Black Caps v Pakistan
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pitch seems to be playing fairly true.
Santner looks about as threatening as a sofa. And now has an injury to his bowling hand...
He's made a few good plays, but as a bowler is concerned Mitch is a waste of space
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@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pitch seems to be playing fairly true.
Santner looks about as threatening as a sofa. And now has an injury to his bowling hand...
He's made a few good plays, but as a bowler is concerned Mitch is a waste of space
I've said this before but Mitch is a deeply flawed selection at test level. He's basically there to give us a bit of batting insurance, but it's not needed with our current crop of players. It's such a defensive selection and it does my head in. A 42 average with a 96 SR is laughably bad stats after 20 odd tests, he's nothing more than a part timer with the ball.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pitch seems to be playing fairly true.
Santner looks about as threatening as a sofa. And now has an injury to his bowling hand...
He's made a few good plays, but as a bowler is concerned Mitch is a waste of space
I've said this before but Mitch is a deeply flawed selection at test level. He's basically there to give us a bit of batting insurance, but it's not needed with our current crop of players. It's such a defensive selection and it does my head in. A 42 average with a 96 SR is laughably bad stats after 20 odd tests, he's nothing more than a part timer with the ball.
I think he's also there as bowling insurance - had Wagner been unable to bowl, Santner would have been bowling a lot more.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pitch seems to be playing fairly true.
Santner looks about as threatening as a sofa. And now has an injury to his bowling hand...
He's made a few good plays, but as a bowler is concerned Mitch is a waste of space
I've said this before but Mitch is a deeply flawed selection at test level. He's basically there to give us a bit of batting insurance, but it's not needed with our current crop of players. It's such a defensive selection and it does my head in. A 42 average with a 96 SR is laughably bad stats after 20 odd tests, he's nothing more than a part timer with the ball.
If CDG is fit I guess Mitch is out. Even so, on our pitches we could and should play a more attacking bowling option. Even though he has a 100, Mitch can only dine out on that and be framed as a legitimate batting option for so long
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pitch seems to be playing fairly true.
Santner looks about as threatening as a sofa. And now has an injury to his bowling hand...
He's made a few good plays, but as a bowler is concerned Mitch is a waste of space
I've said this before but Mitch is a deeply flawed selection at test level. He's basically there to give us a bit of batting insurance, but it's not needed with our current crop of players. It's such a defensive selection and it does my head in. A 42 average with a 96 SR is laughably bad stats after 20 odd tests, he's nothing more than a part timer with the ball.
Would be an average of 45 now given he went in with 44.
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Well done Fawad. Well deserved century showing patience to snatch a draw for his country. One wonders would he have done so against the Australian bowling attack..?
