Black Caps vs Bangles

[Snowy]

Yeah you can manipulate numbers for sure and he did have a slow start compared to a great period more recently (but before the captaincy).

I was actually more interested in the 4th to 4000 in ODI's which is pretty damned good.

[mimic]

Looking at the stats..

8 tests as captain (against Zimbabwe (2), South Africa (2), India (2), Pakistan (2))
Average 50.91
1x 100s
5x 50s

8 tests before he was made captain (agaisnt England (1), Australia (5), Sri Lanka (2))
Average 60.28
3x 100s
4x 50s

Interestingly, if you remove his scores against Zimbabwe as captain, Kane's average drops to 33.9.
So yes, he is in a form slump.

[Snowy]

Agree that he is a bit of a slump but removing the scores against Zim is well... massaging the numbers as per above.

An average is exactly that - an average and has to include all innings. Most players have better figures if Zim is included. I guess the only way around that is to have their test status removed, along with NZ up until the 80's. Oh, and Bangladesh until about 2010. Oh and India away from home for while. England had some shit times. O.K so only averages against Australia count.

[No Quarter]

You need a bit of luck at the crease, no matter how well you are playing. I'm not sure he's in a slump, when he's out there he's looking good and getting starts - he isn't scratching around looking for runs. He just hasn't kicked on as regularly in recent time. I'm picking he gets a big one in the next couple of games.

[Snowy]

@No-Quarter Hope so. He can be great to watch - a real artist.

[mimic]

Guppy gone for a duck..

[mimic]

Bangas are getting some huge movement

[booboo]

Want to see the ball tracking on Guppie's. Probably just clipping.

[tubbyj]

been raining all morning in Christchurch will it be a full game?

[mimic]

Black Caps struggling..
Kane didn't look comfortable at all out there..

Now we have to rely on Broom and Neesham

[mimic]

Neesham gets stumped.. After looking pretty good..

[No Quarter]

@mimic said in Black Caps vs Bangles:

Neesham gets stumped.. After looking pretty good..

Criminal way to get out.

We need some big runs from the unfashionable Broom and Munro now.

[mimic]

munro out.. LOL

who would've thought top score would be broom (likely) or ronchi (hoping)

[No Quarter]

Munro leaves the farm gate wide open and Masrafe strolls on through. Awful technique.

Time for Ronchi to play his once-every-5-years innings and get us up to something respectable.

[No Quarter]

We should be aiming for 250 and hoping the movement is still around when we take the new ball.

[No Quarter]

Broom very good on the sweep....

[dogmeat]

@No-Quarter how you must have cheered when he made the squad - been waiting to unleash that have you?

[No Quarter]

I tested the joke on my family but they didn't seem to understand the hilarity of it. I knew my fellow Ferners would get it.

[No Quarter]

I was hoping Broom and Ronchi would get us through to at least the 40 over mark. Ronchi gone in the 38th... very soft dismissal which is a shame as he actually looked pretty good when given a chance to build an innings instead of having to go the slog from ball one.

[No Quarter]

Santner fails with the bat again. We really need someone to stick it out with Broom.