Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020
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Why is Southee our go to death bowler? He's chucking down medium pace half volleys which are being properly dispatched.
@Damo said in Indian Cricket Tour of NZ 2020:
Why is Southee our go to death bowler? He's chucking down medium pace half volleys which are being properly dispatched.
His economy rate was twice as bad as the next worst BCs bowler. #garysteadout
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There's some strange behaviour manifesting in this nz cricket team and it's got nothing to do with their individual cricket skills.
There's a mindset and assertiveness problem with this team since the world cup.
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This team is so meek and apparently confused. From player selections, to batting orders, to monumental batting collapses, to sub standard fielding, to the fact that we've been soundly done over in our last 8 fricken games, ( get fucked, losing the Hamilton game was every bit as useless as the Sydney game).
This is a hell of a fall in performance- win loss record runs secondary to the manner of the losses- we've retarded our progress astonishingly.
This team is not in good health
It's not obvious where the problem is but the decision making and leadership personnel needs a serious look. There is enough cricket skill to suggest that we haven't suddenly exposed some foundational weaknesses in the system but there's a whole heap of adequately skilled international cricketers playing as badly as you could imagine, given their calibre and recent results.
28 for 3
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There's some strange behaviour manifesting in this nz cricket team and it's got nothing to do with their individual cricket skills.
There's a mindset and assertiveness problem with this team since the world cup.
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This team is so meek and apparently confused. From player selections, to batting orders, to monumental batting collapses, to sub standard fielding, to the fact that we've been soundly done over in our last 8 fricken games, ( get fucked, losing the Hamilton game was every bit as useless as the Sydney game).
This is a hell of a fall in performance- win loss record runs secondary to the manner of the losses- we've retarded our progress astonishingly.
This team is not in good health
It's not obvious where the problem is but the decision making and leadership personnel needs a serious look. There is enough cricket skill to suggest that we haven't suddenly exposed some foundational weaknesses in the system but there's a whole heap of adequately skilled international cricketers playing as badly as you could imagine, given their calibre and recent results.
28 for 3
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@Siam as they say, its easier to change the coach than change the players. When does Stead's contract run out? I wouldn't expect NZC to be proactive enough to seriously consider firing him
@canefan yep, but if you're fair dinkum you gotta look equally at Kane and Gav and others.
Dare it be said but we're missing a Baz swagger, or at least a "spin it wide" mentality. The Aussies will prosper with Steve Smith just batting, I wish we could afford Kane the same luxury. But we can't.
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@canefan yep, but if you're fair dinkum you gotta look equally at Kane and Gav and others.
Dare it be said but we're missing a Baz swagger, or at least a "spin it wide" mentality. The Aussies will prosper with Steve Smith just batting, I wish we could afford Kane the same luxury. But we can't.
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Here's a great example of flawed cricket thinking, to even a club amateur:
You want Rossco to face as many balls as possible. There's just no way around it. If he faces the most balls, we win, ( pretty much). Ok, let's not expose him to a new ball, given our glorious opening partnership habits, so don't bat him in the top 3.
But all that means, is he's 4 and that's concrete. No cute little " left hand right hand combo", no "let's try slinky up there because he hits the best golf ball in the team", no FUCKEN putting Tom fucking Bruce, still wearing international cricket nappies, in before the most game playing legend we've got and have ever had!
You see it's this departure, and it's frequency from fundamental cricket notions that's got me very bothered at the moment
It's never a good cricket decision to have Bruce above Ross, never. Any team, anywhere.
Scary that these type of calls are obviously winning out in the meetings
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@Gunner I think that's the most dramatic shift I've seen in a game. Fuck, what a 34 over does for a team! Tap it round for 10 overs to win
