West Indies tour of NZ
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212/4 at stumps. Good resistance from Greaves and Hope. But being two bowlers down really hurts. A real test of Latham and the coaching team's ability to improvise. Conway has a couple of FC wickets bowling medium pace, might be worth a go.
Imlach looked handy and Roach showed good application in the first innings, I don't think we can assume one more wicket and it's into the tail.
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@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Windies often don’t need much to fire them up, one good partnership and an injury hampered bowling attack could lead to an unthinkable record, one of which NZ needs not to own another…
Wicket please fluffybunnies
That's true but they also don't need much to make them collapse in a heap.
That tail looks pretty weak.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
The most oustanding teams I can think of ( 80s Windies, 2000s Aussies ) never had a true all rounder.
Carl Hooper?
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@nostrildamus said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
The most oustanding teams I can think of ( 80s Windies, 2000s Aussies ) never had a true all rounder.
Carl Hooper?
Na, he was a batsman who bowled pretty well at times.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
As a former opening batsmen and wicket keeper, I hate to think how sore Latham is going to be after this test.
Alec Stewart may have been the last guy to open, captain and keep all in the same test ?
Sangakarra?
Edit: genuine question. Don't know if he was skipper?
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@booboo said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
As a former opening batsmen and wicket keeper, I hate to think how sore Latham is going to be after this test.
Alec Stewart may have been the last guy to open, captain and keep all in the same test ?
Sangakarra?
Edit: genuine question. Don't know if he was skipper?
If my usage of stats guru is correct, neither Stewart nor Sangakarra was ever designated keeper, opener and captain in the same match. They might have been an emergency keeper at some point though, I can't see anyway to find that in stats guru.
Only three people have ever done the triple officially (i.e designated to keep before the match) - the most recent being Imtiaz Ahmed for Pakistan in 1962. There was a West Indian, Gerry Alexander before that, in the 50s, who actually captained at test against Pakistan where Ahmed kept & opened but was not captain. Percy Sherwell of England is the third, pre WWI.
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Underway in Chch.
NZ still massive favourites but with Henry and Smith down it's not gonna be a cakewalk.
I'm not sure I remember three guys getting injured in the same test before ? ( I won't count Dehli belly in India )
Latham has done an incredible job with his batting and keeping. Notwithstanding Ravindras amazing innings I'd give MOM to the captain.
( Or Hope if he gets the Windies home )
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Little Kane - with 30 wickets, has the most of the players available to bowl in this innings.
Despite their fabulous averages - Duffy and Foulkes are lacking the desired impact so far.
Going to be a long day, I feel.
Kane and Conway might both have to bowl.
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@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Fantastic catch from Latham. Short ball pays off in the end. What do I know?
Was it what ? He looked like a full time keeper there. That catch was very droppable.
Hope gone for a bloody good 140, game over now.
