Black Caps Tour to Zimbabwe
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<p>What happened to Mark Craig? Injured or dropped?</p>
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<p>.....the latter and god willing never to be seen again.</p>
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<p>Ben Stokes the only NZer to make that team. :)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html'>http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html</a></p>
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<p>Little Kane edges past Steve Waugh and Sunny Gavaskar on the alltime averages list. Rossco past Neil Harvey and Doug Walters.</p>
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<p>Adam Voges and Steve Smith top ten of alltime if they retire now - which tells you something about the current rate of average inflation.</p>
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<p>Smith is class but I feel Voges is riding the luck of a sensational test start aka Jimmy Adams and Mike Hussey.</p>
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<p>Speak of eras all you want it's still heartening to see one of ours with an average over 50 after a number of tests and another pretty close.</p> -
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<p>Yet Latham's already scored more test runs than Ryder, which was a bit of a shock to me, as it felt like Ryder was around a lot longer than he was.</p>
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<p>There is a real chance that Ryder wouldn't make the test team on performance alone anymore. It seems silly to say when we have Nicholls at 5 but Ryder's average was dropping towards the end of his test career. I guess it is the not knowing which makes people wonder.</p> -
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<p>There is a real chance that Ryder wouldn't make the test team on performance alone anymore. It seems silly to say when we have Nicholls at 5 but Ryder's average was dropping towards the end of his test career. I guess it is the not knowing which makes people wonder.</p>
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<p>We really need to find a number 5. Either Guppy drops down and we hope like hell he has more success there, or we promote someone from domestic cricket. As another poster said, I can't see Nicholls succeeding in the short term at least - too many technical flaws for test cricket.</p> -
<p>I think Bharat Popli might and should get a run, top scorer last year in domestic cricket, a nice average of 50</p>
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<p>Will Young is the man to play at 5 imo, but unfortuantely his coversion rate from 50s to 100s is shocking. He's a far better bet than Nicholls but really needs to start tonning up on a more regular basis if he is to catch the selectors attention.</p>
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<p>364 runs not dismissed over the 2 match series.</p>
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<p>He gave it a good crack... :)</p>
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<p>Sure did.</p>
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<p>This is what Taylor needs to get his average to 50 after the next one (1st Test v SA):</p>
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<p>brackets figures = comparison he needed before the 1st Zim Test. A big reduction!</p>
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<p>not dismissed = 154 (518)</p>
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<p>once dismissed = 204 (568)</p>
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<p>Guptill strikes on lunch!</p>
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<p>Well, not really - Ervine gets a terrible caught behind given that never looked out to me. Nonetheless we pick up two very handy wickets in the morning session, which was what we needed. Ideally at least three in the next session.</p> -
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<p>Guptill strikes on lunch!</p>
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<p>Well, not really - Ervine gets a terrible caught behind given that never looked out to me. Nonetheless we pick up two very handy wickets in the morning session, which was what we needed. Ideally at least three in the next session.</p>
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<p>the lbw before that was a shocker too, clearly heading down leg. bit disappointing as both he and ervine looked reasonably comfortable before getting triggered.</p> -
Another dodgy lbw<br><br>
Always been surprised the ICC doesn't provide technology for all it's top tier cricket to ensure a level competition. Perhaps surprised is the wrong word<br><br>
Sodhis length inconsistency is a real worry. He's far too full today and I'd suggest he'd be a passenger against SA<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="604742" data-time="1470826532"><p>Another dodgy lbw<br><br>
Always been surprised the ICC doesn't provide technology for all it's top tier cricket to ensure a level competition. Perhaps surprised is the wrong word<br><br>
Sodhis length inconsistency is a real worry. He's far too full today and I'd suggest he'd be a passenger against SA<br><br>
Try to see footage of Kanes catch of Williams. A beauty</p></blockquote>
I didn't see much of Ish but that is disappointing as it looked like he was starting to bowl with a lot more consistency against Aus in their recent tour to NZ, albeit in the ODIs. Was he trying to give it a lot of flight? Perhaps the best tactic for him might be to start his spell bowling flat and then toss it up more once he's got some rhythm. -
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<p>I like Wagner but Man of the Series? Not Taylor?</p>
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<p>Great to get the win, but clearly Reiffel wanted to dash off and watch the Olympics, because bloody hell he gave some shockers. I mean we probably would have won, but nobody likes a victory where the runner up was obviously shafted on more than one occasion.</p>
