Black Caps vs Pakistan Series
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Well, it’s been a while since we’ve had a real evenly matched topsy turvy game like that. It was really in the balance there after our top order collapse, and then when Kane got out when he did.
Munro’s wicket, we’ll thats going to happen with him.
Guptill’s was fucking dumb, just chipping to long on a couple of balls after Munro went.
CDG will deservedly get the accolades for his match winning knock, but equally important were Kane and Nicholls efforts. If one of them went early, we would have been right in the poo.
Nicholls I think has won me over with that knock, I’ve always been a bit of a doubter, but big ups to you lad. Equally as much of a match winning innings in my eyes.CDG showed us just how important he is though, to have someone in the lower middle order who can destroy an attack like that is a must have!
Latham needs runs, he’s got some of those young fullas breathing down his neck...
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Jesus - de Grandhomme has some power. Hits the ball as hard as anyone in the game.
Wouldn't surprise me if he does pretty well in the IPL auction - he and Munro are both worth watching there.
Don't know how much credit Craig McMillan deserves, but we've developed some useful batsmen on his watch.
Agree on Tom Latham - it's hard to see quite what his role is with the bat - insurance if both Kane and Rossco fail? I'd tend to think we'd be better off pushing Nicholls up to five and playing a wicket keeper with a bit more power - which Blundell and Seifert both seem to have.
Only downside with that is that neither of our test openers will be playing much international cricket.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
Sounds like Nicholls played the anchor role really well after the much vaunted top four were all in the shed. Great to see, not everyone needs to put it over the rope constantly.
With this innings, we now have 5 of our top 7 with averages of 40+
Kane, Taylor, Guppy, Nicholls and CdG..Will be interesting to see how long the latter 2 last with a 40+ average..
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@canefan said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
Nothing's changed. We would need to be at our peak best performance and would still require one of the big boys like oz to have a bad day
Concur. I still think the '03 and '07 teams were better if just because Bond was marginally more reliable as a wicket taker than Boult (when fit) & Vettori has not been replaced as an economic metronome - plus we batted much deeper.
We still remain a get to the semi final and see what happens team.
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@rotated said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
@canefan said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
Nothing's changed. We would need to be at our peak best performance and would still require one of the big boys like oz to have a bad day
Concur. I still think the '03 and '07 teams were better if just because Bond was marginally more reliable as a wicket taker than Boult (when fit) & Vettori has not been replaced as an economic metronome - plus we batted much deeper.
We still remain a get to the semi final and see what happens team.
Bond was way better than Boult is.
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Pass mark for Munro, has generated a run rate to allow Guppy and Kane to get themselves in.
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@cyclops said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:
That's possibly a silly question since he's made a ton and a 50 in this series, but his last two innings he seems to be struggling to score.
He's held to some pretty fucken high standards compared to the others, even Taylor who also has a fantastic ODI record.
