gauge, tbh.
NZ haven't played a Youth Test for 15 years, since 2008 when Kane Williamson (and Neesham & Doug Bracewell) were in the team. (https://archive.nzc.nz/Events/New_Zealand_Under-19s_in_England_2008/Team_Averages.html )
Us, Windies, Zim appear to have given up on Youth Tests, that is some 'illustrious' company.
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@Rapido said in Black Caps v England:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
@LABCAT said in Black Caps v England:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
@LABCAT said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
Just got home from morning coaching session
Catching up, A worry to see Scott Kuggeljin playing a test he is not up to test cricket,it would have been better to blood a youngster for the experience, probably would not lose a lot short term but gain long term.It's a lose lose selection all round. Ordinarily the Outraged of Twitter are best ignored, but slightly conflicted feelings in this case, as they're being aggravated for a journeyman with no recent first class form to speak of. Maybe best to have gone with Duffy... or... arguably a bloke sitting 500m away watching via his WiFi.
I would have blooded a youngster.
Genuine question of - which one? I have no other names leaping to mind (maybe there should be). Doug Bracewell would have been ideal (gnashing of teeth from @MN5 aside
)... others?I would have picked:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/zakary-foulkes-1202098First class record doesn't look much yet but watching him play he looks like he has the skills to be the next Souther/Boult
Too early for the kid. Looks like he has talent but also looks like he is still trying to find out who he is as a cricketer. Batsman who bowls, bowler who bats or genuine all-rounder?
He's definitely a bowler who bats a bit, nothing else.
Was it too early for Southee, Boult, Vettori etc?
Genuine question because I don't know. Does Foulkes have any age grade pedigree? I ask because I seem to recall Southee and Boult spearheading an age grade NZ side to a handy world cup place.
The only thing I know about Foulkes is McMillan mentioning Foulkes was considered more of a batter and Canterbury were surprised by his success with the ball.
Edit @chris - wiki tells me Foulkes played in Qld during a T20 comp. Did you get to see him or hear about him?
We pulled out of the U19 world cup, for covid travel reasons, so his age cohort didn't get a national selection. So, don't know whether he would have been in that team, or not. Or, if he then would have had pedigree compared to international peers.
NZC usually don't spend any money on youth cricket, only attend tournaments where the ICC is paying the bill. So, its basically 1 tournament (plus a warm-up) every 2 years. It is all therefore 50-over cricket, only. But that is still a good gauge, tbh.
NZ haven't played a Youth Test for 15 years, since 2008 when Kane Williamson (and Neesham & Doug Bracewell) were in the team. (https://archive.nzc.nz/Events/New_Zealand_Under-19s_in_England_2008/Team_Averages.html )
Us, Windies, Zim appear to have given up on Youth Tests, that is some 'illustrious' company.
Screenshot 2023-02-17 at 11.08.33 AMMaybe they'll give a crap after they realise we are poo, when the last of that golden generation of youngsters retires
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@canefan said in Black Caps v England:
@Rapido said in Black Caps v England:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
@LABCAT said in Black Caps v England:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps v England:
@LABCAT said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v England:
@Chris said in Black Caps v England:
Just got home from morning coaching session
Catching up, A worry to see Scott Kuggeljin playing a test he is not up to test cricket,it would have been better to blood a youngster for the experience, probably would not lose a lot short term but gain long term.It's a lose lose selection all round. Ordinarily the Outraged of Twitter are best ignored, but slightly conflicted feelings in this case, as they're being aggravated for a journeyman with no recent first class form to speak of. Maybe best to have gone with Duffy... or... arguably a bloke sitting 500m away watching via his WiFi.
I would have blooded a youngster.
Genuine question of - which one? I have no other names leaping to mind (maybe there should be). Doug Bracewell would have been ideal (gnashing of teeth from @MN5 aside
)... others?I would have picked:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/zakary-foulkes-1202098First class record doesn't look much yet but watching him play he looks like he has the skills to be the next Souther/Boult
Too early for the kid. Looks like he has talent but also looks like he is still trying to find out who he is as a cricketer. Batsman who bowls, bowler who bats or genuine all-rounder?
He's definitely a bowler who bats a bit, nothing else.
Was it too early for Southee, Boult, Vettori etc?
Genuine question because I don't know. Does Foulkes have any age grade pedigree? I ask because I seem to recall Southee and Boult spearheading an age grade NZ side to a handy world cup place.
The only thing I know about Foulkes is McMillan mentioning Foulkes was considered more of a batter and Canterbury were surprised by his success with the ball.
Edit @chris - wiki tells me Foulkes played in Qld during a T20 comp. Did you get to see him or hear about him?
We pulled out of the U19 world cup, for covid travel reasons, so his age cohort didn't get a national selection. So, don't know whether he would have been in that team, or not. Or, if he then would have had pedigree compared to international peers.
NZC usually don't spend any money on youth cricket, only attend tournaments where the ICC is paying the bill. So, its basically 1 tournament (plus a warm-up) every 2 years. It is all therefore 50-over cricket, only. But that is still a good gauge, tbh.
NZ haven't played a Youth Test for 15 years, since 2008 when Kane Williamson (and Neesham & Doug Bracewell) were in the team. (https://archive.nzc.nz/Events/New_Zealand_Under-19s_in_England_2008/Team_Averages.html )
Us, Windies, Zim appear to have given up on Youth Tests, that is some 'illustrious' company.
Screenshot 2023-02-17 at 11.08.33 AMMaybe they'll give a crap after they realise we are poo, when the last of that golden generation of youngsters retires
It'll be too late by then, sadly.
I'm reaching the conclusion I really don't think the balls are good enough quality for day/night cricket. The difference between evening sessions with new balls and normal cricket is vast. I think it's too big - whether it's us, or someone else trying to bat through.
Anyway, apparently it suits TV and crowds, so it's here to stay whether random internet people think it's a good idea or not. The commericals seem to stack up.
Outfield looks lightning quick - and batting so so much easier today.
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We loves Wags
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Lol I knew that wouldn't last, valuable knock still from the night watchman.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v England:
Lol I knew that wouldn't lastm valuable knock still from the night watchman.
done exactly what he needed to - soaked up balls last night, scored quickly today, and was good fun to watch.
If we lost one less last night (Williamson in particular) we'd be moderately happy. We're still a long way behind right now. Going to take some good batting to drag ourselves back into this
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@Chris-B said in Black Caps v England:
@Canes4life Henry seems a weak option at 4.
I reckon Kane should be batting at 4 and Young or Conway at 3.
I couldn't agree with this more. I don't know why we are exposing our best player to the new ball so much, put him at 4 and let him feast on the older ball like Smith does.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v England:
let him feast on the older ball like Smith does.
Not sure another over will make a difference (/cycnical)
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That's worth a review surely, tho probably clipping
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we're getting fucking smacked here jesus
