@derm-mccrum said in NH club rugby:
@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Wasps lost 27-42. Lima Sopoaga only got on the paddock for the last 12 minutes. He seems to really struggling outside of the ABs and Highlanders playing environments. Wasps must be wondering whether the big money for Sopoaga was worth it.
Nope - the ex-test rarely are. Much better value in uncapped Kiwis.
Is that down to the fact that their form is on a downward trajectory? ie., they're ex test players for a reason.
@billy-tell said in NH club rugby:
In his last season sopoaga was struggling in th highlanders and ABs teams. Just don’t think he is much good anymore
Read. The. Thread.
@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Wasps have dropped Lima Sopoaga to the bench for their away game to Toulouse. A relatively unheard of 22 year called Billy Searle is being picked as the Wasps 10 ahead of him. Lima has really struggled to settle in Coventry and get to grips with NH Rugby.
Kaino is playing Number 8 for Toulouse.
Lima was struggling here. Hardly surprising his form has continued.
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Watling continues to make a massive claim though, I suspect he'll leave a huge hole when he retires.
The thing about Watling is he shows the limitations of pure statistics. He makes clutch runs for us, when we need them to save games, or put us back in them. So different to bullying a tired bowling attack when we're already 200 in front (ha ha ha, like that ever used to happen :D)
Haddin did that for Aus for a while as well; rescued them so often. Fark, I hate Haddin
This
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
But is it?
IMO BJ is out in front with daylight second.
Well it all depends on where you draw the line between Mccullum the keeper/batsman and the batsman solely I guess. I forget lots of his runs were scored when he was in there purely as a specialist.
@booboo I am interested in who the other two Batsmen apart from KW and Crowe who are better than Taylor too....
I did not say he was 5th ...
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
Well 3rd is in the top 5.
Also have provided my rationale for BJ elsewhere
BJ v Baz as a batsman as keeper then BJ wins. Also check out the c. Keeper b. Bowler combos. I know that's more about the bowler but how often and how high up does c. Watling appear?
So, best case scenario?
350+ lead by drinks last session tomorrow. 2.5 sessions to roll them? (5th day weather an issue?)
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
@mn5 funny how it's not featured on FTA here
Seeing a full day's play on pay TV over Wummin's basketball would be good ...
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
192/1.
Williamson on 75 and still below his average in the last 5 tests against SL.
Kane averaging (AVERAGING!) 100+ v Sri Lanka!
