Black Caps vs Pakistan Series

[MN5]

@no-quarter said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:

We don't quite have the middle-lower order right at the moment. Latham's position must be under pressure, he's not really suited to batting 6 or 7 and hitting from the word go. Think Phillips will be pushing him hard for that slot in the near future. Also missing Corey's hitting power there, though CDGH has done a decent job.

I'd say we're 20 runs below par, and with no Boult in the lineup things could get interesting.

I hear that NQ but Nicholls did a good job of steadying the ship and letting CDGH blaze at the other end in the last ODI. Him and Latham strike me as being good value if the top four fail.

[Chris B.]

We made a bit of a mess of that.

212/2 after 41 overs - we've only managed to go at 6.5 an over, when you'd expect to go at close to 10.

Wonder if there was a bit of mixed-up thinking out there? Too much focus by his partners on getting CdGh on strike, while Colin wasn't so much thinking that.

Might have been better if Colin had actually turned down a few singles if the aim on the next ball is just going to be to push for a single.

[Gunner]

Gaaahhh Munro drops a pretty straight forward catch at square leg.
2nd game in a row he’s put one down.

[KiwiMurph]

@gunner he's a bit of a mong.

[No Quarter]

Munro and Santner have a bit of a habit of dropping straight-forward chances. Can't really afford that at this level.

[Gunner]

Fucking shit plan they’ve got Southee bowling to here. Every ball at the body or legs and easily been picked off for 11 or so.

[Virgil]

There’s a fucken safe pair of hands for you

[No Quarter]

Good to see Henry in the 140s.

[Cyclops]

Munro puts down their best batsman of the series. Henry gets their other opener though so a good start.

[mimic]

@gunner said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:

Gee that’s a disappointing total after the platform we had.

Latham on borrowed time in the ODI set up surely, some of his dismissals in the last couple of series have been terrible.
He just doesn’t look comfortable coming in and scoring from ball one.

Latham averages 20.89 at home.. And that's boosted by his matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe

His ton in India will carry him another two years.. same thing happened with Ronchi..

[Cyclops]

Looks like we've got four-ball-an-over Southee today rather than swing demon Southee. Hoping he finds some rhythm.

[No Quarter]

Henry gets Fakher. Is anyone watching? Cricinfo reporting he's bowling quick today.

[Cyclops]

Henry looking like dynamite with the new ball as normal. If he sorts out his death bowling he might be the best ODI bowler in NZ.

[Virgil]

They’re not the all blacks but by fuck we are building some bloody decent depth especially in the fast bowling.
Take out Boult bring in Henry

[No Quarter]

@virgil said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:

They’re not the all blacks but by fuck we are building some bloody decent depth especially in the fast bowling.
Take out Boult bring in Henry

Henry has a great record in ODIs to date, I'm really surprised he hasn't had more opportunities.

[Virgil]

Bam!

[Donsteppa]

How's our batting looking now?

[JK]

@donsteppa said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:

How's our batting looking now?

Still much better than the pakistan top orders

[Cyclops]

Just had a quick look at Henry's record, and incredibly his bowling average is highest against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh!

[MN5]

@cyclops said in Black Caps vs Pakistan Series:

Just had a quick look at Henry's record, and incredibly his bowling average is highest against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh!

His test stats are ordinary but he has 66 wickets in 35 ODI matches at 25. That's really good.