NZ Cricket
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@Duluth said in NZ Cricket:
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/07/11/stead-retained-as-nzc-reject-splitting-black-caps-coaching-role/
Sad news, this.
Instinct says they probably struggled to find a decent candidate wanting to take over a team on the edge of such a huge age and talent cliff.
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The NZ A v Aus A 'Test match' starts in 30mins
Aussies looking for an opening batsman
Aus chose to bowl
AUS A
Cameron Bancroft, Tim Ward, Caleb Jewell, Nathan McSweeney (c), Campbell Kellaway, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Joel Paris, Mitchell Perry, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Jordan Buckingham
NZ A
Henry Cooper, Sean Solia, Nick Kelly, Tom Bruce (c), Muhammad Abbas, Josh Clarkson, Cam Fletcher (wk), Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Randell, Ajaz Patel, Jacob Duffy -
We continue our fine trend of having the depth of a paddling pool when it comes to our opening and first and second drop batsmen.
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@Windows97 You could probably say the same about numbers five through eleven as well if we were being perfectly honest about our depth.
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NZ A 147
Aus A 263Kuggeleijn with 74/5
Bancroft only got 14 in his audition as an openerHopefully the NZ second innings goes a bit better
While nz is reverting to its normal depth level, after a decade long talent bulge moves towards the exit end.
The talk of "paddling pool depth" is relevant, to Australia. Cameron Bancroft? Is he the most interesting talking point of an Aus A team? Gee, that's a worry.
An 'interesting' NZA selection I'd expect to get thrashed fresh off a plane from winterland.
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While nz is reverting to its normal depth level, after a decade long talent bulge moves towards the exit end.
The talk of "paddling pool depth" is relevant, to Australia. Cameron Bancroft? Is he the most interesting talking point of an Aus A team? Gee, that's a worry.
An 'interesting' NZA selection I'd expect to get thrashed fresh off a plane from winterland.
@Rapido said in NZ Cricket:
The talk of "paddling pool depth" is relevant, to Australia. Cameron Bancroft? Is he the most interesting talking point of an Aus A team? Gee, that's a worry.
It looks a little less than an 'A' side. Not that these guys are great, but Harris and Renshaw should be in a genuine 'A' side
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@Rapido said in NZ Cricket:
The talk of "paddling pool depth" is relevant, to Australia. Cameron Bancroft? Is he the most interesting talking point of an Aus A team? Gee, that's a worry.
It looks a little less than an 'A' side. Not that these guys are great, but Harris and Renshaw should be in a genuine 'A' side
@Duluth said in NZ Cricket:
@Rapido said in NZ Cricket:
The talk of "paddling pool depth" is relevant, to Australia. Cameron Bancroft? Is he the most interesting talking point of an Aus A team? Gee, that's a worry.
It looks a little less than an 'A' side. Not that these guys are great, but Harris and Renshaw should be in a genuine 'A' side
True. But same for NZ.
Missing the entire raft of what would be the realistic fringe test batsmen - Young, Ravindra, Phillips Chapman etc
The NZA bowling, no real excuses, though. There is no one missing due to other commitments (e.g. not injury).
It's hard to get a genuine A team out on the field these days, unless it is your actual priority. There is always a blackcaps (or insert other country) white ball series going on at the same time.
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We might be crap but it’s fair to say Australia’s A team doesn’t quite resemble this one…..this series was awesome to watch back in the day.
All six of the top order went onto the top team and Hayden, Martyn, Langer and especially Ponting went onto outstanding careers in the longer form, Bevan obviously was a gun in ODI cricket and Blewett had a handy career without setting the world on fire.
I can’t remember any of those bowlers doing anything though.
