The Silver Fern

I agree, but so has Chu. Should've given one of them the ODIs and the other the T20s. It will be an interesting battle to see which one succeeds Blundell for the test job.

Need to pick Max Chu as keeper instead of Hay. He has been doing superbly in Plunket Shield this summer and got 82 in the Super Smash on Friday. Has another game this arvo.

@LABCAT said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

And if we are really serious about finding a spinner who can bat a bit, lets select this guy:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/adithya-ashok-1193546

Daniel Vettori had a similar amount of experience when he was picked and look how he turned out.

Or Tim "son of Chris" Pringle

@Chris

Sorry mate, just great for the comp.

Kick it son. Valentini's brother.

Yes boi! How goodao

22 all. Kick to come.

Over

Dirty cantabs up by 2. Boo!

@Machpants Yeah but Sevu Reece is playing for the red and blacks

Gutted. Missed the coversion though. 5 point game.

Keep them out boys

C'mon Drua. Hopefully the Crusaders don't even get a losing bp.

@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

He needs to be dropped immediately

I agree. There are 4 or 5 better options

Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry both average more with the bat than Michael Bracewell, so he really needs to take a bag of wickets and bowl tightly to justify his selection.

Phillips has been batting 4 for Otago and usually batted 3 or 4 for Auckland.

@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@ACT-Crusader said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:

@Rapido pace is down, he's lost effectiveness unfortunately.

Loves Wags, but he's close to finishing

Mark Richardson just summed up Wagner well about how he plays when he’s fired up, he gets better. That’s all good and well when we are on a 5th day and trying to get up for an improbable. Problem is that test cricket is a grind also and we need line and length. That doesn’t need a ‘fired up’ bowler, just someone using the conditions and consistency.

His job is to make the batsmen uncomfortable on a dead track with an old ball. He used to be able to make things happen by sheer act of will and by dipping into a perpetual font of rage

I wish he'd retired on top as a hero after the Basin.

Meanwhile a bloke called Glenn Phillips showed concentration, skill, and control (not words I associate with Henry Nicholls) to score 147 off 244 balls to deny the Cantabs (along with a bit of rain) in the Plunket Shield. Henry Shipley and Ish Sodhi bowled well for Canterbury.

One kid to watch is 19 year-old Muhammad Abbas. His dad played 1st class stuff in Pakistan before coming to NZ with a 1 year-old son where the dad played a bit for Auckland and Wellington. Anyway, the boy dominated the NZ U19 champs last month and scored a Plunket Shield 100 for Wellington the other day.

@nzzp said in NZ Cricket 2022:

Not sure if there's a more recent thread, but good news I think?

One of my favourite one day players, totally of his time... But got very conservative as a selector. Thanks for the contribution and all the best. Interesting to see who will step up

Sums it up really well. The word is that he pushed for De Grandhomme when he made the test team and that was certainly a good call that worked surprising well.

@nzzp said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@four-more-years welcome aboard, great choice of name if you want to be remembered.

Cheers. I better not write anything too stupid then.

@Kiwiwomble

Cheers

Nah, I'm a Kiwi from down south who has gone through the stages of grief from most different World Cup losses. The last stage is acceptance - hence the name (although I go back to denial, anger, bargaining, depression sometimes).

Also I've got to respect a good sledge, even if it is at NZ/the ABs.

As a Landers' fan I think this will be one to miss.

@LABCAT

Another option is picking Ravindra and moving the great man to 4. Give him more protection from the new ball. I remember Ponting moved to 4 later in his career, and so did Lara. Kallis moved to 4 when Amla was picked likewise Viv moved to 5 when Richie Richardson came along.

Ravindra
Latham
Conway
Williamson

looks pretty good