CWC - Black Caps v England
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@Canes4life unlike a lot of teams we actually have a pretty good schedule, Ian Smith was laughing with a SA colleague during the last warm up match that perhaps they felt sorry for NZ in the last World Cup lol
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Rest of our pool matches.
Monday - vs Netherlands (Hyderabad)
Friday - vs Bangladesh (Chennai)
18th Oct - vs Afghanistan (Chennai)
22nd Oct - vs India (Dharamsala)
28th Oct - vs Australia (Dharamsala)
1st Nov - vs South Africa (Pune)
4th Nov - vs Pakistan (Bengaluru)
9th Nov - vs Sri Lanka (Bengaluru)3 winnable matches followed by 4 tough matches in a row followed by another winnable match.
EDIT : ive added the locations of each match.
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@Canes4life with everyone playing everyone, you cant avoid any tough matches.
the draw is pretty good for us, we had a tough match first up which we smashed. Now theres a chance to pick up some wins and ease injured players like Williamson and Southee back before the tough ones come along.
though in saying that given where we are playing and the conditions. We would be foolish to take the Bangles lightly. Even the Dutch cant be taken too lightly.
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@Virgil said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Rest of our pool matches.
Monday - vs Netherlands
Friday - vs Bangladesh
18th Oct - vs Afghanistan
22nd Oct - vs India
28th Oct - vs Australia
1st Nov - vs South Africa
4th Nov - vs Pakistan
9th Nov - vs Sri Lanka3 winnable matches followed by 4 tough matches in a row followed by another winnable match.
I think the difference Ian Smith was highlighting that with some of our matches we are in the same city back to back for matches, some other teams are flying everywhere constantly lol.
The worst part for me is that I am in India for a week from tomorrow but never hit the right city to see any games, except from a local pub of course.
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@bayimports said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@Virgil said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Rest of our pool matches.
Monday - vs Netherlands (Hyderabad)
Friday - vs Bangladesh (Chennai)
18th Oct - vs Afghanistan (Chennai)
22nd Oct - vs India (Dharamsala)
28th Oct - vs Australia (Dharamsala)
1st Nov - vs South Africa (Pune)
4th Nov - vs Pakistan (Bengaluru)
9th Nov - vs Sri Lanka (Bengaluru)3 winnable matches followed by 4 tough matches in a row followed by another winnable match.
I think the difference Ian Smith was highlighting that with some of our matches we are in the same city back to back for matches, some other teams are flying everywhere constantly lol.
The worst part for me is that I am in India for a week from tomorrow but never hit the right city to see any games, except from a local pub of course.
Ive added the locations, we play India then Oz in the same city. Same with Pakistan and Sri Lanka to finish pool play.
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Match highlights:
Official ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Website
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@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Ravindra has looked class from day 1. Took him a while to get more game time, happy for him to play well
No he hasn't. Actually a bit disappointing start at international level IMO compared to his talent and my hopes.
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@Rapido said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Ravindra has looked class from day 1. Took him a while to get more game time, happy for him to play well
No he hasn't. Actually a bit disappointing start at international level IMO compared to his talent and my hopes.
Didn't he save a test in India?
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@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@Rapido said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Ravindra has looked class from day 1. Took him a while to get more game time, happy for him to play well
No he hasn't. Actually a bit disappointing start at international level IMO compared to his talent and my hopes.
Didn't he save a test in India?
Yes, but in tests he has been picked as a spinner which I don't think he is good enough for (at the moment) in that form of the game. Even in ODI's I'm not sure he is going to be more than a part timer, was quite surprised Latham kept bowling him last night especially considering his wicket was a fluke.
He has a lot of promise but even his domestic record doesn't suggest he is dominating the game (Kane dominated domestic before he was in the Black Caps):
Rachin Ravindra Profile - Cricket Player New Zealand | Stats, Records, Video
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Lets hope this tournament will be a turning point for him.
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@Donsteppa said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Rachin is still 23, so plenty of time ahead.
Stuff article talks about how his first name is a portmanteau of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Probably a good sign that your Dad will happily take you to the nets when asked...
Good to see that kid with the pushy dad in those annoying ANZ ads finally made it.
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@Virgil said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@Donsteppa said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Rachin is still 23, so plenty of time ahead.
Stuff article talks about how his first name is a portmanteau of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Probably a good sign that your Dad will happily take you to the nets when asked...
Good to see that kid with the pushy dad in those annoying ANZ ads finally made it.
You joke ..... But, his Dad owns (or owned) an indoor cricket centre in the Hutt, and he uploaded a video to youtube about 15 odd years back of a 7 year old Rachin batting totally immaculately against a really fast bowling machine. The digitally-minded of the NZ cricketing anoraks have been expecting his arrival on the big time for a long time.
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From that Stuff article...
Practice makes perfect
Nearly every morning as a high school student, Ravindra would head to the nets in Wellington with his father Ravi.When he wasn’t training with his father, Ravindra was in the gym working on gaining strength and speed, and improving his power game in the nets.
"I have a hit with my dad in the mornings," Ravindra told Stuff in a 2018 interview. "He's been a great help ever since I started playing cricket.
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@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@Rapido said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
@canefan said in CWC - Black Caps v England:
Ravindra has looked class from day 1. Took him a while to get more game time, happy for him to play well
No he hasn't. Actually a bit disappointing start at international level IMO compared to his talent and my hopes.
Didn't he save a test in India?
Yes, but that wasn't day 1.
That was the only highlight in his (checks statsguru .. ) first 18 months.
I'd say the 49 he got in an ODI 18 months after debut (and his first match upon return after 12 months being out of the teams in all formats) was when he first started to look up to the class of international level.
