Black Caps vs Bangles
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Raval goes and Little Kane follows him two balls later.
The bits I've watched of this test, it looks more demanding to be batting today compared with yesterday - if the Bangles were better fieldsmen we might be in deep schtumm by now - though our own fielding hasn't been up to much in this series - missing Guptill in that regard?
Bowling - we need to get Bondy back as coach. The Bangles look to have faster and possibly more penetrative bowlers. The leg side strangle and having Wagner stick it up them seem to be two of our main ploys.
Have to say in regard to the short pitched stuff that I've been surprised on occasions how much Wagner has been allowed to get away with in regard to short stuff - not necessarily in this test, which I've seen not much of. I don't mind a few bouncers but I've seen plenty of overs from him where I'd say he's bowled more than the allowable two in an over. The only NZ bowler I can recall bowling more would be Craig McMillan, for whom the bouncer seemed to be the stock ball.
Will be an interesting test for our lower middle order if we lose another wicket in the near future. For me, the Nicholls/CdGH axis is the weakest part of our line-up.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@mimic said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
nicholls is struggling out there..
Business as usual unfortunately. He gets a charmed run. There's a #5 spot waiting for Guppy when he's fit again...
I hope so re Guptill. He's got potential to be an excellent test no. 5 imo.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@mimic said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
nicholls is struggling out there..
Business as usual unfortunately. He gets a charmed run. There's a #5 spot waiting for Guppy when he's fit again...
That said, at 54 off 82 he does have a chance of kicking on for a first test ton.
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@booboo said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
BJ in before CDG. CDG not a good enough bowler to be batting 8.
Not a lot to suggest he's a good enough batsman to be batting at six, so I'm not completely surprised to see this this shift.
He's been done like a dinner here by Shakib - you've got to think that a recall for Jimmy Neesham is on the cards. Seems like a much better bet as a test batsman than CdGH - maybe not quite as good as a bowler - certainly doesn't have a bag to match that one Colin got against Pakistan.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@Chris-B.
I don't see anything from de Grandhomme's bowling that makes me think he's up to test standard.Nor me, really - except that he got 6/41 against Pakistan. I'm inclined to think it was a fluke, but it's a bit hard to drop him three tests later - especially when he's garnered a few useful runs as well.
He seemed an odd pick to me, when they picked him for tests in the first place.
Meanwhile - the squad for the return Chappell-Hadlee has been named.
I'd be inclined to start with:
Guppy, Latham (wktkpr), Williamson, Taylor, Broom, Neesham, de Grandhomme, Santner, Southee, Ferguson, Boult.
With Henry, Munro and Blundell on the sideline.
Plenty of batting and bowling options in that - as well as some firepower in each - even if not particularly reliable.
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@Chris-B. said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@booboo said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
BJ in before CDG. CDG not a good enough bowler to be batting 8.
Not a lot to suggest he's a good enough batsman to be batting at six...
Essentially my point. Don't get what he brings to the team.
A slow medium trundler who bats at 8.
Neesh or Herb he is not.
I'd prefer a genuine one or t'other rather than a neither.
