Black Caps tour of India
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@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of India:
I see Kohli has dropped to 14th in the test batting rankings one point ahead of Darryl Mitchell. Kane and Ravindra in Top 10.
Somehow Matt Henry is ranked the 10th best all-rounder and (less surprisingly) 10th rated bowler
I saw an Indian guy calling for Kohli's head and saying he averages less than 33 in tests over the past 5 years.
Sure enough, it's actually true.
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once again i'm behind the thread - but wow, what a fucking result. a clean sweep in India is probably one of the best series results in the history of the game, one that reflects a genuine commitment to test cricket and demonstrates again how outrageous it is that England, Aus and india are trying to effectively cut everyone else out of the finances.
fair play Black Caps, wish England would take a leaf out of your book
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@Dodge said in Black Caps tour of India:
once again i'm behind the thread - but wow, what a fucking result. a clean sweep in India is probably one of the best series results in the history of the game, one that reflects a genuine commitment to test cricket and demonstrates again how outrageous it is that England, Aus and india are trying to effectively cut everyone else out of the finances.
fair play Black Caps, wish England would take a leaf out of your book
Bazball is literally a leaf out of our book!
If I'm honest, as thrilled as I am about the result, I'm not overly convinced that it means Australia or England could do it. India's attitude towards us has always been a bit "meh, it's only NZ" and they've lost many things because of it (WTC, ODI SF to name two). They lift for the big teams, and have always had a bit of laissez-faire attitude to us.
Not to take anything away form the achievement, the result is the result. And I'm bloody loving it!!
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of India:
@dogmeat said in Black Caps tour of India:
I see Kohli has dropped to 14th in the test batting rankings one point ahead of Darryl Mitchell. Kane and Ravindra in Top 10.
Somehow Matt Henry is ranked the 10th best all-rounder and (less surprisingly) 10th rated bowler
Kohli has always been a very good, but not great, test batsmen. A tier below Kane, Root and Smith. In ODIs and T20s though he's probably unmatched by any player in history which keeps him in the "fab 4" bracket.
It’s been a leanish period for Kohli with only 2 hundreds in his last 60 innings.
But he went through an unbelievable purple patch from about 2016-2019. that had him above those other 3 IMO.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:
Hay is playing but Conway has the gloves. Strange.
We're batting after India won the toss.
Weird to see Henry Nicholls opening.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps tour of India:
Cricinfo might have jumped the gun as the TV graphic has Hay as the WK.
Smith giving India too much respect IMO. Talking like we are a bunch of chumps. Yes we have inexperienced players in this team but still plenty of quality.
Conway looking good so far. I’d have him alongside a power hitter opening in the T20 WC.
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And across in the BBL Finn Allen and Mitch Marsh are batting on an absolute road. 69/0 off four. Allen 37 off 14.
Even though he has head explosions. Allen is box office and should be the first name written down whenever he is available.
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@SouthernMann said in Black Caps tour of India:
And across in the BBL Finn Allen and Mitch Marsh are batting on an absolute road. 69/0 off four. Allen 37 off 14.
Even though he has head explosions. Allen is box office and should be the first name written down whenever he is available.
It will be interesting to see who the BCs select as the openers. Will it be Conway/Allen, Conway/Seifert or Allen/Seifert. Personally I think they’ll go with Conway/Allen. Conway has proven himself in India and like you said, Allen is box office.
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BCs 106/0 off 20 overs
Conway 52 off 61 balls
Nicholls 51 off 62 balls -
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