Black Caps vs England Series
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
It really seems like some changes are required to the batting line up. Obviously Young has to come in, probably for Conway but he preferably doesn't open (who does then? Williamson or Ravindra?).
Blundell's time should probably be up but he I don't he's getting dropped in this series. At least they could him down to seven, it has never made any sense to my why he gets to bat in front of Phillips.
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@LABCAT said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
It really seems like some changes are required to the batting line up. Obviously Young has to come in, probably for Conway but he preferably doesn't open (who does then? Williamson or Ravindra?).
Blundell's time should probably be up but he I don't he's getting dropped in this series. At least they could him down to seven, it has never made any sense to my why he gets to bat in front of Phillips.
Young swaps with Conway, it HAS to happen.
Phillips and Blundell switch places.
I wouldn’t change anything else.
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So England would be chasing about 250 if we could catch. Probably wouldn't be enough although obviously starting our second innings without much if any deficit obviously changes things.
At least we have some obvious improvements that could have a major impact on our performance!
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@MN5 said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Every single time I’ve actually sat down and watched Zak Crawley bat he has been absolutely shit.
Good to see this continue
Seems apt to share this again.
The key question is to definitely make sure I’m actually watching him bat. I’ll make sure I do all series.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Go back another 5 tests and you get the first test vs Bangladesh and the second test against Australia.
Overall this has been a rubbish year of test cricket, that somehow included our single best series result.
Which we long suffering BC supporters will dine out on for many many years….
England made light work of that hundred odd runs. Have to applaud that sort of stuff.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Go back another 5 tests and you get the first test vs Bangladesh and the second test against Australia.
Overall this has been a rubbish year of test cricket, that somehow included our single best series result.
This kinda contradicts itself.
Sure a test loss is disappointing but let’s not forget that England are also horribly inconsistent at the moment and prone to exactly the sort of collapses and shit performances we have dished out. I think they’re 10 wins and 9 losses after today ?
No reason the BCs can’t win the next two.
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My team for the next test……
Latham
Young
KW
RR
Mitchell
Phillips
Blundell
Smith
Henry
Southee
O’RourkeConway gone. We can’t keep carrying him.
Chance for Young at home, give him the next two tests at least.
KW is KW
Ravindra needs to put the dumb shit away, some shit cricket from him to get out like he did.
Mitch needs to remember it’s England.
Phillips will have more chance of a bigger score batting one spot up.
Blundell there cos there’s no one else.
Pacers all did ok and created chances, provided there is a shitload of fielding drills during the week we should be better in that department.
