Black Caps tour of India
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:
Fuck I've missed the 90s black caps
Geoff Allott and Robert Kennedy tried hard but they weren’t quite Waqar and Wasim.
Geoff Allot was actually a decent ODI bowler and had an awesome World Cup in 99. Also suffered from a lot of injuries.
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@LABCAT said in Black Caps tour of India:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:
Fuck I've missed the 90s black caps
Geoff Allott and Robert Kennedy tried hard but they weren’t quite Waqar and Wasim.
Geoff Allot was actually a decent ODI bowler and had an awesome World Cup in 99. Also suffered from a lot of injuries.
That’s fair.
Awful test record but he was on fire at the 99 WC.
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Day one is rained off, 4 days to lose to go
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
While waiting for play to start I saw the team list ( all 16 players ) listed on cricinfo.
Apparently we have three wicketkeeper batsmen in Latham, Blundell and Conway.
Also a stack of all rounders.
Some “batting” all rounders ( Bracewell, Ravindra, Mitchell )
Some “bowling” all rounders ( Santner ???? Are they taking the piss ?????? )
….and some just “all round” all rounders……( Phillips which is fair enough because he can genuinely do both……and Chapman who has taken ONE first class wicket at 246 )
Comforting to know they are essentially all jacks of all trades. Their multi skills will terrify India to no end.
What the fuck. There must be a NZ elite coaches' Whatsapp group, because Noeline Taurua Barnett, Stead and Razor all seem to love battling utilities over talented specialists
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
While waiting for play to start I saw the team list ( all 16 players ) listed on cricinfo.
Apparently we have three wicketkeeper batsmen in Latham, Blundell and Conway.
Also a stack of all rounders.
Some “batting” all rounders ( Bracewell, Ravindra, Mitchell )
Some “bowling” all rounders ( Santner ???? Are they taking the piss ?????? )
….and some just “all round” all rounders……( Phillips which is fair enough because he can genuinely do both……and Chapman who has taken ONE first class wicket at 246 )
Comforting to know they are essentially all jacks of all trades. Their multi skills will terrify India to no end.
What the fuck. There must be a NZ elite coaches' Whatsapp group, because Noeline Taurua Barnett, Stead and Razor all seem to love battling utilities over talented specialists
When ( if ) play starts it’s worth noting that we’re up against the top two all rounders in the world at test level.
Then again apparently Joe Root is third so maybe it’s a shallow pool.
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from cricinfo
India win the toss and opt to bat first. Gill isn't 100% fit, so Sarfaraz is back into the XI. Kuldeep has been picked as the third spinner ahead of Akash Deep. With Gill out with a stiff neck, Rahul has been listed at No.3 on India's team sheet. No Santner for NZ. Ravindra and Phillips are the spin-bowling allrounders for the visitors. Young slots in at No.3 in the injury-enforced absence of Williamson.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 KL Rahul, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Sarfaraz Khan, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj
NZ: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Will Young, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Matt Henry, 9 Tim Southee 10, Ajaz Patel, 11 Will ORourke
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first review underway
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very unlucky good shout
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Scything through the Indian top order. Well I never...
Wait until we have them 8 down. 13-3 can easily turn into 250-5. And wait until we bat....
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Scything through the Indian top order. Well I never...
Wait until we have them 8 down. 13-3 can easily turn into 250-5. And wait until we bat....
With the Craps, I think it's best just to enjoy the moment and not look too far ahead
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Blundell doesn't seem to be the tidiest keeper around.
A poor man's BJW
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Blundell doesn't seem to be the tidiest keeper around.
A poor man's BJW
Yep, lesser with both bat and gloves lately
