Black Caps v Australia
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@Virgil said in Black Caps v Australia:
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Australia:
No thought of Phillips using his feet - just stands on the crease and flails
Yup, just appalling batting
Oz are bowling well gotta give them that but we are doing nothing to upset them. Charge down the pitch do somethingAgreed. No thought of ramps etc.
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@booboo said in Black Caps v Australia:
Man, we're a class below.
Actually, several classes.
Just can't force it.
Our batting lineup with Williamson, Mitchell, Conway and Ravindra is not up to much.
To be honest I think I knew that already.
Chapman is very disappointing. I think it is time we gave up on him and tried a new bit part player. That is especially so given he doesn't bowl any more.
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@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps v Australia:
Would have preferred Clarkson to get a bat given it's a dead rubber but no the send in Seifert at 3....
Could have been worse could have been Santner again
Apart from game 1 our batting has been woeful
Bowling okish (Ferguson brilliant) but the catching and batting.. -
Jeez 98/3 off 10 is a pretty decent innings. Not incredible but not abysmal. The margin was so big because our bowling and fielding was shocking. The batting had an awful night in game 2 but the I think it was good in game 1 and acceptable in game 3.
I don't agree that we've bowled well. We bowled okay in the second half of game two (Ferguson was excellent), but the rest of the series we were bad, although the dropped catches are a big part of that too.
The fielding hasn't been good enough, but that's the bit that's easiest to fix so hopefully that will be fixed for the T20 world cup.
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@Cyclops said in Black Caps v Australia:
Jeez 98/3 off 10 is a pretty decent innings. Not incredible but not abysmal. The margin was so big because our bowling and fielding was shocking. The batting had an awful night in game 2 but the I think it was good in game 1 and acceptable in game 3.
I don't agree that we've bowled well. We bowled okay in the second half of game two (Ferguson was excellent), but the rest of the series we were bad, although the dropped catches are a big part of that too.
The fielding hasn't been good enough, but that's the bit that's easiest to fix so hopefully that will be fixed for the T20 world cup.
The bowling has been well in patches, we pulled it back well in game 2 but they didn’t mix it up like Oz did. We didn’t use the slow ball enough. Sears looked ok and has been let down by shoddy fielding with those dropped catches.
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@Damo said in Black Caps v Australia:
@booboo said in Black Caps v Australia:
Chapman is very disappointing. I think it is time we gave up on him and tried a new bit part player. That is especially so given he doesn't bowl any more.
Yeah - I didn't have great hopes for this series and am pleased we only got really pumped in one game - plus a few pleasing innings and bowling stints - mainly by Ferg.
I'd prefer to see Jimmy Neesham played as our closer rather than Chapman - but, we shouldn't plan for Jimmy to bowl unless someone breaks down.
I think Jimmy still has the highest ceiling of any of our batters for someone who will face no more than 10 balls. A man for the Super over!
Chapman hasn't covered himself with glory fielding in this series, either.
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@Chris-B RE: Chapman the shame of it is he was exceptional in his first few domestic seasons. He looked poised and appeared to have good technique and destined for greatness. He also had a decent ability to send down some weird spinners that did look worthwhile.
He's just never really made it. I would prefer Neesham by some distance at this point.
Is he the cricket equivalent of Toeava?
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That sucked.
Sadly it was men against boys out there, in all facets.
When/how did our batsmen become so unable to get bat on ball. Sitting through those 10 overs of BC’s batting was like watching someone die a slow painful death.
Throw all the rain breaks on top of that, feel sorry for the kids having that as their first Black Caps experience. My 8 year old reckons he would have even smashed a few more sixes than the Black Caps, and based on todays evidence he might be right.
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@Damo I think Chapman makes the squad, but I'm doubtful he makes the XI. I would have Jimmy in as a specialist batsman. If everyone is in form, I think my first XI would be something like....
Allen
Conway
Williamson
Mitchell
Phillips
Neesham
Ravindra
Santner
Henry
Ferguson
SearsBut, Sears could be replaced by any of Boult, Milne, or Southee - maybe Ish if it is really, really spin friendly.
Aim to get four overs out of Phillips/Ravindra/Neesham/Mitchell.
