Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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Yeah I think he probably misses out on he top team but for me captains the 2nd XI. ( which is a vastly inferior team, particularly the bowling )
Bowling attack for the second XI for me would be:
Richard Collinge/Cowie
Chats (if you look at the footage from his playing days, he moved the ball off the pitch appreciably at times - a lot more than we think nowadays)/Bartlett
Nash/Vettori
Cairns/ BracewellI'm postulating that we are playing on pre-drop in pitches.
@synicbast said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Yeah I think he probably misses out on he top team but for me captains the 2nd XI. ( which is a vastly inferior team, particularly the bowling )
Bowling attack for the second XI for me would be:
Richard Collinge/Cowie
Chats (if you look at the footage from his playing days, he moved the ball off the pitch appreciably at times - a lot more than we think nowadays)/Bartlett
Nash/Vettori
Cairns/ BracewellI'm postulating that we are playing on pre-drop in pitches.
Aside from Vettori who should walk into the top team that attack is pretty B grade
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@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
It would be nice to be talking about wickets...
Are you implying that the arguments for Southee to be man of the match instead of Latham for taking 12 wickets, and declarations that certain spin bowlers should be nowhere near this side... were TSF jumping the gun slightly?
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@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
It would be nice to be talking about wickets...
Are you implying that the arguments for Southee to be man of the match instead of Latham for taking 12 wickets, and declarations that certain spin bowlers should be nowhere near this side... were TSF jumping the gun slightly?
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@donsteppa I'm not fussy on who takes a wicket! Timmy getting 1 would be a good start to that discussion.
@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@donsteppa I'm not fussy on who takes a wicket! Timmy getting 1 would be a good start to that discussion.
Someone on Cricinfo suggested throwing the ball to Latham for the golden touch...!
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Kane underbowls himself something chronric. Is he worried about chucking?
Not that he's necessarily going to be an all-rounder or even a regular bowler but these long partnerships are exactly when he should be rolling over his arm for a couple of overs.
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Incredible partnership between these two, really gutsy stuff. Well done.
@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Incredible partnership between these two, really gutsy stuff. Well done.
Mathews is a class act. He has 200 runs in the match.
Of course it would’ve been great to roll them today and win by an innings, but it shows how great test cricket is that after a day a match has turned because of patience and application.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Good record ( although he underachieved all things considered ) and outstanding captain. That to me is why he'll always get mentioned in an all time XI
The issue with Flem was he played for NZ. He debuted the same summer as Matthew Hayden and a year after Justin Langer. All three posted initial promising returns but were quickly found out at international level. The two Australians had the luxury of being dropped and coming back once their game had matured. Flem couldn't dropped due to lack to our lack of depth and his growth was further stunted by the captaincy.
If he played for another country and was able to be put back in the domestic oven for a couple more seasons his career is remembered just for the '01 period onwards and is at worst carrying the drinks for an all time XI.
@rotated said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Good record ( although he underachieved all things considered ) and outstanding captain. That to me is why he'll always get mentioned in an all time XI
The issue with Flem was he played for NZ. He debuted the same summer as Matthew Hayden and a year after Justin Langer. All three posted initial promising returns but were quickly found out at international level. The two Australians had the luxury of being dropped and coming back once their game had matured. Flem couldn't dropped due to lack to our lack of depth and his growth was further stunted by the captaincy.
If he played for another country and was able to be put back in the domestic oven for a couple more seasons his career is remembered just for the '01 period onwards and is at worst carrying the drinks for an all time XI.
Had a check and Fleming's conversion rate was better than Parore, Coney, Guptill, Rutherford, Young.
No NZ players really make the grade on conversion rates except Crowe (48.57)
Of contemporary players, both Clarke and Hayden ended up with more centuries than fifties -
I'm slightly happy that Sri Lanka have made a fight of this even though I still think we will win. Goes to show what a road Wellington is. Still my favourite Cricket ground.
