England vs BCs ODI series
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@hydro11 said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Southee is a fine bowler but I think Henry has shown recently that he deserves his place. Southee has too many nothing games and doesn't seem to do well with the old ball.
If Henry can sort his death bowling he'd be close to our number one ODI bowler. But at the moment he can't be trusted at the death and we don't have the flexibility to accommodate a front line quick that has to bowl out in the first 35-40.
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I was there. Not a great game of cricket, once Taylor was run out it was clear the BCs weren't going to make an adequate score. So many dumb dismissals when there really wasn't much in it for the bowlers. Credit to Santner and the sensible Ferguson for at least ensuring the game went to 9pm.
Guptill still hasn't sorted his strike rotation, still plays too many dots between his big shots. Not sure Munro can open without at least taking a look at the bowling before he goes for the big shots - especially with a rookie at 3. Taylor, de G and Southee run-outs were schoolboy level, de G isn't quick and they had just run 2 to the same fielder, he was obviously going to make sure it didn't happen again.
Way too many pies bowled, Southee the main culprit bowling outside off or on the legs to get England off to a start. England obliged by getting themselves out 3 times but BCs were soon reduced to their usual tactic of bowling 50% half tracker pies and hoping for something to happen. Morgan, Stokes and Buttler feasted on it.
Good catch in the crowd for the 50K, very cool and not far from where I was sitting.
Bay Oval report - very good, lovely outfield, a decent sized playing area and the lights are superb. Was happy in the end that the match lasted long enough to need the lights!
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@kiwipie said in England vs BCs ODI series:
I was there. Not a great game of cricket, once Taylor was run out it was clear the BCs weren't going to make an adequate score. So many dumb dismissals when there really wasn't much in it for the bowlers. Credit to Santner and the sensible Ferguson for at least ensuring the game went to 9pm.
Guptill still hasn't sorted his strike rotation, still plays too many dots between his big shots. Not sure Munro can open without at least taking a look at the bowling before he goes for the big shots - especially with a rookie at 3. Taylor, de G and Southee run-outs were schoolboy level, de G isn't quick and they had just run 2 to the same fielder, he was obviously going to make sure it didn't happen again.
Way too many pies bowled, Southee the main culprit bowling outside off or on the legs to get England off to a start. England obliged by getting themselves out 3 times but BCs were soon reduced to their usual tactic of bowling 50% half tracker pies and hoping for something to happen. Morgan, Stokes and Buttler feasted on it.
Good catch in the crowd for the 50K, very cool and not far from where I was sitting.
Bay Oval report - very good, lovely outfield, a decent sized playing area and the lights are superb. Was happy in the end that the match lasted long enough to need the lights!
How is the service side of Bay oval? Easy enough to get refreshments etc? Looks a great ground on TV.
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@cyclops said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@hydro11 said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Southee is a fine bowler but I think Henry has shown recently that he deserves his place. Southee has too many nothing games and doesn't seem to do well with the old ball.
If Henry can sort his death bowling he'd be close to our number one ODI bowler. But at the moment he can't be trusted at the death and we don't have the flexibility to accommodate a front line quick that has to bowl out in the first 35-40.
I agree, but, it's getting to the point now that Henry is so much more effective with the new ball that we're going to have to play him. He's probably not going to learn much bowling at the death at domestic level, so I think we're going to have to accept that he needs to learn on the job in that regard.
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@hooroo said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@kiwipie said in England vs BCs ODI series:
I was there. Not a great game of cricket, once Taylor was run out it was clear the BCs weren't going to make an adequate score. So many dumb dismissals when there really wasn't much in it for the bowlers. Credit to Santner and the sensible Ferguson for at least ensuring the game went to 9pm.
Guptill still hasn't sorted his strike rotation, still plays too many dots between his big shots. Not sure Munro can open without at least taking a look at the bowling before he goes for the big shots - especially with a rookie at 3. Taylor, de G and Southee run-outs were schoolboy level, de G isn't quick and they had just run 2 to the same fielder, he was obviously going to make sure it didn't happen again.
Way too many pies bowled, Southee the main culprit bowling outside off or on the legs to get England off to a start. England obliged by getting themselves out 3 times but BCs were soon reduced to their usual tactic of bowling 50% half tracker pies and hoping for something to happen. Morgan, Stokes and Buttler feasted on it.
Good catch in the crowd for the 50K, very cool and not far from where I was sitting.
Bay Oval report - very good, lovely outfield, a decent sized playing area and the lights are superb. Was happy in the end that the match lasted long enough to need the lights!
How is the service side of Bay oval? Easy enough to get refreshments etc? Looks a great ground on TV.
It seemed to run smoothly. They have the food stalls in a separate area so it can be a bit of a walk to get food (Guppy got out while I was away) but there was plenty of choice. Beer was the usual weak stuff but no problems getting served.
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@no-quarter said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@cyclops said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@hydro11 said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Southee is a fine bowler but I think Henry has shown recently that he deserves his place. Southee has too many nothing games and doesn't seem to do well with the old ball.
If Henry can sort his death bowling he'd be close to our number one ODI bowler. But at the moment he can't be trusted at the death and we don't have the flexibility to accommodate a front line quick that has to bowl out in the first 35-40.
I agree, but, it's getting to the point now that Henry is so much more effective with the new ball that we're going to have to play him. He's probably not going to learn much bowling at the death at domestic level, so I think we're going to have to accept that he needs to learn on the job in that regard.
We could probably get away with dropping Nicholls for Henry.
I'd be more inclined to have Sodhi over Ferguson.. So we can have 2 spinners.. But I guess that would make us similar to England.. -
A lighthearted general cricketing article with a point or two in there somewhere...
Test cricket's decades-long demise continued at breakneck velocity yet again this month, with many warning that the format is not merely dying, it is dying more, dying faster, and - now that Ireland and Afghanistan are involved - dying in more nations than was ever thought possible. But who is responsible for this planet-wide butchering of the format? Can Test cricket's legitimate offspring - ODIs and T20 internationals - expect their inheritance soon, or will the uncouth, bastard love-children that are the franchise T20 tournaments carve up the estate instead? And just how much dying can Test cricket really do anyway? The Briefing takes you deep.
.... much further down there's also this gem:
The embarrassing dad
Think you had it bad when your parents turned up to check on you in school? Think you suffered when you father cracked terrible jokes in front of friends you were trying to impress? Well, spare a thought for Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who was batting for Guyana in one of the biggest games of his 21-year-old life - the semi-final of the Super50 one-day tournament - when his dad Shivnarine turned up and ruined everything. Tage had worked himself nicely into the innings, having hit 12 off as many balls, before a blunderous straight drive from Shiv ricocheted off the bowler's boot and into the non-striker's stumps. Having run out his son, Shiv would proceed to lose his own wicket soon after, and Guyana would go on to lose the game -
Heard a guy on Radiosport today questioning whether the captaincy is affecting Little Kane.
I'm starting to think there's a case for that - he doesn't look as impregnable as he did in any forms compared to a couple of years ago.
Maybe Hesson needs to lighten his load by, at least, giving someone else the reins in T20 - presumably, Timmy.
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Broken bat. Is that what they call a heavy ball?
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@wairau said in England vs BCs ODI series:
That's funny, Butler goes, right after the commentators were giving him big ups for hitting a six, being on 29 from 22...."How important will this innings be in the context of the match?" ha, not very!
The curse strikes again... The comms are wondering why super Mitch didn't bowl more than 2 overs
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@chris-b said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Looks the sort of pitch where we will need the likes of Kane, Latham and Nicholls to work it around and grind us home.
Surely with this sized chase and no Rossco they won't send Munro out in full death or glory mode?
Does he know how to bat any other way?
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@virgil said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@chris-b said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Looks the sort of pitch where we will need the likes of Kane, Latham and Nicholls to work it around and grind us home.
Surely with this sized chase and no Rossco they won't send Munro out in full death or glory mode?
Does he know how to bat any other way?
He should go out and have a bash. Get away to a flier, and it's easy. Get out, and no major harm done.
How much dying can Test cricket do?
