Black Caps v South Africa
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I don't really buy Guptil as a test batsman anywhere.
In ODIs if you loook at his strength its playing off the front foot straight through the ball. He drives on the up superbly, often for 6. He pulls incredibly well in front of square - off the front foot half the time. You try that as your "go to" in tests you are out pretty fast. Red ball moves more off the seam for far longer than a white ball. There are more fielders in place behind the bat, bowlers bowl shorter etc. Literally everything in test cricket is against a guy who's one textbook shot is a front foot straight drive on the up.
As for moving to the lower middle order. Yup totally, so long as he has fast feet & can get forward & back like lightning, because thats the key for every successful 5, they have to be able to cut late & fine, let the ball come on to them & move to the back foot fast to work it off their hip etc. Michael Clarke was outstanding at that.
Again, not sure thats Guppy...
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That's a good analysis Gollum.
He does pretty much plant the front foot and make magic from there, hence his dismissals in test cricket are often plumb and caught behind.I'm inclined (hopeful) Hesson et al see the same type of thing and thinking
You've also described the hallmarks of Baz's batting, not the same league as Pup but similar attributes
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@Siam said in Black Caps v South Africa:
You've also described the hallmarks of Baz's batting, not the same league as Pup but similar attributes
Yeah, Baz was very fast on his feet, far better suited to 5 than opening - and better suited to 5 than Guppy in my opinion, probably the thing he lost in comparison to Clarke was Baz pre-meditated a lot & relied on his hand speed to bail him out, whereas Clarke, like all great players (Kane does this) just decided as late as possible.
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@gollum said in Black Caps v South Africa:
I don't really buy Guptil as a test batsman anywhere.
In ODIs if you loook at his strength its playing off the front foot straight through the ball. He drives on the up superbly, often for 6. He pulls incredibly well in front of square - off the front foot half the time. You try that as your "go to" in tests you are out pretty fast. Red ball moves more off the seam for far longer than a white ball. There are more fielders in place behind the bat, bowlers bowl shorter etc. Literally everything in test cricket is against a guy who's one textbook shot is a front foot straight drive on the up.
As for moving to the lower middle order. Yup totally, so long as he has fast feet & can get forward & back like lightning, because thats the key for every successful 5, they have to be able to cut late & fine, let the ball come on to them & move to the back foot fast to work it off their hip etc. Michael Clarke was outstanding at that.
Again, not sure thats Guppy...
Chris Gayle and Virhender Sehwag did alot of the above ( that Guptil does ), opened, and averaged 42 and 49 in test cricket respectively.
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@gollum you've described Guppy's shortcomings in test cricket well. However I'm not sure it means he can't be successful. Astle was another player who's stock shot was planting the front foot and driving on the up. Granted he had to make some adjustments to his game but he had plenty of success at 5 at test level. I'm not expecting Guppy to average 50+ but I think he is more then capable of high 30s - low 40s. But not opening, otherwise those shortcomings get badly exposed by the new ball every single innings.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v South Africa:
@gollum you've described Guppy's shortcomings in test cricket well. However I'm not sure it means he can't be successful. Astle was another player who's stock shot was planting the front foot and driving on the up. Granted he had to make some adjustments to his game but he had plenty of success at 5 at test level. I'm not expecting Guppy to average 50+ but I think he is more then capable of high 30s - low 40s. But not opening, otherwise those shortcomings get badly exposed by the new ball every single innings.
Those shortcomings don't necessarily prevent him from being one of the top 5-6 batsmen in NZ in the longer form of the game either. I cannot make a list of 6 batsmen in the country with fewer flaws and less fatal flaws than them.
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I would think that the biggest work-on for Guptill batting at 5 will be his ability to play spin and rotate the strike. He always looks much more comfortable against pace bowling with the ball coming onto the bat but struggles and remains crease-bound against slower bowlers. While he played Tahir well in Hamilton different field settings and pitch conditions in a test will dictate he will need to be more measured in his approach.
That said, I hope he gets an opportunity to prove he can make that transition.
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Shitbloodyfarking!
Fucking Fox not showing the cricket (well this cricket) live!!
It's delayed starting at 4.30!!
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@Hooroo said in Black Caps v South Africa:
@booboo said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Shitbloodyfarking!
Fucking Fox not showing the cricket (well this cricket) live!!
It's delayed starting at 4.30!!
It's alright bruv, we can text you the result.....
Even Mrs boo was working out to get the housework done and any shopping and errands out of the way cricket kickoff ...
Farking
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@Hooroo but what about the cricket?
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v South Africa:
New Zealand test squad
Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling
Great thinking bringing Patel back with all his experience.
Experience being shit that is.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v South Africa:
New Zealand test squad
Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling
Guess the line-up will look like this: Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Neesham (or Nicholls if they wish to persist), BJ Watling, Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Really would like Guptill to be tried at five in the future but Champions Trophy is the priority this year.
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it is good to send Guptil back to plunder the Plunket Shield bowling attacks to see if he is able to step up at International level.
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@Sneakdefreak I'm expecting Nicholls at 5 and CdGh at 6.
The batting looks pretty frail to me and would likely be even worse if Jeetan got a run (unless they left out Southee).
