Black Caps tour of England 2022
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@junior said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Catogrande said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Ach. It’s you guys that are shitting the bed. You set us a target above anything done before at Trent Bridge, after a great first innings and a pretty good second innings. Had our two in form batsmen out cheaply but then lost to an out of the blue innings from Bairstow. For sure there were some pies bowled but equally some decent stuff that he just slaughtered. Plus a bit of good luck. Sometimes it’s just not your day and that was today for your guys, well half of today. That doesn’t make you lot a shit team and it doesn’t suddenly make us that good. If Bairstow gets one of his “meh” days, you win the test.
Agree with the second part, but disagree with the first. We are shit and so are you (albeit less so than us). Shit teams do very badly away from home (regardless of opposition) and do quite well at home against other shit teams. We would both lose to Australia and India - home or away - very convincingly.
You may well be right, but what I was trying to say was that performance in itself doesn’t make you a shit team. There were a lot of positives to take from that game until Bairstow took it away from in you in a few overs.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Darrell shouldn't have to carry his bags for the rest of the tour
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Initial thoughts on a third test team:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Nicholls
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Henry
- Wagner
- Patel
- Boult
With a bowling plan to just bowl Wags at one end all day, and for the Captain to actually use Mitchell as a fifth bowler if needed. Not sure if Bracewell will be well in time, but for now his spin looks more like a fifth bowling option. Wonder if we get Ravindra back into the squad...
Plan B is Bracewell or Ravindra at 7, Mitchell and Blundell move up one, and Nicholls carries the drinks.
What are the odds that Stead manages to come up with something like:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Bracewell
- Henry
- Southee
- Patel
- Boult
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Initial thoughts on a third test team:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Nicholls
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Henry
- Wagner
- Patel
- Boult
With a bowling plan to just bowl Wags at one end all day, and for the Captain to actually use Mitchell as a fifth bowler if needed. Not sure if Bracewell will be well in time, but for now his spin looks more like a fifth bowling option. Wonder if we get Ravindra back into the squad...
Plan B is Bracewell or Ravindra at 7, Mitchell and Blundell move up one, and Nicholls carries the drinks.
What are the odds that Stead manages to come up with something like:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Bracewell
- Henry
- Southee
- Patel
- Boult
..........
Since when did Henry suddenly jump Wags in the pecking order? FFS it is time to get rid of Stead, he has lost the plot
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The Durham fans are keen to keep Ravindra:
It would be good experience for him
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Squads for the Scotland, Ireland, and Netherlands white ball games announced: https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/rippon-earns-first-blackcaps-call-up-as-white-ball-squads-named-for-ireland-scotland-and-netherlands
I know it's based on time away, but it still feels slightly curious to see Williamson rested, given he's batted for about an hour at most for the Black Caps since last November.
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That feels very light in the bowling department...
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
That feels very light in the bowling department...
Indeed, Johns son and Johns nephew as 4th and 5th options don’t fill me with ANY confidence in this department
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The worthless Spark Sport app fails yet again. CricInfo for now...
It just started working again
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@Duluth said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The worthless Spark Sport app fails yet again. CricInfo for now...
It just started working again
I've gone from a complete coverage blackout to 'trying to load but not quite' on the iPad