New Zealand v West Indies
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@Gunner said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Just quietly.... if we win this game we go top of the ICC test rankings.
Holy shit ? Seriously ?
The only thing preventing that is the weather I reckon cos this Windies team is dogshit
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@Stag said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Unfathomable that they are not playing Conway in this test. He is 29, we arenât talking about a young rookie here that needs to be eased into the test arena.
Young's first class record has been very good over the last few years so you can understand why Stead has been loyal and chosen him ahead of Conway. Nicholls might be the player who Conway eventually replaces (leftie for leftie).
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@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Stag said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Unfathomable that they are not playing Conway in this test. He is 29, we arenât talking about a young rookie here that needs to be eased into the test arena.
Young's first class record has been very good over the last few years so you can understand why Stead has been loyal and chosen him ahead of Conway. Nicholls might be the player who Conway eventually replaces (leftie for leftie).
See I dont buy into the loyalty angle, thats what gets you Foster...
time to change the script... best available at the time
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@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Stag said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Unfathomable that they are not playing Conway in this test. He is 29, we arenât talking about a young rookie here that needs to be eased into the test arena.
Young's first class record has been very good over the last few years so you can understand why Stead has been loyal and chosen him ahead of Conway. Nicholls might be the player who Conway eventually replaces (leftie for leftie).
Definitely possible. Nicholls has been shite for quite awhile now
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@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Bovidae said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Stag said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Unfathomable that they are not playing Conway in this test. He is 29, we arenât talking about a young rookie here that needs to be eased into the test arena.
Young's first class record has been very good over the last few years so you can understand why Stead has been loyal and chosen him ahead of Conway. Nicholls might be the player who Conway eventually replaces (leftie for leftie).
Definitely possible. Nicholls has been shite for quite awhile now
He'll get a hundy now that he's just been dropped, and buy his place in the team for the next 2 years.
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@voodoo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
What odds would this side be paying to win a test series in Australia right now? $5?
And in India? $5?
And Australia to win a test series in NZ right now? Even money favourites? Max $2 underdog? India in NZ maybe $3?
Let's be real here.
Spot on. A year ago I saw us looking worse than the windies so let's not get too carried away at how good we are
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@Siam said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@voodoo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
What odds would this side be paying to win a test series in Australia right now? $5?
And in India? $5?
And Australia to win a test series in NZ right now? Even money favourites? Max $2 underdog? India in NZ maybe $3?
Let's be real here.
Spot on. A year ago I saw us looking worse than the windies so let's not get too carried away at how good we are
I don't think anyone is getting carried away, it was just mentioned that if we win this game we go to number 1 in the ICC test rankings.
Pretty big deal if you ask me, I don't recall us ever being there before.
Tough crowd.
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@Gunner said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Siam said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@voodoo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
What odds would this side be paying to win a test series in Australia right now? $5?
And in India? $5?
And Australia to win a test series in NZ right now? Even money favourites? Max $2 underdog? India in NZ maybe $3?
Let's be real here.
Spot on. A year ago I saw us looking worse than the windies so let's not get too carried away at how good we are
I don't think anyone is getting carried away, it was just mentioned that if we win this game we go to number 1 in the ICC test rankings.
Pretty big deal if you ask me, I don't recall us ever being there before.
Tough crowd.
sort of reminds me of when, due to a quirk with the scheduling, South Africa moved to #1 in the test rankings ahead of Steve Waugh's all conquering Australian team
Steve was asked about it, and he pretty much bluntly said "i think we all know who the best team in the world is" and moved on. Steve didn't give anyone anything.
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Cricinfo making it sound like they are batting on a minefield?
