NZ All Time XI
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@TeWaio said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
KW is so far and away our best ever batsman it’s not even funny…..
Look, Rossco, Crowe, Turner etc were all fine players but he’s on another level.
Him and Hadlee are the two names on our Mt Rushmore.
Tangent, who actually is our 4th Mt Rushmore after Kane, Hadlee and Crowe? I'm tempted to go with Baz.
It's a bloody interesting question. What stands out about it all is how obvious those first three names are, but how wide the net could be cast for the fourth.
From names mentioned so far and others... Reid, Sutcliffe, BMac, Turner, Vettori, Bond, Cowie, could all be in the mix for varying reasons, but none quite leap out as far as RJ Hadlee, MD Crowe, or KS Williamson...
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@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@TeWaio said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
KW is so far and away our best ever batsman it’s not even funny…..
Look, Rossco, Crowe, Turner etc were all fine players but he’s on another level.
Him and Hadlee are the two names on our Mt Rushmore.
Tangent, who actually is our 4th Mt Rushmore after Kane, Hadlee and Crowe? I'm tempted to go with Baz.
It’s a level down but you’d have to pick from Rossco, Cairns, Vettori etc. that level of player. Australia would have about 20 at the Mt Rushmore level.
Baz is nowhere near. Not even a shoe in for an all time XI
Cairns? Yeah nah.
Boult definitely in the mix with Taylor and Turner.
Let’s never forget that during the magical run we had a left arm swing bowler putting us into positions to win test matches.
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
J F Reid worth a look.
Figures not artificially boosted by playing weak sides and an average well in the 50s over 7 tests against PakistanJF or JR?
The older guy
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@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
J F Reid worth a look.
Figures not artificially boosted by playing weak sides and an average well in the 50s over 7 tests against PakistanJF or JR?
The older guy
JR
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@ACT-Crusader said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@TeWaio said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
KW is so far and away our best ever batsman it’s not even funny…..
Look, Rossco, Crowe, Turner etc were all fine players but he’s on another level.
Him and Hadlee are the two names on our Mt Rushmore.
Tangent, who actually is our 4th Mt Rushmore after Kane, Hadlee and Crowe? I'm tempted to go with Baz.
It’s a level down but you’d have to pick from Rossco, Cairns, Vettori etc. that level of player. Australia would have about 20 at the Mt Rushmore level.
Baz is nowhere near. Not even a shoe in for an all time XI
Cairns? Yeah nah.
Boult definitely in the mix with Taylor and Turner.
Let’s never forget that during the magical run we had a left arm swing bowler putting us into positions to win test matches.
It’s always awkward arguing Cairns’s credentials on the fern but 18 big moments ( 5 for or century ) in 62 tests is up there with the best.
Plus he had some seriously crap teammates at various stages of his career.
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@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@ACT-Crusader said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@TeWaio said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
KW is so far and away our best ever batsman it’s not even funny…..
Look, Rossco, Crowe, Turner etc were all fine players but he’s on another level.
Him and Hadlee are the two names on our Mt Rushmore.
Tangent, who actually is our 4th Mt Rushmore after Kane, Hadlee and Crowe? I'm tempted to go with Baz.
It’s a level down but you’d have to pick from Rossco, Cairns, Vettori etc. that level of player. Australia would have about 20 at the Mt Rushmore level.
Baz is nowhere near. Not even a shoe in for an all time XI
Cairns? Yeah nah.
Boult definitely in the mix with Taylor and Turner.
Let’s never forget that during the magical run we had a left arm swing bowler putting us into positions to win test matches.
It’s always awkward arguing Cairns’s credentials on the fern but 18 big moments ( 5 for or century ) in 62 tests is up there with the best.
Plus he had some seriously crap teammates at various stages of his career.
On pure cricketing, he'd be there as an allrounder. However, the off field stuff disqualifies him from my list.
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
J F Reid worth a look.
Figures not artificially boosted by playing weak sides and an average well in the 50s over 7 tests against PakistanJF or JR?
JF
Still sits at third place in our all time averages over 30 innings -
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@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
As a kid I remember him in the team, he was a very consistent performer for a while, but I seem to recall his run not being that long. I certainly don't remember him the way I remember Astle or Andrew Jones for example. But I was older when they came along
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
I can understand that we never really watched him but his batting stats are right up there if you were assembling a lineup. Would you really not select a player with our second highest batting average (over 30 innings). Higher than M Crowe and only below KW? Centuries playing away in Oz, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
I can understand that we never really watched him but his batting stats are right up there if you were assembling a lineup. Would you really not select a player with our second highest batting average (over 30 innings). Higher than M Crowe and only below KW? Centuries playing away in Oz, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Yes. He batted 3. He's behind KW, Crowe bats at 4, Roscoe has to drop to 5.
Reid was good, but not great.
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
I can understand that we never really watched him but his batting stats are right up there if you were assembling a lineup. Would you really not select a player with our second highest batting average (over 30 innings). Higher than M Crowe and only below KW? Centuries playing away in Oz, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Yes. He batted 3. He's behind KW, Crowe bats at 4, Roscoe has to drop to 5.
Reid was good, but not great.
He only played 19 tests. Mitchell is up to 17 already and has been better.
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@Crucial said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Rapido said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Didn't realise JF Reid had passed away.
Neither, he would have been quite young still.
64 apparently. Cancer.
And I have to disagree with @crucial. Can't see JFR on Mt Rushmore. I'm struggling to see him in the 1st XI.
I can understand that we never really watched him but his batting stats are right up there if you were assembling a lineup. Would you really not select a player with our second highest batting average (over 30 innings). Higher than M Crowe and only below KW? Centuries playing away in Oz, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Barring disasters Mitch Jr and Conway will have that beaten.
