NZ v SA Test Series
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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
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What the hell is going on out there?
"Philander is now rolling the ball back, as a form of protest, from the deep"
Did we accuse them of something? Trying to read back cricinfo and it just looked like it was a general discussion amongst the fans etc. Obviously not!
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@MN5 said in NZ v SA Test Series:
KW cracks 5000 test runs at 50.53.
Guess that's an ok enough effort.
Not bad. The list of fastest to 5000 test runs makes for interesting reading. Some bloke called Bradman puts the rest of the world to shame...
110 innings puts him equal with Punter.
Test matches | Batting records | Fastest to 5000 runs | ESPNcricinfo
Find records of Fastest to 5000 runs in Test matches only on ESPNcricinfo.
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@MajorRage said in NZ v SA Test Series:
What the hell is going on out there?
"Philander is now rolling the ball back, as a form of protest, from the deep"
Did we accuse them of something? Trying to read back cricinfo and it just looked like it was a general discussion amongst the fans etc. Obviously not!
Her concert series is mercifully over yet we're still hearing from fucken Adele...
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@MajorRage said in NZ v SA Test Series:
What the hell is going on out there?
"Philander is now rolling the ball back, as a form of protest, from the deep"
Did we accuse them of something? Trying to read back cricinfo and it just looked like it was a general discussion amongst the fans etc. Obviously not!
Umpires decided that the ball was out of shape so changed it, bit it was reversing nicely for South Africa. A couple of overs later Philander asked for another change and the umpires said no.
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@MajorRage said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 Subtle, topical and brilliantly thought out. Well played sir.
Not unlike all my posts really
