Black Caps vs Bangles
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Bangles outfielder makes the criminal mistake of letting the ball go over his head for 4. Amateur and costly.
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My point about WASP stands though. It has basically no meaning because it constantly changes every ball. It's like watching the cricket with some dickhead that changes his prediction on whose going to win 50 times based on what is actually happening.
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@Mokey said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
Wow. What a difference a few overs makes. And some appalling fielding from the Bangles. Bloody hell. Giving Kane multiple lives is just moronic.
It's basic stuff that you've got to get right. If you're at the MCG you field 5m in from the boundary as that ground is fucking huge. In Napier you hug the boundary. And Doull's comments about walking in are moronic, you'd think he never played cricket before. On a ground like that you either don't walk in or you start your walk-in from beyond the boundary rope. Duh.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
My point about WASP stands though. It has basically no meaning because it constantly changes every ball. It's like watching the cricket with some dickhead that changes his prediction on whose going to win 50 times based on what is actually happening.
I don't know how it is calculated but it seems to do the exact same job as duckworth/lewis. It uses the cumulative history of ODI cricket to tell you which team is better. I don't think WASP tells you other important stuff. Whether a team is winning depends on whether a team has good batsmen in the shed or who has overs left to bowl.
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Re WASP. This is going to sound more rude than intended.
But if you don't like WASP ignore it.
I like it. It is, I expect, the Duckworth-Lewis calc.
And again, it takes into account, even if only statistically, how many/whether there are any decent batsman left etc.
As for runs required v balls / overs left it's usually reasonably easy to work out in a T20.
Harder for an ODI (at say 31 overs to go ...)
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@booboo said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
Re WASP. This is going to sound more rude than intended.
But if you don't like WASP ignore it.
I like it. It is, I expect, the Duckworth-Lewis calc.
And again, it takes into account, even if only statistically, how many/whether there are any decent batsman left etc.
As for runs required v balls / overs left it's usually reasonably easy to work out in a T20.
Harder for an ODI (at say 31 overs to go ...)
I don't mind if they display it from time to time, but the RPO and runs/balls should be static on the screen for the entire run chase. It's by far the most important statistic.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
Time for cult hero CDGH to play a blinder.
And he does. Well played.
As for Henry - he really does have all the variations for a death bowler. Steak and cheese, chicken and vege, even the classic mince.
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How Henry is in a limited overs team is beyond me, he is atrocious at run restricting at the end.
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Only one surprise in the test team named today, and that is Henry Nicholls keeping his place.
I thought they would have given Neesham or Broom the 5 spot.
I can't believe he's still there, if he cant score some runs this series that'll be him gone for sure. -
Broom is out injured, broken finger I think it was.
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@Gunner said in Black Caps vs Bangles:
Only one surprise in the test team named today, and that is Henry Nicholls keeping his place.
I thought they would have given Neesham or Broom the 5 spot.
I can't believe he's still there, if he cant score some runs this series that'll be him gone for sure.I'm a fan of giving him the series. He's young, if you look at his last 3 test series SA in SA, India in India - thats 2 of the toughest intros going, even Pakistan in NZ isn't great for a batsman as their bowling unit is OK, its their batting overseas thats awful.
So to drop him right before a terrible test team with no bowling unit finally tours would tell us nothing. Especially if they gave his spot to an old guy. What would we learn then? That anyone can score off the Bangles? Its like when Sinclair would get dropped for a home visit by Zimbanwe & then selected to tour Australia & fail
If Nichols can't score off the Bangles in NZ then, yes, test cricket is maybe not for him. But he should get the chance, its not like we have a lot of 25 year old batsmen kicking the door down.
