Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Raval and Latham seem to have forgotten they are decent players and reverted to the 'shit opener' Black Cap stereotype. Both owe the team some runs so KW and Rossco can put the feet up for a bit.
Great work Latham and to a lesser extent Raval.
Obviously you read my post so I can't help but feel I can share in the glory a little bit ?
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I've got a theory that Tom Latham relaxes a bit when his opening partner gets out before he does - largely based on my own experiences opening the batting.
Hence, I think he possibly quite liked batting with Guppy and batting with someone like Raval, who makes a lot of middling scores might not get the best out of Tom.
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
I've got a theory that Tom Latham relaxes a bit when his opening partner gets out before he does - largely based on my own experiences opening the batting.
Hence, I think he possibly quite liked batting with Guppy and batting with someone like Raval, who makes a lot of middling scores might not get the best out of Tom.
Is that you Mark Richardson?
I loved you on CGW
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@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
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@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
But is it?
IMO BJ is out in front with daylight second.
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@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
But is it?
IMO BJ is out in front with daylight second.
Well it all depends on where you draw the line between Mccullum the keeper/batsman and the batsman solely I guess. I forget lots of his runs were scored when he was in there purely as a specialist.
@booboo I am interested in who the other two Batsmen apart from KW and Crowe who are better than Taylor too....
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
Well 3rd is in the top 5.
Also have provided my rationale for BJ elsewhere
BJ v Baz as a batsman as keeper then BJ wins. Also check out the c. Keeper b. Bowler combos. I know that's more about the bowler but how often and how high up does c. Watling appear?
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
But is it?
IMO BJ is out in front with daylight second.
Well it all depends on where you draw the line between Mccullum the keeper/batsman and the batsman solely I guess. I forget lots of his runs were scored when he was in there purely as a specialist.
@booboo I am interested in who the other two Batsmen apart from KW and Crowe who are better than Taylor too....
I did not say he was 5th ...
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@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
She's a good day to be a Black Caps fan.
We seem to have a weird hold on the Lankans, particularly over here. Not sure why, but will take it!
There has never been a better time to support this Test side - ever. These guys are remarkable and winning serious games all over the place
Hardly surprising really.
3 x top 10 ever bowlers and 2 x top 5 ever batsmen in the same team, and possibly our best ever keeper batsman.
It feels awesome to be confident about our ability!
Massive call.
The rest sits pretty nicely although are you saying Ross Taylor ( just got a nice fifty ) is only our 5th best ever ? Personally I'd say 3rd....
Well 3rd is in the top 5.
Also have provided my rationale for BJ elsewhere
BJ v Baz as a batsman as keeper then BJ wins. Also check out the keeper b. Bowler combos. I know that's more About the bowler but how often and how high up does c. Watling appear?
Fair call. Again, the rose tinted glasses means I forget that BMac gave up keeping many years before he actually retired.
Watling continues to make a massive claim though, I suspect he'll leave a huge hole when he retires.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Watling continues to make a massive claim though, I suspect he'll leave a huge hole when he retires.
The thing about Watling is he shows the limitations of pure statistics. He makes clutch runs for us, when we need them to save games, or put us back in them. So different to bullying a tired bowling attack when we're already 200 in front (ha ha ha, like that ever used to happen :D)
Haddin did that for Aus for a while as well; rescued them so often. Fark, I hate Haddin
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@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Watling continues to make a massive claim though, I suspect he'll leave a huge hole when he retires.
The thing about Watling is he shows the limitations of pure statistics. He makes clutch runs for us, when we need them to save games, or put us back in them. So different to bullying a tired bowling attack when we're already 200 in front (ha ha ha, like that ever used to happen :D)
Haddin did that for Aus for a while as well; rescued them so often. Fark, I hate Haddin
I hate Haddin too, not sure I've ever mentioned it on here before ? if ever I feel the hate fading I just make sure I watch this.
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Well that was a pretty solid day. Sri Lanka are a limited team these days, but great to see us continue on from the UAE and put them to the sword.
I'm not a fan of bowling first, but you can get away with it against teams you plan to only bat once agsinst.
Perfect chance for the guys to pad their averages.
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@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Watling continues to make a massive claim though, I suspect he'll leave a huge hole when he retires.
The thing about Watling is he shows the limitations of pure statistics. He makes clutch runs for us, when we need them to save games, or put us back in them. So different to bullying a tired bowling attack when we're already 200 in front (ha ha ha, like that ever used to happen :D)
Haddin did that for Aus for a while as well; rescued them so often. Fark, I hate Haddin
This
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Well that was a pretty solid day. Sri Lanka are a limited team these days, but great to see us continue on from the UAE and put them to the sword.
I'm not a fan of bowling first, but you can get away with it against teams you plan to only bat once agsinst.
Perfect chance for the guys to pad their averages.
SL lost two guys from their test team, two all time greats in any era let alone a team like that. It's worse for them than us losing KW and Rossco.
So based on that logic we should put them to the sword in this series well and truly......
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Sri Lanka:
Perfect chance for the guys to pad their averages.
I love the Black Caps, but I used to joke about how our batters didn't get to play against our bowlers to pad their averages
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