West Indies tour of NZ
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I was hoping for a Patel 10fer but he needs the last 5 wickets now so a long shot.
Duffy really impressing this series. Maybe it's the rest of the attack being poor but he's worked really hard and been consistent even after bowling a pile of overs. I know he was already in the squad but probably deserves another start when the next test finally rolls around.
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Another record for Duffy - beaten Hadlee's "most wickets in a calendar year across all formats". Hadlee had 79 from 23(!!) matches in 85, Duffy has 80 from 36 matches this year.
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@African-Monkey could not agree more re: Taylor, he's my favourite ever Black Cap for that reason (well him and Boult). So many young players could learn a lot from the way he applied himself. A talented youngster that would get himself out through lapses in concentration more than the bowler getting him out, really putting in the hard yards to work on his concentration in test matches to fashion a world class record. It must have been so hard for him to completely put away that swipe shot for hours at a time when it's what he grew up playing!
He did the same in ODIs to a lesser degree, worked hard on building an innings and trying to carry his bat rather than blast the opposition away in the first 20 overs. Ended up our best ODI batsmen of all time as a result with 21 tons.
Taylor probably looked at Jesse Ryder as a case of what NOT to do.
Rossco had huge natural talent but Ryder had even more.
Taylors career was pretty amazing, NZs best ODI batsman of all time and probably third only to Crowe and KW at test level.
Taylor got shoulder-tapped by Destiny... Martin Crowe and chose to listen. Absolute role model for any young batter with talent but struggling with application.
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That one bounced, I wonder how many times Patel has hit the batsmen on the helmet before. Umpire signaled one bouncer for the over lol
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2nd new ball in a couple of overs, hopefully Duffy can end this resistance
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What a review haha, I mean he had to given the game state, but it simply doesn't get even a millimetre more plumb than that
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@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 Rae went down in pain, but is made of tougher stuff and has run it off. Given his age and unlikely to play much once others return from injury, he'd probably bowl with a broken leg if it meant he could snare another test wicket.
Yeah he won't play another test after this one, hopefully he can survive the last day.
Even so, draw looking bloody likely here. The Windies have no batting superstars, most of them aren't even test standard on paper but NZs fill in attack won't be good enough to knock them over.
I’m glad this post appears to have aged poorly
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Did I think we would win after yesterday.. no
Well done Black Caps
Many records falling but winning is the best one -
Perfect finish to the series from Duffy, hitting the top of off stump to win the match. Man of the series for me, so far ahead of any other bowler. Loved Conway's return to form as well though.
