Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Thanks @Mokey
That was awesome to watch!!!!!
Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!
Super team
Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.
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@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Thanks @Mokey
That was awesome to watch!!!!!
Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!
Super team
Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Thanks @Mokey
That was awesome to watch!!!!!
Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!
Super team
Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.
The looks in the crowd is piss funny, the look on the coaches face is even better
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@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Thanks @Mokey
That was awesome to watch!!!!!
Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!
Super team
Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.
The looks in the crowd is piss funny, the look on the coaches face is even better
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Thanks @Mokey
That was awesome to watch!!!!!
Love how KW lifts up Ajaz at the end there!
Super team
Liking the Watling stiffness of the team too. We may have low score innings but we also had top score innings.
The looks in the crowd is piss funny, the look on the coaches face is even better
Was the assistant coach one of the Flower brothers? The guys in the paki fancy dress were the best. Cheers to tears
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Just awesome, and bodes well for the summer. Really thought this tour would be a tough ask to get even one W given what happened to Aus over there, but we nabbed an ODI and now a test win which is incredible given how hard that is to achieve in the UAE. As mentioned, what a start for Stead. Great to see Boult in the wickets too, he's set for a big summer in NZ.
With Patel, Boult and Wagner we have some really nice weapons. I wasn't paying attention so don't know how Sodhi went, but judging by the conditions it will be spin twins all the way in the next matches
@canefan Sodhi was guilty of bowling too many full tosses so his control was an issue. Of course, one of those pies gave him a caught and bowled.
The delivery that Patel bowled to Abbas that went for review was even better than his final delivery. That looked to have only just missed the off stump, and might have caused the noise all the fielders believed they heard.
There wasn't a big crowd there but the camera shots of them were so funny. Not just Mickey Arthur pacing back and forwards but of the two Paki fans praying before every delivery.
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@canefan I haven't been able to catch much of the first three days as have been busy, but Patel had it on a string in that final session, was really high quality bowling, making them play at everything without giving them any half trackers or half volleys to relieve the pressure.
Wags provides all the heart, passion and just raw fucking emotion that you want in a fast bowler. I fucking love that guy.
He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined
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@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined
And what is your fucking problem with that!!!!
@snowy said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined
And what is your fucking problem with that!!!!
That's what I love about him!
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@snowy said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@canefan said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined
And what is your fucking problem with that!!!!
That's what I love about him!
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One of the the pleasing things was that the team was basically a Tauranga City team with a few extras.
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Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
I guess he valued Mark Craig's ( admittedly very good ) talents as a low order batsman so much he was blinded to the fact he was a completely shithouse spin bowler most of the time.
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Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
Patel wouldn't be there if Santner was fit.
It's good that I can remember him for this, and not Devcich hitting 6 fours off one of his overs in the T20 final.
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@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
I guess he valued Mark Craig's ( admittedly very good ) talents as a low order batsman so much he was blinded to the fact he was a completely shithouse spin bowler most of the time.
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
I guess he valued Mark Craig's ( admittedly very good ) talents as a low order batsman so much he was blinded to the fact he was a completely shithouse spin bowler most of the time.
He took a 5fer when we beat England at Leeds last tour, including Alastair Cook. I will always love him for that.
But yeah agree with you.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Hesson clearly didn’t see anything worthwhile from Patel, despite his record the past 3 years
I guess he valued Mark Craig's ( admittedly very good ) talents as a low order batsman so much he was blinded to the fact he was a completely shithouse spin bowler most of the time.
He took a 5fer when we beat England at Leeds last tour, including Alastair Cook. I will always love him for that.
But yeah agree with you.
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No denying Craig had a small handful of absolutely brilliant performances but an average of 46 indicates these were very few.
Patels first class record is pretty encouraging though. Will be interesting if this one performance is enough to leapfrog Sodhi cos I have a feeling the selectors go back to three seamers in NZ particularly if they have 'all rounder' Mitch Santner in the mix too.
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I doubt both Santner and Patel make the same XI in any conditions as they are both left-armers, albeit quite different due to their heights. Somerville may get a chance in either the 2nd or 3rd tests vs Pakistan because Stead has mentioned rotating the bowlers.
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CdGH is a throwback to 90s era Black Caps where our limited overs basher gets a run in the test side because there is no one else.
Still dining out on that one performance with the ball...
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You might as well play Southee in that role based on the personnel available. While the tail becomes even longer if Southee bats at 7, he'll either get no runs like CdG or be good for a quick 20-30. Plus his bowling should be better than what CdG is offering.
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You might as well play Southee in that role based on the personnel available. While the tail becomes even longer if Southee bats at 7, he'll either get no runs like CdG or be good for a quick 20-30. Plus his bowling should be better than what CdG is offering.
@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
You might as well play Southee in that role based on the personnel available. While the tail becomes even longer if Southee bats at 7, he'll either get no runs like CdG or be good for a quick 20-30. Plus his bowling should be better than what CdG is offering.
So the BCs are in the luxurious position of jettisoning a guy with a sub 30/plus 30 bowling/batting average ? Righto....
