Black Caps v Ireland
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First ODI about to start at Malahide shortly. Haven't seen the full team list, but ODI debuts for Finn Allen and Glenn Philipps have been confirmed.
We've won the toss and are bowling first. Here's hoping Tom Latham does his usual trick against lower ranked sides. The increasingly absent Kane Williamson is being rested from this series (and also v Scotland and the Netherlands).
Adam Milne is unavailable with a tight Achilles, as is Mitch Santner - having just arrived after Covid quarantine.
CricInfo keeps hinting at the team without fully naming it yet: "Lockie Ferguson is set to play his first ODI since March 2020"
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A decent partnership building here for the Irish after good early bowling by Ferguson and Henry.
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Three good partnerships plus they got 50 off the last 6 overs and Ireland get to 300 after 50.
Geez we better start well…
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Amazing chase by Mike Brwcewell, topped off by 20 runs off the last over. He got us out of jail there.
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Some random thoughts, admittedly based on a sample size of one game, the year so far, and falling asleep for two-thirds of the game.
Bowling:
With the squad we've got we really missed Adam Milne. Tickner seemed a step down when he came on at first change, and at that stage of the innings he didn't look like taking a wicket, so that was a little bit of a pressure release. Ish looked to be bowling a good line without much turn early on, but seems to have been hit a bit more later in the innings?We also missed Santner's potential to bowl a spell of ten overs for 35 - 45 runs. Great to have Lockie back.
Batting:
Good to see Guptil with a return to runs at the international level. Allen still has that nagging suspicion of being a guy with a very good eye who might hit 80 from 45, but might just as easily be "six and out" much of the time. Young also has a growing sense of a guy who will be around for three to four years until the next best option comes along. Will be very happy to be wrong.Nicholls continues to struggle against teams who won't gift him a life or two. I still shudder at Ian Smith making comparisons with Alan Border to a primarily Australian audience a few years back. We will need Latham's famed minnow bashing skills in full force for the rest of the series.
Sir Michael Bracewell.
(Knighthood citation: two losses of that magnitude in the weekend would have been unbearable).
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@ARHS said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Wow Bracewell. 1 man v an Irish clean sweep over New Zealand.
Such a massive contribution. I'm trying to think of similar one man stands for victory, and I'm reminded of Dan Vettori bowling, batting in the top four, and all but driving the team bus to save us from a possible Test loss in Bangladesh a decade or so ago.
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@ARHS said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Wow Bracewell. 1 man v an Irish clean sweep over New Zealand.
Such a massive contribution. I'm trying to think of similar one man stands for victory, and I'm reminded of Dan Vettori bowling, batting in the top four, and all but driving the team bus to save us from a possible Test loss in Bangladesh a decade or so ago.
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Such a massive contribution. I'm trying to think of similar one man stands for victory, and I'm reminded of Dan Vettori bowling, batting in the top four, and all but driving the team bus to save us from a possible Test loss in Bangladesh a decade or so ago.
Not an international, but a similar performance by the same bloke...
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Such a massive contribution. I'm trying to think of similar one man stands for victory, and I'm reminded of Dan Vettori bowling, batting in the top four, and all but driving the team bus to save us from a possible Test loss in Bangladesh a decade or so ago.
Not an international, but a similar performance by the same bloke...
@SouthernMann said in Black Caps v Ireland:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Such a massive contribution. I'm trying to think of similar one man stands for victory, and I'm reminded of Dan Vettori bowling, batting in the top four, and all but driving the team bus to save us from a possible Test loss in Bangladesh a decade or so ago.
Not an international, but a similar performance by the same bloke...
I saw a bit of that innings, half of New Plymouth seemed to be in danger of being hit by the ball. I'd forgotten just how close that one was to the wire too.
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Some random thoughts, admittedly based on a sample size of one game, the year so far, and falling asleep for two-thirds of the game.
Bowling:
With the squad we've got we really missed Adam Milne. Tickner seemed a step down when he came on at first change, and at that stage of the innings he didn't look like taking a wicket, so that was a little bit of a pressure release. Ish looked to be bowling a good line without much turn early on, but seems to have been hit a bit more later in the innings?We also missed Santner's potential to bowl a spell of ten overs for 35 - 45 runs. Great to have Lockie back.
Batting:
Good to see Guptil with a return to runs at the international level. Allen still has that nagging suspicion of being a guy with a very good eye who might hit 80 from 45, but might just as easily be "six and out" much of the time. Young also has a growing sense of a guy who will be around for three to four years until the next best option comes along. Will be very happy to be wrong.Nicholls continues to struggle against teams who won't gift him a life or two. I still shudder at Ian Smith making comparisons with Alan Border to a primarily Australian audience a few years back. We will need Latham's famed minnow bashing skills in full force for the rest of the series.
Sir Michael Bracewell.
(Knighthood citation: two losses of that magnitude in the weekend would have been unbearable).
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:
Some random thoughts, admittedly based on a sample size of one game, the year so far, and falling asleep for two-thirds of the game.
Bowling:
With the squad we've got we really missed Adam Milne. Tickner seemed a step down when he came on at first change, and at that stage of the innings he didn't look like taking a wicket, so that was a little bit of a pressure release. Ish looked to be bowling a good line without much turn early on, but seems to have been hit a bit more later in the innings?We also missed Santner's potential to bowl a spell of ten overs for 35 - 45 runs. Great to have Lockie back.
Batting:
Good to see Guptil with a return to runs at the international level. Allen still has that nagging suspicion of being a guy with a very good eye who might hit 80 from 45, but might just as easily be "six and out" much of the time. Young also has a growing sense of a guy who will be around for three to four years until the next best option comes along. Will be very happy to be wrong.Nicholls continues to struggle against teams who won't gift him a life or two. I still shudder at Ian Smith making comparisons with Alan Border to a primarily Australian audience a few years back. We will need Latham's famed minnow bashing skills in full force for the rest of the series.
Sir Michael Bracewell.
(Knighthood citation: two losses of that magnitude in the weekend would have been unbearable).
Yeah this seems to be the case so far. Even Latham/Nicholls type level might be a bit far for him. The jury is definitely still out on that one.
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NZ: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Finn Allen, 3 Will Young, 4 Tom Latham(capt&wk), 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Blair Tickner, 11 Jacob Duffy
No Lockie... unless he's injured, we really are determined to give Ireland the best possible chance.
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ODI II might be a delayed start tonight with wet weather in Malahide. Santner is available for this game, no word on the teams.
Could do worse than bring in Santner for Nicholls, and bat Bracewell at 5...
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Ireland:
ODI II might be a delayed start tonight with wet weather in Malahide. Santner is available for this game, no word on the teams.
Could do worse than bring in Santner for Nicholls, and bat Bracewell at 5...
No wet weather here.
