NZ v SA Test Series
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Is everyone too scared to talk about the cricket for fear of applying the kiss of death?
SA bowled out for 314.
BCs 67/0 in reply.Yes you read that right, 67 runs without loss.
Great to see Latham tough it out after his lean run lately. He was actually given out to a shocker early on, which was overturned on review.Hopefully the rain stays away.
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Saw the score figures we must have opened with J.G Wright and Rigor
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@mimic said in NZ v SA Test Series:
Raval is bloody consistent. Watch him get out for 30 odd
Yeah the Jeet in the team that isn't an overrated shit heap ( Hearing Jerry Coney on the Radio trying to say they've 'given the ball to Patel to try and get some turn' with a straight face was hilarious ) has been remarkable in his consistency. No peaks or troughs yet.
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I'm probably about to jinx Tommy by saying this but man it was good to see a black cap opener in a form slump figuring out where he had an issue and grift through an innings to get his touch back. Watching him leave anything outside off was such a joy and makes me feel like we've got someone who has the ability to be an all time great black cap opener.
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@Cyclops if he goes first over you're banned
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@Cyclops said in NZ v SA Test Series:
I'm probably about to jinx Tommy by saying this but man it was good to see a black cap opener in a form slump figuring out where he had an issue and grift through an innings to get his touch back. Watching him leave anything outside off was such a joy and makes me feel like we've got someone who has the ability to be an all time great black cap opener.
Nah, Tom's shithouse, I reckon he won't even make it to tea
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@canefan said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@Cyclops said in NZ v SA Test Series:
I'm probably about to jinx Tommy by saying this but man it was good to see a black cap opener in a form slump figuring out where he had an issue and grift through an innings to get his touch back. Watching him leave anything outside off was such a joy and makes me feel like we've got someone who has the ability to be an all time great black cap opener.
Nah, Tom's shithouse, I reckon he won't even make it to tea
Nice one..
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Latham survives first over and goes on to bring up his 50 before getting out, and @Cyclops narrowly avoids a ban.
These two have set a platform now. Would be great if Jeet can go on with it - as mentioned above he's been consistent with his starts but hasn't kicked on - but TBH I'm pretty happy with that, as by NZ standards that's quite a lot more then we've had from our openers in quite some time.
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@No-Quarter I think pretty much the same.
It would be nice if he turned some of these starts into 100's, but as long as he keeps averaging 45, I couldn't care less if he never got a test 100.
It's early days, but 45 is an outstanding average for a NZ opener (I'm much more accustomed to 30 odd).
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they were saying on the radio, Jeet has batted for over 2 hours in 7 of his (11?) innings.
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TOP SCORES BY NZ OPENERS V SA
Player Runs Ground Start Date
GO Rabone 107 Durban 11 Dec 1953
MJ Horne 93 Auckland 27 Feb 1999
JA Raval 80 Wellington 16 Mar 2017
GT Dowling 78 Port Elizabeth 16 Feb 1962
MH Richardson 77 Bloemfontein 17 Nov 2000
ME Chapple 76 Cape Town 1 Jan 1954
GT Dowling 74 Johannesburg 26 Dec 1961
BA Young 74 Auckland 4 Mar 1995
SN McGregor 68 Cape Town 1 Jan 1962
JA Raval 65* Hamilton 25 Mar 2017 -
@Tim So they were still celebrating a victory in late Wales over the All Blacks the one and only time an opener of ours scored a 100 against SA..
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Bloody good read this on our opener.
The making of a Kiwi
From a young, homesick 16-year-old, Jeet Raval has blossomed into a New Zealand cricketer with enviable credentials
