Black Caps vs Windies Series
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@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
Who is the non-specified gender commentator with no apparent Y chromosome?
@booboo said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
Who is the non-specified gender commentator with no apparent Y chromosome?
Scott Styris ? ( I'm not watching just guessing in an educated manner )
No. The chick.
Can't pick the voice.
It's neither of the non-males used in the test (Hockley and Lewis).
Sounds maybe Rikki Swannell but I don't know her cricket pedigree. Or even Bernadene Oliver-Kirby. Again not sure her crickay background.
Anyway she's not awful for ball by ball.
Hasn’t spotted Serena Williams in the crowd either.
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Did Powell bowl that wide on purpose? I think so...
Very comfortable win, not much to talk about this tour to date other then the Windies are being outclassed in all areas.
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The thing about having Bracewell or Astle at 7 is that it actually lets us pick 5 proper bowlers which is worthwhile. Anderson is a decent option at the depth but I'm not always confident with him bowling ten overs. I think five bowlers could work sometimes as long as enough of those bowlers can hold the bat. If our top six contains Williamson, Taylor and Guptill with a specialist bat at six and a strong wicket keeper batsman in Latham.
At least we don't have Jason Holder batting at 6.
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So is Gayle just here to bat?
Strangely absent for the entire Windies bowling part of their day.
I guess when your the boss of the world or whatever ridiculous shit he calls himself you can pick and choose what you want to contribute to your team. And clearly standing around the field for 3 1/2 hours is below him. -
@hydro11 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
The thing about having Bracewell or Astle at 7 is that it actually lets us pick 5 proper bowlers which is worthwhile. Anderson is a decent option at the depth but I'm not always confident with him bowling ten overs. I think five bowlers could work sometimes as long as enough of those bowlers can hold the bat. If our top six contains Williamson, Taylor and Guptill with a specialist bat at six and a strong wicket keeper batsman in Latham.
At least we don't have Jason Holder batting at 6.
Against a decent team that leaves us pretty vulnerable if the top order fail.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@hydro11 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
The thing about having Bracewell or Astle at 7 is that it actually lets us pick 5 proper bowlers which is worthwhile. Anderson is a decent option at the depth but I'm not always confident with him bowling ten overs. I think five bowlers could work sometimes as long as enough of those bowlers can hold the bat. If our top six contains Williamson, Taylor and Guptill with a specialist bat at six and a strong wicket keeper batsman in Latham.
At least we don't have Jason Holder batting at 6.
Against a decent team that leaves us pretty vulnerable if the top order fail.
It does, but in a 50 over match it is easier to go into damage control for 10 - 15 overs so having a few blokes that can hit 20 - 30 quick runs can be a tactic that works well if anyone from the top order scores runs. Our "all-rounders" are far more effective in the shorter forms.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@hydro11 said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
The thing about having Bracewell or Astle at 7 is that it actually lets us pick 5 proper bowlers which is worthwhile. Anderson is a decent option at the depth but I'm not always confident with him bowling ten overs. I think five bowlers could work sometimes as long as enough of those bowlers can hold the bat. If our top six contains Williamson, Taylor and Guptill with a specialist bat at six and a strong wicket keeper batsman in Latham.
At least we don't have Jason Holder batting at 6.
Against a decent team that leaves us pretty vulnerable if the top order fail.
It does, but in a 50 over match it is easier to go into damage control for 10 - 15 overs so having a few blokes that can hit 20 - 30 quick runs can be a tactic that works well if anyone from the top order scores runs. Our "all-rounders" are far more effective in the shorter forms.
It's not a situation I can see this Windies team exploiting but personally I'd much rather see a Neesh/Anderson at 7.
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I'm also really struggling to understand the logic of resting players during this series. Bowlers maybe, though Southee hasn't exactly had a lot of cricket lately.
Batsmen though, they need time in the middle to build form/confidence. Batting isn't very hard on the body, I really don't see why Kane wouldn't play every game of the home summer.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
I'm also really struggling to understand the logic of resting players during this series. Bowlers maybe, though Southee hasn't exactly had a lot of cricket lately.
Batsmen though, they need time in the middle to build form/confidence. Batting isn't very hard on the body, I really don't see why Kane wouldn't play every game of the home summer.
We do look more at the Windies level if Kane and/or Rossco aren't there. I would have thought given the dearth of opportunities this summer that they'd want as much time in the middle as possible.
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@MN5 I'd be pretty pissed at missing out on an opportunity to pad the average if I was him.
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@MN5 I'd be pretty pissed at missing out on an opportunity to pad the average if I was him.
Rosscos test career is looking pretty damn impressive at the minute too.
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@siam said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
Was searching the interweb for game highlights (very hard to find except for vids of a play station game thing???) and found a site that listed the openers as:
C Munro,
G H EmployeeHahaha. God bless you Indian websites
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@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
I'm also really struggling to understand the logic of resting players during this series. Bowlers maybe, though Southee hasn't exactly had a lot of cricket lately.
Batsmen though, they need time in the middle to build form/confidence. Batting isn't very hard on the body, I really don't see why Kane wouldn't play every game of the home summer.
I reckon they're basically having Christmas at home.
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@chris-b said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Windies Series:
I'm also really struggling to understand the logic of resting players during this series. Bowlers maybe, though Southee hasn't exactly had a lot of cricket lately.
Batsmen though, they need time in the middle to build form/confidence. Batting isn't very hard on the body, I really don't see why Kane wouldn't play every game of the home summer.
I reckon they're basically having Christmas at home.
I, for one, am outraged that they'll therefore only play 24 of the 27 consecutive white-ball games.
I remember when "every game of the home summer" was 6 games. 3 tests and 3 ODIs (sometimes 4 ODIs)
