Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020
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@mariner4life said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
it is amazing how quickly we have reverted as Black Cap fans. One terrible summer and we've dropped back to no comments on match threads
anyway, as i don't actually get to watch the games, can someone please tell me what flavour of pies it is the Bennett serves up?
Appears to be mince and cheese
The malaise returning is one reason Taylor escaped the criticism Baron rightly raises so far. By game five of that T20I series the shit list was that long that the old Black Craps “so, how will they find a way to lose this one?” resigned shrug of the shoulders was well and truely back...
Can anyone remember a Black Caps coach taking a break mid series before (at the insistence of David White or otherwise)? Let alone in an England/Oz/India/Oz summer?
I have a memory that Darren Lehman may have done so for the canary yellow once, but I don’t think we have.
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@Donsteppa I don't recall it and I don't see why it's needed. There are heaps of breaks between tours to recharge - how many days between finishing in Oz and the start of the Indian tour?
When April comes Stead can have a month off! Must think he's Jurgen Klopp!
All that said, I'm not particularly distraught with our results against India, so far. It is frustrating not to have got over the line against them once - given the number of openings we created, but as KP points out they're significantly better than us. In the T20s we were without Boult, Ferguson, Neesham and (probably) Henry - and Little Kane for the last couple. We're basically p[laying the cream of the IPL's Indian players with a bunch of guys who, at best, warm the benches for the IPL teams - along with quite a few who don't have a sniff at getting a contract.
Still without Boult, Ferguson, Henry and Little Kane for this one - so basically our premier batsman and first choice seam attack. We don't have the depth to absorb those sorts of losses - no-one does, not even the Aussies, but us less than most.
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@Chris-B So negative!
355 looks the number.
I predict we will start out ok, a little slow, but ok. A quick couple of wickets will see all our eggs with Rosco, who will score 42 from 51 then get out to a mistimed shot played across his pads. Middle order will show some fight and Southee and Santner will score 25 each to get us though to a very respectable 225, a mere 125 runs short of a famous victory.
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2 main strike bowlers did well...
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347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
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@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
Southee is kak in limited overs. Has been for a long time. He's a test bowler only now.
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
Southee is kak in limited overs. Has been for a long time. He's a test bowler only now.
And barely that
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@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
Southee is kak in limited overs. Has been for a long time. He's a test bowler only now.
Hes barely even that. Hes supposed to be a strike bowler - I read somewhere he didn't take any wickets within the first 200 runs in any innings.
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@voodoo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Chris-B So negative!
355 looks the number.
I predict we will start out ok, a little slow, but ok. A quick couple of wickets will see all our eggs with Rosco, who will score 42 from 51 then get out to a mistimed shot played across his pads. Middle order will show some fight and Southee and Santner will score 25 each to get us though to a very respectable 225, a mere 125 runs short of a famous victory.
This may be quite prophetic at present...bright start, which means we'll lose three in the next 10...
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@westcoastie said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
Southee is kak in limited overs. Has been for a long time. He's a test bowler only now.
Hes barely even that. Hes supposed to be a strike bowler - I read somewhere he didn't take any wickets within the first 200 runs in any innings.
Time to retire Tim.Frustrating, as he had massive upside. I just feel he was a guy who could have done so much better if he worked harder on bowling and batting.
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@nzzp said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@westcoastie said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
@Mokey said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
347/4. Piece of cake. Lol I can't even type that with a straight face.
May I ask what the FARK Bennett is doing in this team? Seriously? BENNETT??? Also, for the senior bowler, Southee was entirely too expensive. Only bowler with a not terrible return was CdG.
Southee is kak in limited overs. Has been for a long time. He's a test bowler only now.
Hes barely even that. Hes supposed to be a strike bowler - I read somewhere he didn't take any wickets within the first 200 runs in any innings.
Time to retire Tim.Frustrating, as he had massive upside. I just feel he was a guy who could have done so much better if he worked harder on bowling and batting.
Don't get me started.
Southee had a shit attitude towards batting, like clearly never made the effort to actually work on it, or severely lacked the mental application to give enough of a shit.
He was bowling 105-110kph at the end of the T20's and I heard Radio Sport have the balls to say the reason CDG didn't bowl in the T20s was because he was too slow and hittable.
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Liking the conservation of wickets, but these guys need to start making hay. We need to be up around 180-200 after 30ish overs.
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@westcoastie 180 after 30 would be plenty, and we are on track for thatbat 58 after 10
