Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
You could never fault the guy for effort and he did have to put extra in being a short arse for a 'quick'.
One of my favourites of that era and for that I excuse his method of making coin after he stopped playing. While we cringe at his OTT style of commentary/presentation millions of others love it and I assume he has done quite well on the earnings frontHe was a bit miscast as a #1 new ball bowler. Morrison had a shitload more Wagner/O'Brien in him than Hadlee/Bond. But I guess when you are up against Pakistan and Aussie in that era no use being the best first-change bowler in the world if the alternate new ball bowlers give up 70/0 after 12 overs... Boy, our early 90s bowling stocks were woeful.
You have to give it to him he seems to get booked to commentate every off-brand tournament in the world. Say what you want about his bombastic theatrics but at least he isn't Simon Doull. Enjoying Franklin this series, best new NZ commentator in some time.
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@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
While we cringe at his OTT style of commentary/presentation millions of others love it and I assume he has done quite well on the earnings front
Fair play to him - and I liked his effort as a bowler. We're not the target audience, and if he's carved out a niche then good on him. I still find his commentary irritating and short on insight, but then I'm posting on the internet in an anorak, and he's no doubt making it rain in dodgy clubs around the asian subcontinent.
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@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
While we cringe at his OTT style of commentary/presentation millions of others love it and I assume he has done quite well on the earnings front
Fair play to him - and I liked his effort as a bowler. We're not the target audience, and if he's carved out a niche then good on him. I still find his commentary irritating and short on insight, but then I'm posting on the internet in an anorak, and he's no doubt making it rain in dodgy clubs around the asian subcontinent.
'Irritating and short on insight' is perfect for IPL.
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For the cricket tragics...
NZ win the toss and they'll bat first.
1 Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 BJ Watling (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Neil Wagner, 9 Ajaz Patel (debut), 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi
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@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
For the cricket tragics...
NZ win the toss and they'll bat first.
1 Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 BJ Watling (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Neil Wagner, 9 Ajaz Patel (debut), 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi
Weak tail. Wagner at 8?
Now that I've started the season on a negative let's get positive. That top 7 is possibly our best ever overall.
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@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Southee was dropped. They were only going to play 2 pace bowlers and Boult and Wagner have been preferred. There is a suggestion that NZ will rotate their quicks during this series.
New boy Patel has ridiculously good FC stats.......for a NZ spin bowler.
That is encouraging.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@bovidae said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
For the cricket tragics...
NZ win the toss and they'll bat first.
1 Jeet Raval, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 BJ Watling (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Neil Wagner, 9 Ajaz Patel (debut), 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi
Weak tail. Wagner at 8?
Now that I've started the season on a negative let's get positive. That top 7 is possibly our best ever overall.
Ish and Wagner can both bat respectably well for bowlers (without being all-rounders). Boult probably offers about as much with the bat as Southee these days. Surprised that he's listed ahead of Sodhi. I'd probably have Sodhi 8 Wagner 9 and Boult 11 with the proviso that I know nothing about Patel's batting ability.
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@bones said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
84/3.....El capitaine steadying the ship.
Clearly I'm the only sad guy keeping an eye on this on a fridee night.
Arabic/Spanish/Scottish/Maori? Sounds like a job for Cliff Curtis.
I log back on early on a Saturdee morning before a day of piling my house ( anyone welcome to come and help, I pay in beer ) for some startling cricket analysis and all I get is old mate @Bones getting smart.
Love the fern
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@bones said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
84/3.....El capitaine steadying the ship.
Clearly I'm the only sad guy keeping an eye on this on a fridee night.
Arabic/Spanish/Scottish/Maori? Sounds like a job for Cliff Curtis.
I log back on early on a Saturdee morning before a day of piling my house ( anyone welcome to come and help, I pay in beer ) for some startling cricket analysis and all I get is old mate @Bones getting smart.
Love the fern
Best euphemism ever. Say hi to Mr Gayle.
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@bones said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@bones said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
84/3.....El capitaine steadying the ship.
Clearly I'm the only sad guy keeping an eye on this on a fridee night.
Arabic/Spanish/Scottish/Maori? Sounds like a job for Cliff Curtis.
I log back on early on a Saturdee morning before a day of piling my house ( anyone welcome to come and help, I pay in beer ) for some startling cricket analysis and all I get is old mate @Bones getting smart.
Love the fern
Best euphemism ever. Say hi to Mr Gayle.
Sigh....if only
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Kane getting strangled down leg, in a way, was a cruel blow. Nicholls did so well before that but threw his wicket away with a poor shot in the circumstances. Then Colins first ball was pretty much unplayable first up, and that was the middle order fightback fucked.
Didn't see us bowl but 2 wickets is some returnSo, how to stop the Pakis getting to 250+ is going to be tricky.
Rough first day. Turned a lot too
