NZ v Australia Test #2
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Haha, that article really is him at his most awesomely inept best.....since when has NZ been a fucken lions den for Australian cricketers ????<br>
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Who were our scary fast bowlers ?<br>
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How can a team with batsmen averaging about 50,close to 50, just under 50, north of 60 and 90 odd be "operating with thin resources?"</p></blockquote>
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Unlikely if that was written by your dad, cos I will never read it....plus wtf would he know about cricket? I suspect about as much as he does about rugby, and not being a fluffybunny! -
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<p>Unlikely if that was written by your dad, cos I will never read it....plus wtf would he know about cricket? I suspect about as much as he does about rugby, and not being a fluffybunny!</p>
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<p>It was a fucken good article, you should read it. It takes talent and skill to get everything 100% wrong in such an arrogant yet ignorant way but he nailed it. Surely he's up for sports writer of the year ?</p> -
<p>Have we done Latham signing for Kent? Thats good news, a season of county will help him no end.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/975615.html'>http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/975615.html</a></p>
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<p>Kiwis in England this summer -</p>New Zealand internationals in county cricket <p>Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner (Worcestershire), Brendon McCullum and Mitchell McClenaghan, Hamish Rutherford (Derbyshire), Jesse Ryder, Adam Milne (Essex), Ross Taylor (Sussex), Neil Wagner (Lancashire), Kane Williamson (Yorkshire), Tom Latham (Kent)</p> <p> </p> <p>Some of those are all formats (Kane, Jesse, Latham) some just for the T20's</p> -
<p>I've resisted till now because it's a forlorn thought</p>
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<p>Imagine if Jessie was keen (properly keen) to play for us and had been for the last 2 years.</p>
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<p>Middle order batting, a bit of bowling, christ I'd lap that up right now </p>
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<p>Still one of the more gifted players in the world IMO - that swipe he used to connect from off to square leg was made to look ludicrously easy</p>
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<p>Still one of the more gifted players in the world IMO - that swipe he used to connect from off to square leg was made to look ludicrously easy</p>
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<p>alas.........</p>
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<p>His first class batting for Essex has been pretty poor for a couple of seasons, tho' Essex is a tricky pitch, but still its division 2.</p>
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<p>But bowling wise he's been outstanding, he was their 2nd (I think) highest wicket taker last year - 50ish wickets at 25. If he didn't bowl he'd be nowhere near the Essex 1sts, but they'd probably play him as a specialist bowler if that was the only option. Its always been somewhere brisk medium pace dibble can be good - Napier & Bopara have done well there for years.</p>
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<p>Weirdly his spot in the curent NZ test team would probably be batting 8 & bowling 1st change. So its sort of hard to see if he'd get into our test side, on the last few years I'd struggle to argue he's a better batsman than Anderson.</p>
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<p>T20 he's been great for Essex, smashing very fast very big. He'd walk into our T20 side post Baz, and probably be a solid option in the ODI side as a pinch hitting opener who is good for 5-10 overs in the right conditions.</p>
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<p>No chance of him playing for NZ ever again as Essex pay him a really good wack, love him & he plays in a low stress environment all based on him being a non international. Bit like Hamish Marshall I'm not sure he'd get a CC contract if he was an overseas pick, but as a "local" he's there as long as he wants. Whereas Jeetan Patel could play for NZ again & any county in England would pick him up as an overseas pro.</p> -
Warner has had a bit of a bitch about the Kiwi fans behaviour. Seems a bit rich to me. His "there's a line" and "takes it a bit too far" smacks of "well it's my line and I'll decide what's too far". Live by the sword, then don't get whiny if you get stabbed would be my take.<br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket</a>
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Kapparently one of the worst offenders abusing,both Aussie and Kiwis on the field was ejected and was actually an Aussie. <br><br>
This team of Aussies seem a bit soft, they can give shit (as thier home fans do - not that it makes our fans behaviour ok) but can't seem to take it. <br><br>
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According to kiwis in the crowd. :think:<br><br>
I stand by my comments that the "Australian" in question was probably from the Auckland region (or, even worse, further north
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<p>I was at the Christchurch test for 5 days and the crowd was really good natured. Definitely a whole lot better behaved than some of the test match crowds I've been in overseas.</p>
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<p>there's a video on stuff that accompanies the article, it shows the 1 bloke they kicked out, I'm actually sitting in the back ground.</p>
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<p>All he did was say a couple of swear words. There was defintitely no abuse of Wraners kids or family.</p>
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<p>.... Obviously I can't speak for the other crowds around the country, but in Christchurch everything was very tame.</p> -
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According to kiwis in the crowd. :think:<br><br>
I stand by my comments that the "Australian" in question was probably from the Auckland region (or, even worse, further north ) and the Cantabs standing nearby didn't recognise his accent as true Kiwi as a result.<br><br>
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<p>As I have said before, I have witnessed 2 Aussies almost get in fisticuffs over one being a twat about Kiwis and the other ashamed of his behavior at rugby, only reason I didn't get involved is I was with my at the time, new boss!</p>
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<p>Twats will be twats, doesn't matter what colour they support, in fact there are always a small number who go to be just twats and have no interest in the sport.</p> -
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<p>I was at the Christchurch test for 5 days and the crowd was really good natured. Definitely a whole lot better behaved than some of the test match crowds I've been in overseas.</p>
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<p>there's a video on stuff that accompanies the article, it shows the 1 bloke they kicked out, I'm actually sitting in the back ground.</p>
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<p>All he did was say a couple of swear words. There was defintitely no abuse of Wraners kids or family.</p>
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<p>.... Obviously I can't speak for the other crowds around the country, but in Christchurch everything was very tame.</p>
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<p>The Basin was pretty tame. A few chats with the men on the boundary but no abuse</p> -
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<p>His first class batting for Essex has been pretty poor for a couple of seasons, tho' Essex is a tricky pitch, but still its division 2.</p>
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<p>But bowling wise he's been outstanding, he was their 2nd (I think) highest wicket taker last year - 50ish wickets at 25. If he didn't bowl he'd be nowhere near the Essex 1sts, but they'd probably play him as a specialist bowler if that was the only option. Its always been somewhere brisk medium pace dibble can be good - Napier & Bopara have done well there for years.</p>
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<p>Weirdly his spot in the curent NZ test team would probably be batting 8 & bowling 1st change. So its sort of hard to see if he'd get into our test side, on the last few years I'd struggle to argue he's a better batsman than Anderson.</p>
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<p>T20 he's been great for Essex, smashing very fast very big. He'd walk into our T20 side post Baz, and probably be a solid option in the ODI side as a pinch hitting opener who is good for 5-10 overs in the right conditions.</p>
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<p>No chance of him playing for NZ ever again as Essex pay him a really good wack, love him & he plays in a low stress environment all based on him being a non international. Bit like Hamish Marshall I'm not sure he'd get a CC contract if he was an overseas pick, but as a "local" he's there as long as he wants. Whereas Jeetan Patel could play for NZ again & any county in England would pick him up as an overseas pro.</p>
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<p>Still averages over 40 for NZ at test level, I went through a phase of thinking NZ needed him, to thinking naa fuck off ya drunk fluffybunny but now back to thinking he'd look great at 5 especially with the more than useful bowling record in his armoury now. The guy who snuck in 101 consecutive tests leaves a huge hole.</p> -
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<p>Why isn't this thread locked/deleted/blown up?<br>
Oz came they kicked our ass... Let's move on, how about those Blues?</p>
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<p>Oh come on, surely the Mods can change your avatar to Ussie saluting after bringing up a ton?? Or Voges saluting after bringing up a ton? Or Smith? Or Burns?</p> -
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<p>Oh come on, surely the Mods can change your avatar to Ussie saluting after bringing up a ton?? Or Voges saluting after bringing up a ton? Or Smith? Or Burns?</p>
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<p>:think: Its kind of hard to pick:</p>
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<p>Oh come on, surely the Mods can change your avatar to Ussie saluting after bringing up a ton?? Or Voges saluting after bringing up a ton? Or Smith? Or Burns?</p>
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<p>Ussie saluting</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="560950" data-time="1456455810"><p>:think: Its kind of hard to pick:<br><br><img src="http://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cb8RQ8LUsAAmIV91.jpg" alt="Cb8RQ8LUsAAmIV91.jpg"><br><br><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/6357214-3x2-700x467.jpg" alt="6357214-3x2-700x467.jpg"><br><br><img src="http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/a/j/c/q/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.1maf1a.png/1427637658947.jpg" alt="1427637658947.jpg"></p></blockquote>
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<p>jeez you Aussies still milking that test, crikey it finished days ago!</p>
