NZ tour of India
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Interesting the Commentators were talking about a placid pitch when from the first day a number of balls just weren’t bouncing. Not sure what they were looking at.
@kev said in NZ tour of India:
Interesting the Commentators were talking about a placid pitch when from the first day a number of balls just weren’t bouncing. Not sure what they were looking at.
I guess placid does fit given there is basically no movement off the pitch. The variable bounce is another thing!
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Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
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Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
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@shark I also wonder if Ross wants to retire after a farewell tour at home, in front of his family
@canefan my ideal would be that he gets that, and goes out on his own terms on a high with at least one more ton.
From there, given most of our other batsmen are knocking on 30 or older, we might have another 4-5 years of high quality batting before retirements decimate us.
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@canefan my ideal would be that he gets that, and goes out on his own terms on a high with at least one more ton.
From there, given most of our other batsmen are knocking on 30 or older, we might have another 4-5 years of high quality batting before retirements decimate us.
@shark said in NZ tour of India:
@canefan my ideal would be that he gets that, and goes out on his own terms on a high with at least one more ton.
From there, given most of our other batsmen are knocking on 30 or older, we might have another 4-5 years of high quality batting before retirements decimate us.
Gives us 5 years to find and blood replacements
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Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
@shark said in NZ tour of India:
Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
Are you implying Young is safe ? I think the jury is well and truly out on him personally given Latham and Conway are around although I am certainly a fan. In your ideal world does Young continue opening despite Conway going so well there ?
The retirements ( whenever they happen ) will fuck us because I genuinely CANNOT see a group of test players this good all at the same time in my lifetime again……we’ll end up like England with one class player ( Jamieson ) and a whole bunch of journeymen.
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@shark said in NZ tour of India:
Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
Are you implying Young is safe ? I think the jury is well and truly out on him personally given Latham and Conway are around although I am certainly a fan. In your ideal world does Young continue opening despite Conway going so well there ?
The retirements ( whenever they happen ) will fuck us because I genuinely CANNOT see a group of test players this good all at the same time in my lifetime again……we’ll end up like England with one class player ( Jamieson ) and a whole bunch of journeymen.
@mn5 said in NZ tour of India:
@shark said in NZ tour of India:
Going back to the Latham / Conway / Young / Kane / Rosco / Nicholls 'issue', for mine, and I hate to say it, it's Taylor and Nicholls who are the ones in danger once Conway is available again. In terms of age Taylor stands out at 37/38. I'd love to see him to get to 20 tons but I also don't want to see his average drop further before he retires. I'm sure just a couple years ago it was in the high forties and now it's around 45. Nicholls has age on his side and has a knack of pulling out a big innings every time he looks droppable.
I had to LOL when I saw the suggestion that Conway was the successor to Kane. Young also ain't that young at 29.
I think unless Rosco can pull one outta the bag over his next three innings in India the pressure will go right on for the home summer. Perhaps it's best if he was to retire from test cricket at some stage this summer (preferably on a high) and concentrate on making sure he's in good shape for the 2023 World Cup. Do we have any soft home tests this summer?
In my ideal world, Rosco retires this summer on the back of a virtuoso test series and Conway slots in at 4. Then we get a good 3-4 more years of stability from our batting order before mass retirements decimate us.
Are you implying Young is safe ? I think the jury is well and truly out on him personally given Latham and Conway are around although I am certainly a fan. In your ideal world does Young continue opening despite Conway going so well there ?
The retirements ( whenever they happen ) will fuck us because I genuinely CANNOT see a group of test players this good all at the same time in my lifetime again……we’ll end up like England with one class player ( Jamieson ) and a whole bunch of journeymen.
Let's just enjoy the ride because the come down might be sharp
