Black Caps vs Bangles
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So far so good navigating the Bangles sans Rosco. From what I gather they were expected to go OK on this tour and we've given them a sound spanking in all aspects. Good to see, given we face Aus and SA next.
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I had no idea this game was even on today which in many respects sums up their tour. Things aren't looking too promising for them come test time that's for sure. I just hope the BCs don't get too overconfident, S.A. and Oz are a different stratosphere to anything these guys can put up.
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Bangladesh have been very good, really. Competitive in basically every game and in most of them were winning at some point. It's kind of tough because if they had snagged a game you would be worried about how we were traveling. Bangladesh have made large strides forward - just can't win in New Zealand conditions at this point.
Of the 25 series we have hosted against Asian opponents since 2008 we have only lost 4 of them. We lost twice against India in 08/09 and twice against Pakistan in 10/11. Bangladesh have done about as well as Sri Lanka/Pakistan have in recent tours in the shorter stuff. I expect them to get done in the tests but in Bangladesh it would be another story.
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This is what Sri Lanka served up this time last year:
- ODI losses with 29 and 41.3 overs to spare. In one of them Guptill hit 90 off 30 balls after Sri Lanka was bowled out for 120.
- A T20 loss where we chased down 146 with 10 overs remaining. We probably would have 260 batting first.
They did actually end up winning one game (an ODI) but lost everything else.
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On the subject of cricket it looks like Stuff are doing what we on here did last year and overall I guess they do ok but theres a few "WTF" moments ( standard, it is Stuff after all )
Nathan Astle played one of the best innings I've ever seen "live" ( well, ball by ball on TV ) but whilst he walks into an ODI selection theres no way he gets in a test team ahead of Ross Taylor, Stephen Fleming or Andrew Jones ( anyone who doesn't have a 3/4/5 of Williamson, Taylor, Crowe has rocks in their head )
More love on there for Cairnsy and Fleming than there was on the fern ( rightfully so in my opinion )
Bruce Taylor as a third bowler ? very, very bold call.
Usual suspects Turner, KW, Crowe, BMac, Paddles, Vettori and Bond make everyones top team, rightfully so.
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The pedant in me liked Ben Strang saying -
Brendon McCullum: McCullum is New Zealand’s finest wicketkeeper batsman, even if his back didn’t like it, scoring 12 hundreds at 38.64.
No Ben, he didn't. Not while keeping, which is what you are picking him as. But what would a stuff journalist be without getting his basic facts horribly wrong. I can only assume Ben is on the Millie Elder beat & occasionally watches the IPL so he got to contribute.
Plus he sort of wins by not saying Baz was our first keeper to hit a triple...
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@gollum said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
The pedant in me liked Ben Strang saying -
Brendon McCullum: McCullum is New Zealand’s finest wicketkeeper batsman, even if his back didn’t like it, scoring 12 hundreds at 38.64.
No Ben, he didn't. Not while keeping, which is what you are picking him as. But what would a stuff journalist be without getting his basic facts horribly wrong. I can only assume Ben is on the Millie Elder beat & occasionally watches the IPL so he got to contribute.
Plus he sort of wins by not saying Baz was our first keeper to hit a triple...
Yep.
BMac has 5 tons (15x 50s) as keeper at an average of 34.18
BJ Watling is a bit under the radar. He also has 5 tons (11x 50s), and an average of 41.62 as keeper.
