West Indies tour of NZ
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NZ Cricket "well, no one goes to tests so we won't have many"
Also NZ Cricket "we are going to schedule tests so they are played while everyone works"
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@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Chris-B said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Virgil said in West Indies tour of NZ:
fun fact about Glenn Phillips, with a minimum of 25 wickets (yes i know thats low) he has the 6th best strike rate of any NZ bowler in test cricket.
only Bond, O'Rourke, Jamieson, Cowie and Paddles have better strike rates.One I found recently - Jeremy Coney has the best test economy rate of any NZ bowler.
He's eighth in ODIs.
Looked very hittable!
little nuggets like that are what makes cricket so fascinating.
Didnt Coney suffer for a while trying to get his first test 100? Had a run of back to back 90's at one point before he finally managed it.
And of course had that big falling out with Paddles while captain, famously leading to periods where they wouldnt speak during a test so tactics and field placements were relayed between other players..Edit: just had a look at Coneys stats, i got the 100 reference back to front
he had an amazing series vs Australia in 1986 at home.
His scores were 101*, 98, and 93 (his 3 only innings that series)he made his first test 100 a couple years earlier vs the Poms in his 26th test.
I was driving to ChCh and was around Leithfield Beach when he scored his first hundred. Marty Crowe had got one a bit earlier. A bit like where were you when JFK or John Lennon got shot.
He got picked early and had a poor series vs Oz - and then didn't make the team for about five years.
Wickets tumbling now.
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@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:
NZ Cricket "well, no one goes to tests so we won't have many"
Also NZ Cricket "we are going to schedule tests so they are played while everyone works"
TBF if the tests started on a weekend and was going to have a cracking finish on day 4 or 5 people would complain those days are week days...
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I heard the test scheduling was because a third test was squeezed into the tour. Hence back to back T20 and ODI at the same venue, and short turnarounds between the tests (3 days).
Also the first 3 test series not involving AUS ENG IND I think for years (anywhere, not just in NZ). May have that wrong though.
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boys were obviously pretty keen to get on teh friday beers. and who can blame then?
This match rams home how pathetic it was letting this very average team bat 2 fucking days for a draw
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@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:
This match rams home how pathetic it was letting this very average team bat 2 fucking days for a draw
losing half your bowlers and dropping catches affects that somewhat.
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@nzzp said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@mariner4life said in West Indies tour of NZ:
This match rams home how pathetic it was letting this very average team bat 2 fucking days for a draw
losing half your bowlers and dropping catches affects that somewhat.
Yeah lightning struck twice there. Really bad luck. If one of the pacers had stayed fit they would have won the test pretty soundly.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Duffy MOTM. Deserved.
Good to see both debutants have their moments, Tickner excellent til disaster struck.
Sound beating here, no reason this won’t happen again next time round.
A master stroke to bat first in the end. The Windies had to try and post a total rather than block their way out of it
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Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
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@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
What’s the cut off for attending ? If Mitch qualifies surely the whole team does.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
What’s the cut off for attending ? If Mitch qualifies surely the whole team does.
If you bowl during the game you go up is my understand.
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@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
What’s the cut off for attending ? If Mitch qualifies surely the whole team does.
If you bowl during the game you go up is my understand.
Tom Latham obviously doesn’t like limo rides otherwise he would have put an over down.
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I believe it's up to the keeper to adjudicate on whether part timers bowled enough overs to make the cut. I remember Kane get included a couple of years back after bowling about 4 or 5 overs - ND team mate BJ Watling was the keeper then. With Hay and Mitch being Canterbury team mates might have been a factor.
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Changes for the next test ?
If I was selector it'd just be a straight swap Jamieson for Tickner for some more experience. Fuck knows whether they'll go there or continue managing his load ( ha, managing his "load" )
Conway had a good match which he needed to stay firmly in the frame.
Hay did nothing wrong and a lot right, with Blundells see saw batting form I'd give him another shot to prove no one should be coasting in this team.
If they don't go Jamieson does yet another newbie get a shot ?
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Kristian Clarke the next man up if Jamieson not ready to go. Dunno who they call into the squad next if Jamieson isn't available - a quick look at this season's plunket shield has Josh Clarkson as the top seamer through the first couple of rounds, but based on what I've seen of his bowling he's probably a bit too much of a dibbly-dobbler to be effective in tests.
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@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
Wondered if any bowlers in this team had been in the limo previously.
Seems Mitch is one (looks like twice before). The other is Tickner (once). Unless I've missed anyone.
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@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@SouthernMann said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Nice to see big Daryl Mitchell sneak into the bowlers limo trip up Mt Vic with his teundlers.
What’s the cut off for attending ? If Mitch qualifies surely the whole team does.
If you bowl during the game you go up is my understand.
Keeper gets an invite i heard
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@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Kristian Clarke the next man up if Jamieson not ready to go. Dunno who they call into the squad next if Jamieson isn't available - a quick look at this season's plunket shield has Josh Clarkson as the top seamer through the first couple of rounds, but based on what I've seen of his bowling he's probably a bit too much of a dibbly-dobbler to be effective in tests.
Sounds like they may go with an extra spin option for the next test at Bay Oval. Ajaz Patel has been mentioned.
