Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final

[Siam]

@mn5 yes,that's why he's second string...do try to keep up mate😉

[MN5]

@siam said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 yes,that's why he's second string...do try to keep up mate😉

Yeah sorry, I just saw who was missing and started frothing at the mouth a bit to be fair.

[Siam]

@mn5 your passion is never in doubt mate👍

[MN5]

@canefan said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

England are batting

Here’s our team….. New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham (captain), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Will Young, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Daryl Mitchell, 8 Neil Wagner, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Ajaz Patel, 11 Trent Boult

No Jamieson or Southee winds me up considerably. I don’t think we have THAT much depth to change the team this much.

That is a pretty weak bowling attack

I wouldn’t quite go that far……”depleted” is a better word.

[booboo]

@mn5 said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@siam said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@mn5 yes,that's why he's second string...do try to keep up mate😉

Yeah sorry, I just saw who was missing and started frothing at the mouth a bit to be fair.

I switched over and saw who was in ...

... and lost the plot.

Relieved Boulty is playing at least.

[Siam]

These horrendous techniques of the opening bats are ssooo set up to play anything straight through leg ( same as the angry lesbian). Watch for our bowling tactics outside off

[Siam]

@booboo bedtime mate?🙂 quick snooze?

[booboo]

@siam said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

@booboo bedtime mate?🙂 quick snooze?

Off to bed (as soon as Ms Boo Jr gets home from work).

[Siam]

@booboo commitment!!👍

[Donsteppa]

Looks like Wags will have a lot of bowling to do today.

[Siam]

@donsteppa harsh don, harsh. Early doors
( this post may not age well...)

[Cyclops]

I am a Henry fan and what the fuck is Stead doing.

[booboo]

Ok. So changes.

Not so bad given Kane & BJ are out.

And don't mind Ajaz over Satnav, nor Cueball Jr over CDGH.

But lack of both Timmah and Kylo is questionable.

For the WTC one of Cueball or Ajaz misses out.

[No Quarter]

This may be a pretty long day at the office. Pitch doesn't look like it's offering much.

[Siam]

Did that Sibley fluffybunny start the day with that unlaundered vest? Twat

[Siam]

@no-quarter yeah, tough on the ball too. One for wags?

[Donsteppa]

Jeepers, Henry averaging 51.68 with the ball in Tests.

[No Quarter]

I'd say these selections were planned well in advance. Get some game time in the first test, then rest up and be raring to go in the final with a bit of (but not too much) cricket under the belt leading into it.

Tests are bloody arduous, they wouldn't want to risk the top players more than they need to. Ideally Boulty would have played the first test and rested for this but was unavailable.

[No Quarter]

@donsteppa said in Cricket 2021: NZ in England and WTC Final:

Jeepers, Henry averaging 51.68 with the ball in Tests.

It's a little surprising that he hasn't done better in tests, he certainly has the ability to bowl wicket balls. At the start of his career I thought I'd go better in the longer form but it's been the exact opposite.

[Cyclops]

On the one hand, Henry has had a tough go because he's only ever really got random one off tests when someone has been injured and by bad luck more than normal have been in in favourable conditions.

On the other hand, he's never performed well enough in those random opportunities to stake a claim (compare him to Jamieson), and very few new players will be gifted an extended run in the team.