Black Caps v Pakistan
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Perhaps CdG is the all-rounder we've been looking for, particularly as Neesham and Anderson are walking foodbills.
Agree that Nicholls must be on his last chance.
There is still enough in the pitch to interest the bowlers so hopefully NZ can get 250+.
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266 for 8 at tea
Good work by BJ on 45
Southee's swinging kind of paid off for 29 off 29. Liked the guy keeping the stats on the Southee Swingometer or whatever it was called :).
Henry caught a couple in the middle too.
I think any more from here is probably a decent bonus given I thought we'd struggle to get to 250.
Happy for the tail to have a bit of a crack once BJ gets fitty.
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Watling has 12 not outs now in 77 innings. I don't see why he always has to be at 7, especially when the player at 6 is clearly a worse batsmen. In the past, Santner has batted at 6 ans Watling has batted at 7 so I don't see why Santner is now at 8 and Watling is still at 7.
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Perhaps CdG is the all-rounder we've been looking for, particularly as Neesham and Anderson are walking foodbills.
Agree that Nicholls must be on his last chance.
There is still enough in the pitch to interest the bowlers so hopefully NZ can get 250+.
@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Perhaps CdG is the all-rounder we've been looking for, particularly as Neesham and Anderson are walking foodbills.
Agree that Nicholls must be on his last chance.
One thing that Hesson has been very good at is giving players lots of chances before they're discarded. Nicholls has been in and out a bit depending on conditions and availability of others. He's still struggling to establish himself in the XI and could drop back to the fringe - but, I don't think he'll be at all close to being discarded at present - especially with Guppy being given the boot and Rossco off for eye surgery. Even if Rossco wasn't out for a while, I doubt Nicholls is under real threat. We've got to be developing the guy who will bat at 4 in a couple of years.
His average is a bit ugly, but his scores aren't unpromising. He will be kicking himself for not padding his average against the Zimbabs.
Hydro - agree that Watling should be batting higher at present. It's surely wishful thinking that de Grandhomme will ever be a test class 6.
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@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Next ball Wagner gets the debutant Rizwan to hole out in the deep hooking. On a hat trick
That was a crazy first ball for Rizwan, it will play over and over in his head for some time. Nearly hit his first ball in test cricket for 6.
Black Caps well on top following some really good stuff from Southee and Wagner. Henry good without luck, Raval and CDGH both managing to drop catches from the same delivery.
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First Michelle for Southee in 3 years.
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Babar has talent in spades, big future for that kid, sad to see him stranded on 90 he really deserved his ton.
Fucking hammering down now, no more play today me thinks.
