Cricket: NZ vs England
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Bit reminiscent of the CWC Final.
We had the foot on the throat several times in regulation and let them back in. Pretty disappointing.
Santner had a great series with the ball - player of the series for us.
Conversely, his spin partner Ish was disappointing - mainly got smoked.
The two overs where Ish went for 3 sixes ina row, after Kuggelijn got pumped cost us the game I reckon. 40 off two overs let them back in and surrendered the momentum nicely.
Also, Boult missed a straightforward runout, and that was super frustrating.
Then it was just down to two big sixes in the super over - they could, we couldn't. Good game. Shout out to the ground; had no expectation of play when it chucked it down all morning and early afternoon
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I'm a bit surprised to see Astle and Santner as the spinners and both Patel and Somerville not.
Hope they think long and hard about playing without a spinner in NZ. Seems like a long time since any NZ spinner took a bag of wickets at home.
And don't leave out Wags!!!
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@canefan said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I'm a bit surprised to see Astle and Santner as the spinners and both Patel and Somerville not.
Hope they think long and hard about playing without a spinner in NZ. Seems like a long time since any NZ spinner took a bag of wickets at home.
And don't leave out Wags!!!
Wags kind of fills a spinners role in NZ - bowls heaps of overs without tiring and with an old ball. The difference is he can actually take wickets too.
If they don't have a "specialist" spinner then - Southee, Boult, Wags, Ferg, CDG? Kane to roll a few over if need be (he seems to get more turn than the other spinners anyway). Probably weakens the batting a bit without Santner but he really isn't a threat with the red ball.
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@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
I'm a bit surprised to see Astle and Santner as the spinners and both Patel and Somerville not.
It seems Patel and Somerville are the first-choice overseas, particularly on the sub-continent, so they've just picked the spinners who can bat. Rather negative I think. Neither of these tracks will turn much. I like the addition of Ferguson and the suggestion is that NZ will rotate the pace bowlers over these 5 tests.
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@Snowy I think there's probably a choice between CdG and Santner (or Astle) for the allrounder spot - batting at 7.
That's probably a slot too high for Mitch (or Todd) at present - so it weakens the batting, while I'm inclined to think Colin is more likely to get conditions that suit his bowling.
They might think Astle is worth a shot over someone like Ferguson and Wags, but I'm doubtful really - unless they're really expecting a pitch that will turn.
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@Donsteppa @Baron-Silas-Greenback @KiwiPie
Who's going to the first test? I'm going to try and pop along on Friday.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
@Hooroo I have got a five day pass, def going first couple of days, and most likely some of the weekend.
Nice, let's catch up for a beer if I do pop along on Friday. Might even just pop in for a couple of hours around lunch if I'm at the Mount office
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@Hooroo I've just been in the UK for 2 weeks for family reasons - unscheduled - so that has blown my annual leave plans out of the water - planning to be there on Saturday weather and match situation permitting (meaning the test hasn't finished by then)
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Like Baron I have a five day pass - will be at the ground every day, though Thursday may be the only full day I make at this stage with a few other family things on.
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Like Baron I have a five day pass - will be at the ground every day, though Thursday may be the only full day I make at this stage with a few other family things on.
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
And be close to the loo
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@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs England:
Will the TSF section be near the groundsman's facilities - so we can rope some random area off in order to keep the darn kids off our lawn?
They call them "players" in this case and the groundsman calls it a "pitch" but by all means talk to him about it. They also have 2 grumpy old men already who are supposed to keep the kids off it.