Black Caps v India
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@Damo said in Black Caps v India:
Bracewell is the key now.
So long as the remaining batsmen can support him we're still a chance.
I love your optimism but we've been done for a while now. Indian bowling lineup is too good for our lower order, we are reliant on Guppy, Kane and Rosco going big against quality opposition. They've all failed two games in a row now.
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Bracewell has some fucking power.
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That was an outrageous shot from Boult.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v India:
@Damo said in Black Caps v India:
Bracewell is the key now.
So long as the remaining batsmen can support him we're still a chance.
We are reliant on Guppy, Kane and Rosco going big against quality opposition. They've all failed two games in a row now.
That's been the fundamental problem. Kane and Rossco got themselves out to a certain extent today - well, Rossco was a bit sloppy.
Guptill looked almost like he was trying to get himself out - woefully out of form.
Those three guys in particular have not done themselves close to justice, so far.
@Mokey is right about trying to play both de Grandhomme and Munro. They're both sort of "gambit" batsmen. Sloggers who will come off occasionally and virtually win the game with strike rate - but, they'll both fail (together) more often than not.
It's pretty questionable whether either should be in ODI eleven and Neesham and Bracewell look to me to be pushing CdG out - possibly out of the WC squad.
BUT, I'd be somewhat inclined to send Guptill away to get an innings in domestic cricket for the next game and open with Latham and Munro.
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Bracewell is doing himself all sorts of favours by scoring consistently. Good on him for being an actual all rounder. I'm a lot more comfy with Latham behind the stumps rather than Seifert, he got shown up as not ready for the big time just yet. if they are going to keep rotating the strike bowlers, I hope Scott K gets another go. Ferguson has good pace, but he needs tidy up his line. A LOT. And should not be bowled at the death until he has sorted this.
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@Chris-B coming out of the Sri Lanka series, wasn't everyone "in-form"?
after two games, we're out of form?
we're getting exposed.Bowlers...at the moment only Fergusson and Boult should be locked in. We need wicket takers. The way ODIs have gone, wickets keep run rates down. Dibbly dobblies don't cut it.
So Southee is out, CDG = no threat
What ever happened to Mitch McClenaghan? he was a wicket taking monster for a season there.
I'm glad we picked Sodhi, he feels like a wicket-taker - at least he wasn't expensive in the scheme of things.
Bracewell I'd consider as a bowler who can bat, but then thats Neesham also.
Santner is the same, doesn't ever seem like he'll take wickets.
I wish we'd given Ajaz a go.
Could Milne come back in?Batting? Guptill, Williamson, Taylor & Latham would be locked in. Maybe Nicholls too. Right now I'd try Devcich once more, at least he can bowl too. And spin in England is apparently important.
Munro needs to score some Biiiiiiiiig 50's from here on to convince me.But geez hats off to India, they're looking strong eh?
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@westcoastie said in Black Caps v India:
@Chris-B coming out of the Sri Lanka series, wasn't everyone "in-form"?
after two games, we're out of form?
we're getting exposed.Bowlers...at the moment only Fergusson and Boult should be locked in. We need wicket takers. The way ODIs have gone, wickets keep run rates down. Dibbly dobblies don't cut it.
So Southee is out, CDG = no threat
What ever happened to Mitch McClenaghan? he was a wicket taking monster for a season there.
I'm glad we picked Sodhi, he feels like a wicket-taker - at least he wasn't expensive in the scheme of things.
Bracewell I'd consider as a bowler who can bat, but then thats Neesham also.
Santner is the same, doesn't ever seem like he'll take wickets.
I wish we'd given Ajaz a go.
Could Milne come back in?Batting? Guptill, Williamson, Taylor & Latham would be locked in. Maybe Nicholls too. Right now I'd try Devcich once more, at least he can bowl too. And spin in England is apparently important.
Munro needs to score some Biiiiiiiiig 50's from here on to convince me.But geez hats off to India, they're looking strong eh?
McClenaghan basically turned his back on NZ to trundle around T20 comps. I think he was getting to be out of favour anyway. Don't think he would have made a difference today.
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[cut] Surely we’re keeping our powder dry for the World Cup later this year [/paste]
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That's the series over, now it's about testing combinations and fringe players for the CWC.
Like to see a Guptill/Latham opening pair for the next 2 games (see if Tommy can handle wicketkeeping and opening) and Guptill/Nicholls for the last one. Give Munro a chance in the lower order as well at 6/7 where he's better suited.
Bracewell appears to have taken the bowling allrounder spot from CdG in the squad.
Is George Worker injured? If not he should be given a chance, as should Scott K.
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@westcoastie said in Black Caps v India:
@Chris-B coming out of the Sri Lanka series, wasn't everyone "in-form"?
after two games, we're out of form?
we're getting exposed.Guptill is the only one who is not in form - he should have been after that 138, but he followed up with 13, 2 and 1 vs Sri Lanka. In his two brief innings vs India he could have been out seven or eight times.
To be honest, I'm not that worried about most of the batsmen - Kane, Rossco, Latham, Nicholls - they can all bat and on another day might collectively have made enough runs to win that game - especially if they'd got decent help from the top order. Munro is what he is - Guptill is the one who concerns me for this series.
The bowling is of much greater concern - Boult is our only genuinely good bowler and even he is not particularly good at the death by international standards. Ferguson is improving and developing variations, but he's not accurate enough and I suspect likely to become pretty wild if he gets taken to. Southee, Henry, Bracewell all pretty hittable. CdG is cannon-fodder unless it is nipping about.
I think we'll do better if the pitches in England suit playing two spinners, though pretty clearly Ish and Santner aren't in the same class as the frontline Indian spinners.
Don't think this team is as strong as our 2015 CWC team, with BMac, Vettori, Elliott, Milne and even the lower order threat of Ronchi.
