NZ v SA Test Series
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@Tim said in NZ v SA Test Series:
This Broom guy is in hot form (last five international innings: 8, 2, 2, 0, 0). Can definitely see why he got called into the test team to bat at four.
May as well have recalled Chris fucken Martin with those figures....
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@Tim said in NZ v SA Test Series:
This Broom guy is in hot form (last five international innings: 8, 2, 2, 0, 0). Can definitely see why he got called into the test team to bat at four.
Everyone on here was saying he should be called up after how he did against Bangladesh and in one innings against Australia. Let's be honest. Neil Broom may have hit a purple pitch at the end of his career. He may have been the best option for us and in an alternate universe he might have been relatively decent. However, a 35 year old who has already tried and failed at international level isn't going to suddenly start scoring a lot of runs against perhaps the world's best attack. When old guys are selected and do well it, it is generally because like Voges or Hussey they were just kept out of the team by better players,
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Shit, I go out for an hour and we lose 3 wickets. We could have written Latham's mode of dismissal before he took guard.
Although I desperately wanted Broom to succeed I'm not surprised he's gone early. Time for Nicholls to stand up (hoping I'm not putting the mockers on him).
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I have no doubt we will lose this test by a big margin inside a short amount of days but all you can ask in a situation like this against the best pace bowling attack in the world is that our journeymen show a bit of fight and these two have been giving us some of this in the last half hour so well done.
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Gah. Latham 8, Kane 2, Broom 0.
Again a fucking awful start. These guys need to take a long hard look at themselves (even Kane, he a magnificent player, but has been a bit shit lately) and get their act together. Latham seems to have lost the plot entirely, and Broom never really had the plot, he may have bamboozled selectors with a few good performances against Bangladesh, but the reality is he's 35 and he's the best he's ever going to be.
The last thing the Black Caps need is more dead wood at the top of the order. We are never going to win a match if 3/4 of the top 5/6 are scoring less than 10. At least Jeet R (no jinx) is putting up some fight. Nicholls MUST stay with him for the day. Otherwise he is surely in line to be dropped.
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@Mokey said in NZ v SA Test Series:
Gah. Latham 8, Kane 2, Broom 0.
Again a fucking awful start. These guys need to take a long hard look at themselves (even Kane, he a magnificent player, but has been a bit shit lately) and get their act together. Latham seems to have lost the plot entirely, and Broom never really had the plot, he may have bamboozled selectors with a few good performances against Bangladesh, but the reality is he's 35 and he's the best he's ever going to be.
The last thing the Black Caps need is more dead wood at the top of the order. We are never going to win a match if 3/4 of the top 5/6 are scoring less than 10. At least Jeet R (no jinx) is putting up some fight. Nicholls MUST stay with him for the day. Otherwise he is surely in line to be dropped.
Williamson got 130 in his last innings against this very attack !!!!!
Jesus Christ Woman, do you expect Don Bradman or something?
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@MN5 it's wellington, cant you have 4 seasons in half an hour?
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Raval getting out to his average lol.. classic guy..
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@taniwharugby said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 it's wellington, cant you have 4 seasons in half an hour?
You're thinking Melbourne. Welly will stay like this all day but turn to shit early next week...when we've already been hammered.
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@mimic said in NZ v SA Test Series:
Raval getting out to his average lol.. classic guy..
Nicholls to bang a score to keep him in the squad for lifeYou mean al la Aussie Luke? I'd rather he failed so we don't have to put up with him any longer....
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@MN5 never been to Melbourne....thought your weather was as changeable as Auckland, just colder and windier.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ v SA Test Series:
@MN5 never been to Melbourne....thought your weather was as changeable as Auckland, just colder and windier.
Na. When it's shit it stays shit. Not unlike second tier Black Cap members.
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@hydro11 Unfortunately, a similar sort of case could have been made against anyone we picked who then happened to score 0. If we'd picked Bruce, for instance, we'd be saying you can't expect a young guy on debut to step up against perhaps the world's best attack...
One big plus with Broom is that, whatever happens, we won't have damaged him for a decade of future international cricket.
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Some harsh judging there @Mokey
2017 Test match batting most runs career | ESPNcricinfo
Cricket Test match batting most runs career for the year 2017, records by calendar year only on ESPNcricinfo.
Going into this innings Kane was averaging 73 in 2017 (i.e. recently). Latham 64 and Nicholls 66.
All of them better than Raval 29 and Watling 33.
