Black Caps in Zimbabwe
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Seems apt for me to have my annual gripe about night watchmen.
Henry Nicholls fielded yesterday which I’m assuming wasn’t too taxing considering Zimbabwe got rolled for 125.
He didn’t bowl a single delivery then sat and watched Conway and Young put Zimbabwe to the sword.
Young gets out late in the day……only takes a single delivery as we all know.
As a specialist batsman it isn’t too much of an ask to go out and…..BAT for 10-15 minutes ? Isn’t that what he signed up for ?
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It'd be hilarious if Duffy can score a tinny hundred before he takes a wicket
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Very pleased for Conway, even if it is just Zimbabwe. He's actually scored a few runs of late.
Honestly we could already declare and still win comfortably so we're quickly getting into the territory of how long we let our batsmen go for milestones.
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Conway's record is so much worse than I was expecting after his phenomenal start. I suspect he's an okay batter who had a purple patch rather than an out of form very good bat, so I'm kind of annoyed that he's cashing in here.
On the other hand, maybe this is a sign that he's found some form and will have another hot run. Plus we have about 2 more tests in the next 12 months or so, so it doesn't really make that much difference.
Shame Kane isn't here to plunder a century or two and push himself further up the list.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Very pleased for Conway, even if it is just Zimbabwe. He's actually scored a few runs of late.
Honestly we could already declare and still win comfortably so we're quickly getting into the territory of how long we let our batsmen go for milestones.
Yep it’s great for him considering I thought his career was all but over.
Could say the same for Nicholls come to think of it.
I reckon a double and century respectively and then declare.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Very pleased for Conway, even if it is just Zimbabwe. He's actually scored a few runs of late.
Honestly we could already declare and still win comfortably so we're quickly getting into the territory of how long we let our batsmen go for milestones.
It's the end of the first session of day 2 ... let the guys bat.
I know it's "only" Zimbabwe... but 5-hunge at least.
Bat to ensure of day 2 and we're gettclose to that.
306 for 2.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
Conway's record is so much worse than I was expecting after his phenomenal start. I suspect he's an okay batter who had a purple patch rather than an out of form very good bat, so I'm kind of annoyed that he's cashing in here.
On the other hand, maybe this is a sign that he's found some form and will have another hot run. Plus we have about 2 more tests in the next 12 months or so, so it doesn't really make that much difference.
Shame Kane isn't here to plunder a century or two and push himself further up the list.
I think he's a slow starter, his footwork isn't great early on. That's why he gets inside edges a lot. When his luck is in he doesn't pay for his lack of technique. When his luck runs out it's a different story
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Hard to know what you are supposed to do in these sort of matches. Realistically they could declare now and have a fairly strong chance at an innings victory.
50 overs left today, I'd probably bat 40 of them, aiming for another 200 runs then give the bowlers 10 of them to see if they can wreak any havoc.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
A long way off Turner too. I didn't realise Matt Horne had 4 test tons, that's 4 more than I would have guessed. I normally put him in the Blair Pocock/Hartland bucket of futility.
I’m surprised Bruce Edgar only has three.
We certainly put some of these 80s folk heroes on a bit of a pedestal
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:
A long way off Turner too. I didn't realise Matt Horne had 4 test tons, that's 4 more than I would have guessed. I normally put him in the Blair Pocock/Hartland bucket of futility.
A great guy Matt Horne is too. Used to coach me a fair bit growing up. Sadly his talent didn't rub off on me lol.
He got some good centuries too. A century at Lords in 1999 which led us to our first ever victory there, 133 against McGrath and Warne at Hobart, and 2 against competitive Zimbabwe sides which had Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Henry Olonga etc. runing around.
