Blackcaps v Sri Lanka
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Henry will get promoted ahead of Southee at this rate
the Sri Lankan tail won’t wag again, I feel we’ll roll them nice and cheap this time.
@MN5 well Southee opened with a great over, needs unit to back him up though
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Great effort to get a first innings lead, but not really a big enough one to put us ahead of the game. Unless we absolutely skittle them we'll have a tricky chase, be interesting to see how the pitch holds up on days 4 and 5. Sri Lanka ahead purely because they batted first.
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Henry and Wags take a bow
@bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Henry and Wags take a bow
At least there's one Henry in the team that knows how to bat
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@bayimports said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Henry and Wags take a bow
At least there's one Henry in the team that knows how to bat
Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
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Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
@four-more-years said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
He needs to be dropped immediately
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@four-more-years said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
He needs to be dropped immediately
@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
He needs to be dropped immediately
I agree. There are 4 or 5 better options
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Sri Lanka.
Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.
This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isnt just phoning it in?
Our leadership took until their 5th test, and 10th bowling innings to come up with a plan for bowling to bazball.
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka.
Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.
This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isn't just phoning it in?
Further to that - Why are the retirements of Watling & Taylor used as an excuse for Stead's poor results when their replacements (Blundell, Mitchell) have been superior players in the last 3 years and have outstanding 45+ career averages.
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
Can't wait until Stead finally leaves so we can bring in a coach who can enable us to play to our full potential.
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Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
@four-more-years said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.
What is it with us selecting a mediocre batsman to bowl ineffectual spin?
He's right arm Santner.
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@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka.
Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.
This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isn't just phoning it in?
Further to that - Why are the retirements of Watling & Taylor used as an excuse for Stead's poor results when their replacements (Blundell, Mitchell) have been superior players in the last 3 years and have outstanding 45+ career averages.
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
Can't wait until Stead finally leaves so we can bring in a coach who can enable us to play to our full potential.
@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
It's not Bracewell, Tickner and Mitch Jr. is it?
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@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka.
Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.
This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isn't just phoning it in?
Further to that - Why are the retirements of Watling & Taylor used as an excuse for Stead's poor results when their replacements (Blundell, Mitchell) have been superior players in the last 3 years and have outstanding 45+ career averages.
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
Can't wait until Stead finally leaves so we can bring in a coach who can enable us to play to our full potential.
@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka.
Look to be well coached, well lead, disciplined bowling plans, scouting opposition batters.
This is what it must be like to have a head coach who isn't just phoning it in?
Further to that - Why are the retirements of Watling & Taylor used as an excuse for Stead's poor results when their replacements (Blundell, Mitchell) have been superior players in the last 3 years and have outstanding 45+ career averages.
**Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
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Can't wait until Stead finally leaves so we can bring in a coach who can enable us to play to our full potential.Averaging over 50 as a bowler isn’t good though
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@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
It's not Bracewell, Tickner and Mitch Jr. is it?
@Chris-B said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
It's not Bracewell, Tickner and Mitch Jr. is it?
The last on your list is correct ...
... but then I wondered if you're talking bowling average...?
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@Chris-B said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Fun fact, NZ also have 3 players who average above 50 in their test lineup - no other country in the world does.
It's not Bracewell, Tickner and Mitch Jr. is it?
The last on your list is correct ...
... but then I wondered if you're talking bowling average...?
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Conway, Williamson, Mitchell.
@kiwi_expat said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Conway, Williamson, Mitchell.
Settle down, you don’t get an upvote for googling things and writing them down.
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Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
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Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
@Gunner said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
Yup. Can't judge Young or Phillips on a game or two, Nicholls has been given far more rope than that
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@Gunner said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
Yup. Can't judge Young or Phillips on a game or two, Nicholls has been given far more rope than that
@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
Yup. Can't judge Young or Phillips on a game or two, Nicholls has been given far more rope than that
Young and Phillips are just clearly worse players. I'm all for someone arguing that Nicholls is out of form and maybe someone else could score more runs than him in Wellington. I don't accept that there is a better batsman than him in New Zealand waiting in the wings.
