Black Caps v England Test series
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Jeet Raval must have only the one bat left to see him through to the end of the season. He is certainly taking no chances of damaging this one. Clearly preserving the life of the one he is using with a large number or deliberate playing inside the line of the ball, albeit not by much in most instances. Absolutely beautiful bowling by Broad and Anderson in the opening spell.
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@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Opening partnership in double figures ... crikey
So far so good!
Actually, their figures aren't that bad... Raval is still very new, so who knows how accurate his average etc are, but Latham averages over 37 from 36 tests, so is one of our better test openers - arguably 4th behind Turner, Wright and Richardson (in chronological order).
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@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Opening partnership in double figures ... crikey
So far so good!
Actually, their figures aren't that bad... Raval is still very new, so who knows how accurate his average etc are, but Latham averages over 37 from 36 tests, so is one of our better test openers - arguably 4th behind Turner, Wright and Richardson (in chronological order).
No love for Edgar and Franklin? They didn't score quick but by golly they took the shine off the new ball.
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@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Century opening partnership isn't required but would be mighty handy. Nice work so far by the lads.
Sadly, no rain in the forecast, just overcast weather.
Don't get ahead of yourself. I'm still celebrating the triple-ten opening partnership.
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@mn5 said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Opening partnership in double figures ... crikey
So far so good!
Actually, their figures aren't that bad... Raval is still very new, so who knows how accurate his average etc are, but Latham averages over 37 from 36 tests, so is one of our better test openers - arguably 4th behind Turner, Wright and Richardson (in chronological order).
No love for Edgar and Franklin? They didn't score quick but by golly they took the shine off the new ball.
I like both, but Franklin is miles behind on the stats, possibly because he didn't play that long (has a Lords 100 but that's about it - 828 runs at 23.00 ave, 1 x 100, 4 x 50s). Edgar has closer stats (1959 runs at 30.59 ave, 3 x 100s, 12 x 50s) and faced tougher opposition, so he could be ranked ahead of Latham based on that. For reference, Latham's current stats are 2342 runs at 37.77 ave, 6 x 100s, 13 x 50s. Some of that is against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and obviously the WIndies have slipped a bit since Edgar's day, so as I say, Edgar could easily be placed above Latham for now. If Latham continues for 5-10 years and maintains his average, he'll be one of our great openers.
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@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Opening partnership in double figures ... crikey
So far so good!
Actually, their figures aren't that bad... Raval is still very new, so who knows how accurate his average etc are, but Latham averages over 37 from 36 tests, so is one of our better test openers - arguably 4th behind Turner, Wright and Richardson (in chronological order).
No love for Edgar and Franklin? They didn't score quick but by golly they took the shine off the new ball.
I like both, but Franklin is miles behind on the stats, possibly because he didn't play that long (has a Lords 100 but that's about it - 828 runs at 23.00 ave, 1 x 100, 4 x 50s). Edgar has closer stats (1959 runs at 30.59 ave, 3 x 100s, 12 x 50s) and faced tougher opposition, so he could be ranked ahead of Latham based on that. For reference, Latham's current stats are 2342 runs at 37.77 ave, 6 x 100s, 13 x 50s. Some of that is against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and obviously the WIndies have slipped a bit since Edgar's day, so as I say, Edgar could easily be placed above Latham for now. If Latham continues for 5-10 years and maintains his average, he'll be one of our great openers.
Holy shit, now THAT is an Oxymoron....
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@mn5 said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@mn5 said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@godder said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Opening partnership in double figures ... crikey
So far so good!
Actually, their figures aren't that bad... Raval is still very new, so who knows how accurate his average etc are, but Latham averages over 37 from 36 tests, so is one of our better test openers - arguably 4th behind Turner, Wright and Richardson (in chronological order).
No love for Edgar and Franklin? They didn't score quick but by golly they took the shine off the new ball.
I like both, but Franklin is miles behind on the stats, possibly because he didn't play that long (has a Lords 100 but that's about it - 828 runs at 23.00 ave, 1 x 100, 4 x 50s). Edgar has closer stats (1959 runs at 30.59 ave, 3 x 100s, 12 x 50s) and faced tougher opposition, so he could be ranked ahead of Latham based on that. For reference, Latham's current stats are 2342 runs at 37.77 ave, 6 x 100s, 13 x 50s. Some of that is against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and obviously the WIndies have slipped a bit since Edgar's day, so as I say, Edgar could easily be placed above Latham for now. If Latham continues for 5-10 years and maintains his average, he'll be one of our great openers.
Holy shit, now THAT is an Oxymoron....
Bit of a short list, to be honest...
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@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Anybody else think they should move the crowd effects mic away from the Barmy Army? It's old.
I turned on Radio Sport for a bit, but the trumpets and 'Stu-art Broad....Stu-art Broad" irritated me so much I turned it off. Could barely hear the commentators.
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@mokey said in Black Caps v England Test series:
@booboo said in Black Caps v England Test series:
Anybody else think they should move the crowd effects mic away from the Barmy Army? It's old.
I turned on Radio Sport for a bit, but the trumpets and 'Stu-art Broad....Stu-art Broad" irritated me so much I turned it off. Could barely hear the commentators.
The silly part was that obviously the TV comms are isolated from the sound such that Doully decided he had to explain that the chant was "He's big. He's bad. He's better than his dad. Stuart Brooaad... Stuart Brooaad ... "
Fuck sake we've been hearing it loud and clear for the last 20 minutes !
