Black Caps tour of England 2022
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We are so frustratingly shit. We're a bowler short but still lose 5/52 as soon as the Mitchell/Blundell partnership is broken, with again not many runs from the top order. Now England making short work of another 300 chase because Bracewell gets clattered everywhere (after giving his wicket away in our innings), leaving too much for the ageing Southee/Boult/Wagner to cover.
We have an excellent specialist spinner who's taken a 10-for when conditions are good. Well, conditions are very good, seeing as England's fairly ordinary spinner just took a 5-fer in both innings. Meanwhile Patel is sitting in the stands having only bowled 2 overs at Lord's.
Every second ball seems to be going to the boundary when we bowl. Just too easy for an English batting lineup that was under real pressure before this series.
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We are so frustratingly shit. We're a bowler short but still lose 5/52 as soon as the Mitchell/Blundell partnership is broken, with again not many runs from the top order. Now England making short work of another 300 chase because Bracewell gets clattered everywhere (after giving his wicket away in our innings), leaving too much for the ageing Southee/Boult/Wagner to cover.
We have an excellent specialist spinner who's taken a 10-for when conditions are good. Well, conditions are very good, seeing as England's fairly ordinary spinner just took a 5-fer in both innings. Meanwhile Patel is sitting in the stands having only bowled 2 overs at Lord's.
Every second ball seems to be going to the boundary when we bowl. Just too easy for an English batting lineup that was under real pressure before this series.
@TeWaio said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
We are so frustratingly shit. We're a bowler short but still lose 5/52 as soon as the Mitchell/Blundell partnership is broken, with again not many runs from the top order. Now England making short work of another 300 chase because Bracewell gets clattered everywhere (after giving his wicket away in our innings), leaving too much for the ageing Southee/Boult/Wagner to cover.
We have an excellent specialist spinner who's taken a 10-for when conditions are good. Well, conditions are very good, seeing as England's fairly ordinary spinner just took a 5-fer in both innings. Meanwhile Patel is sitting in the stands having only bowled 2 overs at Lord's.
Every second ball seems to be going to the boundary when we bowl. Just too easy for an English batting lineup that was under real pressure before this series.
He must read the fern. Pretty sure loads of people were having a go at him during the Ashes series.
Bracewell makes me long for Mitch Santner
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@TeWaio Indeed. Reality is that, as Mitchell & Blundell have shown, the pitches are very batter friendly.
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
The top order can hang their heads in shame.
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@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The top order can hang their heads in shame.
Hasn't that been the craps motto for a couple of decades?
@Bones said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The top order can hang their heads in shame.
Hasn't that been the craps motto for a couple of decades?
We took a break for a few years and did quite well
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We are so frustratingly shit. We're a bowler short but still lose 5/52 as soon as the Mitchell/Blundell partnership is broken, with again not many runs from the top order. Now England making short work of another 300 chase because Bracewell gets clattered everywhere (after giving his wicket away in our innings), leaving too much for the ageing Southee/Boult/Wagner to cover.
We have an excellent specialist spinner who's taken a 10-for when conditions are good. Well, conditions are very good, seeing as England's fairly ordinary spinner just took a 5-fer in both innings. Meanwhile Patel is sitting in the stands having only bowled 2 overs at Lord's.
Every second ball seems to be going to the boundary when we bowl. Just too easy for an English batting lineup that was under real pressure before this series.
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@TeWaio Indeed. Reality is that, as Mitchell & Blundell have shown, the pitches are very batter friendly.
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
The top order can hang their heads in shame.
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
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@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
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@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
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@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
It seems to be high performance in NZ Cricket these days you have to ignore your best players as much as possible. Wagner, Ajaz, Kasperek, and Satterthwaite being among the most obvious cases of "top level coaches" inexplicably leaving out decent players in the last twelve months.
(Though whether Kane would have given Patel a decent stint at the bowling crease is another story...)
In hindsight, if we really wanted a batting spinner, it turns out we could have done worse than Mitchell Santner. Who at least bowling in white-ball mode might not have conceded eleventy-hundred an over...
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@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
Ouch.
But yeah possibly accurate.
Which Bracewell isn’t judging by his RPO
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
It seems to be high performance in NZ Cricket these days you have to ignore your best players as much as possible. Wagner, Ajaz, Kasperek, and Satterthwaite being among the most obvious cases of "top level coaches" inexplicably leaving out decent players in the last twelve months.
(Though whether Kane would have given Patel a decent stint at the bowling crease is another story...)
In hindsight, if we really wanted a batting spinner, it turns out we could have done worse than Mitchell Santner. Who at least bowling in white-ball mode might not have conceded eleventy-hundred an over...
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MajorRage said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
I can't fault anybody from number 6 down. They've all played their guts out.
Bracewell might have played his guts out - but he should be nowhere near the side.
A poor man's Mitch Santner. Stead really has lost the plot. Send him off to exile Island on the same boat as Jason Holland....
It seems to be high performance in NZ Cricket these days you have to ignore your best players as much as possible. Wagner, Ajaz, Kasperek, and Satterthwaite being among the most obvious cases of "top level coaches" inexplicably leaving out decent players in the last twelve months.
(Though whether Kane would have given Patel a decent stint at the bowling crease is another story...)
In hindsight, if we really wanted a batting spinner, it turns out we could have done worse than Mitchell Santner. Who at least bowling in white-ball mode might not have conceded eleventy-hundred an over...
We seem to be stuck in a mindset that spinners are only in the team to spell the seamers
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If the player of the series is to come from England, I’d give it to Bairstow. The pace at which he has scored has been a massive factor
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If the player of the series is to come from England, I’d give it to Bairstow. The pace at which he has scored has been a massive factor
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Well done England. We were (sort of) in this series, but then taken away from each match, by superior 4th innings batting helped by some poor bowling and selections by us.
300+ 4th inning run chases are no longer safe!
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That’s a paddling.
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Well done Mitch Jnr for Player of the Series
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That Bracewell turned out to be cannon fodder shouldn't also mask the overall poor performance of the pace attack during the series. Runs were flowing off them like a 2000's ODI as well, and Southee seemed a bit cooked after the first test.
None of which was helped by some pretty listless captaincy in the field.
