Black Caps tour of India - 2024
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Latham, Young, Ravindra and Santner looked decent.
Most of the other guys were flailing around - even though Devon got runs.
Our spinners are unlikely to be good enough to run through the Indians like Sundar did to us, so unless something odd happens, I think we're likely already cooked.
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One for not many before stumps is a decent result, keeps the door ajar for us but we'll need to come out strong tomorrow morning
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
The joys of fielding a Test number 6 with a batting average of 35.
Nothing wrong with a test average of 35 at number 6. That isn't the problem. The fact that he's averaging sub-20 for the last year, , and been poor in Asia is.
I really like Blundell's batting. But .... it's time. New keeper for England series IMO. Got to keep re-newing this jaded team.
Fletcher and Cleaver had purple patches/domestic peaks that tailed off a season or 2 ago. Looks like they may suffer from bad timing. Mitch Hay in pole position, a bit lucky in his timing, probably a bit earlier than is ideal. But is mainly a selection call that needs to be made to keep the over-32 year olds cohort on their toes and hungry , rather than pressure from player(s) below.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
The joys of fielding a Test number 6 with a batting average of 35.
Nothing wrong with a test average of 35 at number 6. That isn't the problem. The fact that he's averaging sub-20 for the last year, , and been poor in Asia is.
I really like Blundell's batting. But .... it's time. New keeper for England series IMO. Got to keep re-newing this jaded team.
Fletcher and Cleaver had purple patches/domestic peaks that tailed off a season or 2 ago. Looks like they may suffer from bad timing. Mitch Hay in pole position, a bit lucky in his timing, probably a bit earlier than is ideal. But is mainly a selection call that needs to be made to keep the over-32 year olds cohort on their toes and hungry , rather than pressure from player(s) below.
@Rapido said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
The joys of fielding a Test number 6 with a batting average of 35.
> Nothing wrong with a test average of 35 at number 6. That isn't the problem. The fact that he's averaging sub-20 for the last year, , and been poor in Asia is.
I really like Blundell's batting. But .... it's time. New keeper for England series IMO. Got to keep re-newing this jaded team.
Fletcher and Cleaver had purple patches/domestic peaks that tailed off a season or 2 ago. Looks like they may suffer from bad timing. Mitch Hay in pole position, a bit lucky in his timing, probably a bit earlier than is ideal. But is mainly a selection call that needs to be made to keep the over-32 year olds cohort on their toes and hungry , rather than pressure from player(s) below.
Yeah generally your number six batsman is a keeper or an all rounder ( all rounder in the genuine sense or in an occasionally bowls so we’ll call him an all rounder in a New Zealand sense )
35 is very typical, again provided they do something else too.
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.Good God - that was a horrible swipe, Virat!
Thought Shubman's was worth a review, because it didn't really straighten and he'd got a decent stride in. Wouldn't have saved him, but an umpire's call so the review wouldn't have been wasted!
Might finally be Santner's day?
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