Black Caps v South Africa
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A bit of talk about Conway's struggles, and rightly so, but I think Latham hasn't been setting the world on fire either. We used to be able to rely on him scoring well against teams apart from the big guns, but his runs seem to have dried up against everybody now.
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The article says that Young WILL start. Ok, I’m fine with that, let’s give him another chance.
But they still need to leave out a bowler to accomodate O’Rourke much as I wish it were Wagner.
Who would that be ? Phillips ? 39 with the bat and 1-30 with the ball is pretty ho hum. I can’t see them getting rid of the rejuvenated Santner after his six wickets in the match.
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Wagner or Santner I assume.
Edit: Actually stuff article yesterday mentioned Jamieson as being rested. But not heard / read that anywhere else.But with the new selector, it is harder to read now(yet) what they are working to. I don't know if the 4 seamers is still a desired balance for them (in a post-Wagner world) or if Santner is a horses for courses Mt Maunganui selection. We will find out as the season progresses, although this test v weakened South Africa won't tell us, as there is still the possibility for depth building and rotation, experimentation to be happening.
But, kudos to Sam Wells so far. IMO.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
@Rapido said in Black Caps v South Africa Tests:
Santner and Jamieson out.
The world has gone mad, I genuinely feel for Santner missing out !
Also would love KJ to get another run before the Oz series.
This really smacks of complacency to me.
From Southee...
Tim Southee, NZ captain, says they were looking to have a bowl. Hope there's a bit of assistance early on. Three changes: Daryl is out, Will Young comes in. Four seamers. Neil Wagner is in for Mitch Santner. Kyle Jamieson pulled up sore, so Will O'Rourke come in on debut. We know Wagner wears his heart on his sleeve and will give his 100%. So looking forward to that, excited to see what Will, an exciting young quick, has got.
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Seddon Park. Last I knew, has the wicket block divided in half with 2 seperate types of clay used in the 2 halves. One half favours spin, probably the most in the country. But they pretty much never used that side for the internationals.
But pitches get relayed every few years. Don't know if this is still the state of the pitch, anyway. Even if so, irrelevant for the test, as they don't use it. But judging the pitch based on televised Super Smash games can be misleading for this reason.
