New Zealand v West Indies
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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 aren’t 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?
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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.
Sure, but the thread sounded like we were poms talking up before the first test too. Short memories 😉
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@Rapido said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Did the kiwis take a knee with the West Indians? That will keep @Rapido happy....
I don't get it? Unless its a pun on bridesmaids / proposals?
Sorry mate. I thought it was you that said you would watch the cricket so long as they didn't take a knee. Must have been someone else.
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@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Rapido said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@Hooroo said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Did the kiwis take a knee with the West Indians? That will keep @Rapido happy....
I don't get it? Unless its a pun on bridesmaids / proposals?
Sorry mate. I thought it was you that said you would watch the cricket so long as they didn't take a knee. Must have been someone else.
Not me.
Pink jerseys is the hill I'm prepared to die on, not knees.
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@NTA said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@mariner4life said in New Zealand v West Indies:
@MN5 said in New Zealand v West Indies:
Astles 222 in a losing effort will never be beat. I lay on the couch still drunk from the night before and watched the entire innings. Just brilliant stuff.
Nathan Astle Nathan Astle
You neeeaaaarly won the match
You may have scored two hundred
But you droooooped
The vital catchThe barmy army can be quality
It's certainly a bit more clever and witty than "Hadlees a piston wristed gibbon"
@NTA shit it must be embarrassing to be Australian sometimes.
It's alright, actually. Particularly when it comes to cricket.
Being a kiwi mistaken for an Aussie though? Ooft...
Not as bad. I'd imagine, as being Scottish, mistaken for a Kiwi!? (Not sure what the sideways glance at MN5 emoticon looks like but no doubt it has Chris Gayle's eyes)..
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