Black Caps v Pakistan
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Thinking it's going to be a pretty tough grind on a fairly lifeless pitch today. Kyle is going to be key with his extra height/bounce.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I think I would have either watched or listened to 80% of the summer"s cricket. I think commentary has been fine, and if anything is getting better as the season goes on.
It must be fucken tough being a radio commentator. When you consider the time between each ball that is a shitload of dead air that needs filling. On the whole I reckon they do it very well and obviously having ex players helps massively too. Some of them have some good yarns and anecdotes.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I think I would have either watched or listened to 80% of the summer"s cricket. I think commentary has been fine, and if anything is getting better as the season goes on.
It must be fucken tough being a radio commentator. When you consider the time between each ball that is a shitload of dead air that needs filling. On the whole I reckon they do it very well and obviously having ex players helps massively too. Some of them have some good yarns and anecdotes.
Back before they started sending commentators overseas for live radio commentary, radio commentary of overseas games was based on ball-by-ball telegrams and included adding sound effects.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult gets one early, he must have read the fern and decided to put me in my place when I suggested he is regressing.
It's important we keep them on their toes, can't have any of them resting on their laurels
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@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
That logic is like suggesting KW get promoted to open ahead of one of the Toms cos he's doing better of late.
I'm extremely happy with Jamieson and how he's going.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Boult the 'has been'** picks up the first wicket of the morning. Night watchman gone..
17/2
**Ps, that's not my opinion, just paraphrasing a few comments/concerns on here about Boults form
Not suggesting he's a has been. Just suggesting that he's not currently as good as Jamieson.
Sure Boult got one early today, but Jamieson's 2 overs yesterday had a wicket a dropped catch and 2 close LBW appeals. There were also a number of plays and misses. That was in 2 overs. He also took 5 wickets in the first innings. He's on fire and I think he should be bowling first up ahead of Boult.
I know, I was just
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
After lunch, who else is gonna be watching the cricket on one screen and CNN on the other
🤮
ESPN will be on. College basketball
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
After lunch, who else is gonna be watching the cricket on one screen and CNN on the other
🤮
ESPN will be on. College basketball
Each to their own I guess.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Matt Henry into the attack. Pakistan will fancy themselves a chance now.
Pretty typical of Henry. Bowls a ripper for a close LBW shout, and then follows it up with a gentle half volley outside off to take the pressure back off the batsmen.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Matt Henry into the attack. Pakistan will fancy themselves a chance now.
Pretty typical of Henry. Bowls a ripper for a close LBW shout, and then follows it up with a gentle half volley outside off to take the pressure back off the batsmen.
Ha ha, I was coming here to post exactly that comment!
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Damo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
After lunch, who else is gonna be watching the cricket on one screen and CNN on the other
🤮
ESPN will be on. College basketball
Each to their own I guess.
Can’t stand the CNN coverage. I’m just following the count online whilst watching the sport.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Matt Henry into the attack. Pakistan will fancy themselves a chance now.
Pretty typical of Henry. Bowls a ripper for a close LBW shout, and then follows it up with a gentle half volley outside off to take the pressure back off the batsmen.
It's so frustrating because he can be so good but can't be consistent. I often wonder if he'd had a consistent run in the side would he have developed that consistency, rather than only playing the odd test here and there. The answer is probably that if he was good enough to do that he have won his way into the side anyway.
He's a beast at first class level, maybe just lacking that extra consistency that means he can't quite handle the step up to tests.
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Big Bad Kyle getting the job done.
Great catch too.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Matt Henry into the attack. Pakistan will fancy themselves a chance now.
Pretty typical of Henry. Bowls a ripper for a close LBW shout, and then follows it up with a gentle half volley outside off to take the pressure back off the batsmen.
It's so frustrating because he can be so good but can't be consistent. I often wonder if he'd had a consistent run in the side would he have developed that consistency, rather than only playing the odd test here and there. The answer is probably that if he was good enough to do that he have won his way into the side anyway.
He's a beast at first class level, maybe just lacking that extra consistency that means he can't quite handle the step up to tests.
It's tough when NZ play so few tests so there's just not as much opportunity to begin with, and when you're on the fringe you get very few chances at all to cement a spot. I've always rated him highly, and with the new white ball he can be completely unplayable.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Big Bad Kyle getting the job done.
Great catch too.
Basically saying "fuck you captain, I want MOTM !"
