West Indies tour of NZ
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@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Yeah will be interesting to see how our bowlers go.
On paper this is an awful West Indies batting lineup - no one averages over 30, only one averaging over 26. A few of those guys are very early career and no idea no recent form so that might be misleading, but if we can somehow scrape out another 60-70 runs I think we'll be competitive.
Yeah so based on that and provided Henry fires this could already be an ok score.
The onus is on the new bowlers to support him.
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@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Cyclops I'm pleased we've got Matt Henry, because if everyone is fit, I'm not sure any of the rest of the attack makes the team.
Jamieson, O'Rourke and Santner and just maybe Sears, but probably Mitch and Phillips and bowler light.
Big opportunity for Duffy who has been impressive in the short forms and could grab a place with a good performance across this series.
Things looking a bit easier at the moment. Hopefully the Windies bowlers running out of steam rather than the pitch. Still a few tricky deliveries from time to time.
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@canefan said in West Indies tour of NZ:
What is the daily over rate?
Don't know the rate, but they just showed a graphic saying they were 5 overs behind.
The scorecard on Cricinfo is a bit rubbish for figuring it out on a rain affected day like this.
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@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Cyclops I'm pleased we've got Matt Henry, because if everyone is fit, I'm not sure any of the rest of the attack makes the team.
Jamieson, O'Rourke and Santner and just maybe Sears, but probably Mitch and Phillips and bowler light.
Big opportunity for Duffy who has been impressive in the short forms and could grab a place with a good performance across this series.
Things looking a bit easier at the moment. Hopefully the Windies bowlers running out of steam rather than the pitch. Still a few tricky deliveries from time to time.
Older ball, a bit of sun and a tiring attack.
Hopefully overcast tomorrow and the pitch will still have something in it. These two need to make some hay for the next hour.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
They obviously rate Foulkes as a potential all rounder given he is in ahead of Henry.
200/7
When Foulkes first came on the first class scene McMillan was saying he reckoned he was a better batter than bowler.
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Bracewell fell right into the trap there. Dumb shot at this stage of the day.
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@Donsteppa said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Bracewell has all the talent, but prone to brain explosions.
Definitely not good enough to be a frontline test player but I guess not too bad as the third choice allrounder.
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@LABCAT said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Donsteppa said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Bracewell has all the talent, but prone to brain explosions.
Definitely not good enough to be a frontline test player but I guess not too bad as the third choice allrounder.
He’s there cos Phillips and Santner aren’t.
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Roller coaster of a day. Overall I think the Windies will be the happier of the two, but not by much. They'd have been hoping to bowl us out for under 200, both after winning the toss and then again after scything through the middle order.
We were in some strong positions (at 94/1 it was starting to look like we were getting on top, and if the Bracewell/Smith partnership went a bit longer we were getting back to close to parity. After being put in 231/9 isn't a disaster but we should have done much better.
Hopefully the tail pair can slap a quick 20-30 and then let our bowlers loose while there's still morning cloud cover.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@LABCAT said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Donsteppa said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Bracewell has all the talent, but prone to brain explosions.
Definitely not good enough to be a frontline test player but I guess not too bad as the third choice allrounder.
He’s there cos Phillips and Santner aren’t.
Why are they both missing? Injuries?
