Black Caps v South Africa
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ironically, if Guptill was out again, its likely Ronchi would go to such is the balance of the side.
meanwhile Guptill says fuck you Ronchi, and smacks a bunch of sixes...
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In a chase of 280 Guppy goes and scores 64% if our runs. That's gotta be a record of some description. What an incredible innings after an injury break, some of the cleanest hitting you'll ever see.
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@No-Quarter From what I can tell, he just replaced one A.Jones as 4th on the all time list...
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and knocks himself out of the top 10... his 237 v WI, now the 11th highest percentage in a completed ODI Innings
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Fantastic innings by Guppy. He's now got the three highest ODI scores by a New Zealander and Rossco's short-lived status as NZ's best ODI batsman is under severe threat.
Great innings by Luke Ronchi at five, as well. Summed up the situation perfectly and did exactly what was required. Cemented his spot in my mind.
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@SynicBast In that innings v Sri Lanka, Hesson must've said to Ronchi, if you get one-fiddy today, you're in for life... #regrets
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Listened to the final 5 overs driving home form the pub quiz. Bryan Waddle was really pushing Guptill to bat 5 in the test matches as was Smithy earlier on the TV. Two biggest voices of the sport here in NZ saying the same thing so is it a big chance?
It would mean dropping Henry Nicholls who scored 98 and 53 in his last two test innings.
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@tubbyj said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Listened to the final 5 overs driving home form the pub quiz. Bryan Waddle was really pushing Guptill to bat 5 in the test matches as was Smithy earlier on the TV. Two biggest voices of the sport here in NZ saying the same thing so is it a big chance?
It would mean dropping Henry Nicholls who scored 98 and 53 in his last two test innings.
Eh, Bangladesh.
Nicholls does have a couple of decent scores to his name against decent opposition (aka, not Bangladesh) but I don't really see the point of persisting with him if there's a chance someone with more potential, like Guptill, might work in that spot. Personally I'd gamble on Guppy but who the fuck knows what goes on in the selectors heads.
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Personally I can't believe they haven't tried Guppy at 5 already, I've been calling for it since basically the beginning of his career. His hard hitting style has never suited opening, he was only there because we had decent enough options down the order and 0 options to open.
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