Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@barky1 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@MN5 Ravindra looked as threatening. Bracewell for Santner, Henry for Southee
The former is basically like for like and wonāt make a shred of difference.
The latter isnāt happening cos heās captain even though it should
Henry should be there somewhere though, fuck having loads of spinners when theyāre all shit. OāRourke has been the pick of the bowlers by such a ridiculous margin itās not even funny and heās a pacer
Seeing as my positive approach didnāt work maybe itās time to be more real.
VERY hard to see an early breakthrough and this niggly partnership will matter quite a bit in the final wash up. Lots of pressure on OāRourke for a couple of early ones, if that doesnāt happen weāre fucked given the lack of collective effort by the rest of the bowlers.
We still have a very capable top order on paper but again, very reliant on one guy in particular ( with an honourable mention to Johns son )
Still game on, Iām being as positive as I can be.
Patel clearly read this and got inspired to tell me to shove it.
Great bowling, time for the batsmen to stand up !
Chasing less than 300 is definitely a boost
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Conway's decline is depressing.
He was so good for so long
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Conway's decline is depressing.
Is it what ? That 200 on debut seems a lifetime ago. Iām genuinely gutted for him.
The average has dipped under 40 now. How many more chances does he get ? Is Will Young worth a shot ? ( and heās been far from convincing either )
Conway and Ravindra have both scored a big double ton each to pad the average and perhaps look better than they are. At least Daryl Mitchell is far more consistent.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
Challenge with a lot of these guys (and the White Ferns also) is that we drop them and replace them with... umm... err.....
The expectations might need adjusting too.
Petering out to mid 30s seems to be the Black Caps way. I hope like hell Mitchās son maintains his amazing form. Heās still fucken third in the world currently ! Having him and KW in the same team is pretty damn unbelievable really and heās saved some blushes on a few occasions.
Jury still very much out on Ravindra too.
The cupboard isnāt completely bare. A player as decent as Henry Nicholls canāt even make the squad currently.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
The cupboard isnāt completely bare. A player as decent as Henry Nicholls canāt even make the squad currently.
The first sentence was encouraging, the second sentence a fraction less so
Yeah but I think the point Iām ( badly
) making is Nicholls is in that sort of McMillan/Astle/Styris bracketā¦ā¦and those guys were all stalwarts of their era.Actually Styris only played 29 testsā¦..but you get my point ( or not ! )
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Kane stat watchā¦ā¦
He needs 31 runs to beat the Pakistani spudhead who smashed us out of the 92 World Cup ( actually I shouldnāt resort to fat shaming, Inzy was a fantastic player )
33 runs will see him go past another Pakistani great and arguably their best batsman ever in Javed Miandad.
ā¦..and then shit gets pretty interesting cos next up just 70 runs away is another member of the āfab fourā in Virat Kohli who just finished a test against Bangladesh and scored fuck all.
Kohli is the best all formats batsman, Iāll freely admit that but his ( relative ) test decline is noticable.
Joe Root will top the list when their careers are over and heās a genuine chance to beat Tendulkars record but even then despite being a modern legend there will always be that nagging āEngland play so much more than anyone elseā feeling to itā¦..
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@canefan said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
That's a tough total. I just don't see us having the application or the technique to get over the line
Iām not allowed to make predictions on here but all Iāll say is I hope youāre wrong.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
@canefan said in Black Caps v Sri Lanka Test Series:
That's a tough total. I just don't see us having the application or the technique to get over the line
Iām not allowed to make predictions on here but all Iāll say is I hope youāre wrong.
Hope is the killer
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