Cricket: NZ vs Aus

hydro11

@hydro11 Sommerville is good with the bat.

Santner's FC average is 30, Someville averages 18. Somerville is 35 and has never hit a FC 50 (although he does have one good innings for NZ). Not in the same class as Santner and not really good enough to bat 8.

hydro11

@Chris-B said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@hydro11 if Santner can't tie up an end with the ball, he's a specialist batsman at 8. Why are we picking him at 8 instead of finding a middle order batsman who can roll the arm over?

I don't think there really is such a player domestically. Our spin bowling batting all-rounders is probably limited to George Worker unless I am forgetting someone obvious. Santner does have a career economy rate of 2.75 in tests so it's not like he is regularly getting pasted.

Doesn't have to be a spinner - if Santner's not taking wickets, it can be anything.

Jimmy Neesham?

But his economy rate is 3.47 domestically. He isn't a 5th seamer in that he is a guy to toss the ball to just to bowl overs. Neesham is better with the newer ball. Anderson would be a better 5th seamer.

hydro11

@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@hydro11 said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Still lots of gaps in the Aussie team though. Wade, Head and then Paine is a weak 5, 6, 7 (especially in foreign conditions).

That's what I thought. But I'd take their production from our 5 6 7.

You would take their production in this game against our attack. You wouldn't have taken their record over the last 2 years. I wonder how those three would have gone against their attack?

Donsteppa

Left arm slow gets a wicket!!!

kev

@hydro11 But no 8 needs to bowl. Especially in our team.

Chris B.

@hydro11 Corey Anderson?

I don't think he's bowling anymore and seems only to be playing short forms.

The Aussies have lost 9 for 143.

Donsteppa

Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.

Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny

nzzp

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.

Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny

That's remarkable by itself. What a bowler

Mokey

TBH, how hard the bowlers are fighting just makes me even more pissed at the batsmen.

kev

@Mokey the bowlers have bowled with one short in the first test, without a spinning option, backed up from some short batting innings. Big effort. They lack the strike power of the Aussies but have bowled to their plans well.

canefan

@nzzp said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@Donsteppa said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Wagner has certainly fronted on this tour.

Steve Smith = Wagner's Bunny

That's remarkable by itself. What a bowler

He's earned rave reviews. The only bright spot

booboo

Broken hand for Boult.

Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.

Rapido

To think, they've kept Bradman II quiet and are still going to get the 2 biggest consecutive hidings in our history.

What a waste.

TeWaio

If our batsmen got to face our bowlers we'd score 400+ easily.

Similarly if the Aussie batsmen had to face their bowlers they'd probably be rolled for under 200.

Machpants

Assistant Jordie Barrett was out easily too

Biorealism

@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Broken hand for Boult.

Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.

Hopefully they take the opportunity to fly over Sommerville.

canefan

Neil Wagner should be one of the first names on the BCs team sheet in as many forms of the game as he wishes. That is all

canefan

@Biorealism said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@booboo said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Broken hand for Boult.

Heading home after the test. Still bowling this arvo though.

Hopefully they take the opportunity to fly over Sommerville.

He's a spinner. 38 is not that old to trundle in. Fuck the future, he'll be good for a couple of years easy

Godder

@canefan said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Neil Wagner should be one of the first names on the BCs team sheet in as many forms of the game as he wishes. That is all

He reached 200 test wickets today, and is apparently the only bowler with 200+ test wickets to have debuted since the first ODI, not to have taken at least one ODI wicket.

canefan

@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

@canefan said in Cricket: NZ vs Aus:

Neil Wagner should be one of the first names on the BCs team sheet in as many forms of the game as he wishes. That is all

He reached 200 test wickets today, and is apparently the only bowler with 200+ test wickets to have debuted since the first ODI, not to have taken at least one ODI wicket.

Has he ever played ODI or T20 for NZ?

The Silver Fern

Cricket: NZ vs Aus