Black Caps vs Bangles
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I'll have a whinge about short pitch bowling to tail enders.
Why did we waste so much time bowling bouncers at tail enders when we should have been bowling at the top of off? They're tail enders for a reason and with Boult and Southee both getting movement I think we'd have been batting for an hour today.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
I'll have a whinge about short pitch bowling to tail enders.
Why did we waste so much time bowling bouncers at tail enders when we should have been bowling at the top of off? They're tail enders for a reason and with Boult and Southee both getting movement I think we'd have been batting for an hour today.
To be fair a few folk were whinging about that on talkback too. KWs captaincy was under fire from these people all of whom were absolute cricketing experts with far more nous than the Black Caps captain. Personally I say rolling a reasonably good team for under 300 is a fine effort but what would I know?
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@MN5 wait, They're a reasonably good team now? Try to keep your narrative straight mate
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@mariner4life said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@MN5 wait, They're a reasonably good team now? Try to keep your narrative straight mate
I never said they weren't.
Aw, actually I did.
Anyway, this test is in the bag no sweat
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Raval goes and Little Kane follows him two balls later.
The bits I've watched of this test, it looks more demanding to be batting today compared with yesterday - if the Bangles were better fieldsmen we might be in deep schtumm by now - though our own fielding hasn't been up to much in this series - missing Guptill in that regard?
Bowling - we need to get Bondy back as coach. The Bangles look to have faster and possibly more penetrative bowlers. The leg side strangle and having Wagner stick it up them seem to be two of our main ploys.
Have to say in regard to the short pitched stuff that I've been surprised on occasions how much Wagner has been allowed to get away with in regard to short stuff - not necessarily in this test, which I've seen not much of. I don't mind a few bouncers but I've seen plenty of overs from him where I'd say he's bowled more than the allowable two in an over. The only NZ bowler I can recall bowling more would be Craig McMillan, for whom the bouncer seemed to be the stock ball.
Will be an interesting test for our lower middle order if we lose another wicket in the near future. For me, the Nicholls/CdGH axis is the weakest part of our line-up.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@mimic said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
nicholls is struggling out there..
Business as usual unfortunately. He gets a charmed run. There's a #5 spot waiting for Guppy when he's fit again...
I hope so re Guptill. He's got potential to be an excellent test no. 5 imo.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
@mimic said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
nicholls is struggling out there..
Business as usual unfortunately. He gets a charmed run. There's a #5 spot waiting for Guppy when he's fit again...
That said, at 54 off 82 he does have a chance of kicking on for a first test ton.
