Black Caps v South Africa
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@Chris-B. said in Black Caps v South Africa:
And Danny V. gets in on the act, paying the highest ever price for a bowler - $2.5 million for some English bloke called Tymal Mills - who probably won't want to be Kyle Mills in disguise.
He played for Auckland in the T20 comp.
And...
Martin Guptill to Kings XI Punjab for his base price of $104,000 at the second chance auction after he was unsold first time around. -
Yeah - nice to see Guppy get picked up.
Saw mention there's still five international player slots not filled, so a chance someone else from NZ could get picked up.
Can't say I paid any attention to Tymal Mills previously - apparently very fast and was being talked up before the auction, but his stats to date aren't much to write home about. Danny Vettori presumably paying a lot more attention than me.
Quite a few interesting players in the "not picked up" list - including a few high profile Indians.
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@booboo said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Well pooh. Got it close.
Gotta love the blackcaps: we're shit; hey we're in it; fuck we're going to win; we're shit: fuck we're going to win; hey we're in it; fuck we're going to win; we're shit; ok we didn't do so bad ...
We would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling AB and his guiding and coaching of the other bloke.
AB the best one day batter ever? quite possibly
good game though and some nice pluck at times from our boys.
i still remember the old days when one of BooBoo's "we're shit" thoughts actually transpired with no hope after a bout a third of the game gone
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Nice to see the hairy javelin still at it, knows how to win a game doesn't he
NZ cricketer gets the job done with one meaty blow, reminiscent of his Cricket World Cup heroics.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/89623430/Hot-Grant-Elliott-match-winning-six-as-captain-Brendon-McCullum-runs-cold-in-PSL?cid=app-iPhone -
Looks like Flem also snapped up Lockie Ferguson as a cheapie fast bowler.
Presumably Lockie will look at his Auckland team mate's salary with a bit of WTF happened here.
Judging by these stats, so might e.g. Hamish Bennett.
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Tymal MIlls is a pile of shite.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Tymal MIlls is a pile of shite.
A $2.4m turd to be exact. How did this no name guy cash in so much?
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@canefan said in Black Caps v South Africa:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Tymal MIlls is a pile of shite.
A $2.4m turd to be exact. How did this no name guy cash in so much?
I watched him get carted all over Bay Oval in the local T20 competition in December. He bowls a LOT of variations.... not effective though.
I am stunned he got a contract, let alone a big one.
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Fast bowlers are needed because that is obviously what India are lacking. You can see this by the fact the world best T20 bowler, Tahir, wasn't even picked up. Also a lot of fast bowlers seem to skip the IPL. Mills and Boult both benefited from Starc dropping out. Hazlewood and Steyn aren't playing either.
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@canefan said in Black Caps v South Africa:
A $2.4m turd to be exact. How did this no name guy cash in so much?
He's been injured a lot, but when fit he is very fast, swings it & bowls good yorkers. He just had an "audition" in the UK tour of India & bowled really well so can clearly do it in Indian conditions. So its not that hard to see why he got picked up, harder to see how the bidding got that high but fast death bowlers are not exactly easy to find. Especially not ones who have literally just showcased their ability.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Doull is suggesting that Blundell could be looked at to bat at 6 and keep in place of Neesham. Brownlie to open with Guptill. Neesham needs to bowl well to justify his position as an all-rounder.
I expect Hesson will be conservative and retain Latham.
If we pick a specialist keeper then I think they will drop Broom and keep six bowling options.
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@Bovidae said in Black Caps v South Africa:
Doull is suggesting that Blundell could be looked at to bat at 6 and keep in place of Neesham. Brownlie to open with Guptill. Neesham needs to bowl well to justify his position as an all-rounder.
I expect Hesson will be conservative and retain Latham.
I don't think he's in the squad is he, Doully? Aren't we back with Ronchi as the second keeper in the squad?
Doesn't sound like Guppy is due to play on Saturday, but I think the opposite about conservatism. I think if he doesn't make runs next outing they'll drop Tom and give Guppy and Luke a run. Who else misses out is my main question?
Could be any of Broom, Neesham, CdGh, Santner or Sodhi from today's team.
Based on his bowling (lack thereof), I'd say Jimmy. But, the proper life-for-like would be Neil Broom, which right now would be harsh - may not be by Saturday, of course!
