Black Caps tour of England 2022
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Initial thoughts on a third test team:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Nicholls
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Henry
- Wagner
- Patel
- Boult
With a bowling plan to just bowl Wags at one end all day, and for the Captain to actually use Mitchell as a fifth bowler if needed. Not sure if Bracewell will be well in time, but for now his spin looks more like a fifth bowling option. Wonder if we get Ravindra back into the squad...
Plan B is Bracewell or Ravindra at 7, Mitchell and Blundell move up one, and Nicholls carries the drinks.
What are the odds that Stead manages to come up with something like:
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Bracewell
- Henry
- Southee
- Patel
- Boult
..........
Since when did Henry suddenly jump Wags in the pecking order? FFS it is time to get rid of Stead, he has lost the plot
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The Durham fans are keen to keep Ravindra:
It would be good experience for him
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@ARHS said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Wow what a great last wicket burst. Not likely to lose now.
BOOOOO!!!!
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@Kruse lol. The commentators curse is truly alive. Even when you sleep expecting to see NZ close in on a win...
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Squads for the Scotland, Ireland, and Netherlands white ball games announced: https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/rippon-earns-first-blackcaps-call-up-as-white-ball-squads-named-for-ireland-scotland-and-netherlands
I know it's based on time away, but it still feels slightly curious to see Williamson rested, given he's batted for about an hour at most for the Black Caps since last November.
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Jamie Overton to make Test debut as James Anderson misses out at Headingley
Solitary change to XI as Stokes returns to training after illness
England
1 Alex Lees, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Matt Potts, 11 Jack Leach
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Kane wins the toss and we're batting first.
Two changes - Wags and Williamson in, Henry and Jamieson out. Sticking with Bracewell means batting down to 8.
- Latham
- Young
- Williamson
- Conway
- Nicholls
- Mitchell
- Blundell
- Bracewell
- Southee
- Wagner
- Boult
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That feels very light in the bowling department...
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
That feels very light in the bowling department...
Indeed, Johns son and Johns nephew as 4th and 5th options don’t fill me with ANY confidence in this department
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The worthless Spark Sport app fails yet again. CricInfo for now...
It just started working again
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So Minnow Basher Latham lasts less time than it takes Spark to get their coverage up and running...
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@Duluth said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
The worthless Spark Sport app fails yet again. CricInfo for now...
It just started working again
I've gone from a complete coverage blackout to 'trying to load but not quite' on the iPad
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@Donsteppa hope we not down to Mitchell and Blundell again before you get coverage. Better be quick...
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@ARHS said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa hope we not down to Mitchell and Blundell again before you get coverage. Better be quick...
Finally up and running on the iPad. It won't cast, but at least there is video now
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It won't cast for me either, loads for a bit then goes back to the splash screen
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A poor shot and an even worse review from Will Young.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
A poor shot and an even worse review from Will Young.
Didn't take long for our openers to get really shit
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
So Minnow Basher Latham lasts less time than it takes Spark to get their coverage up and running...
It's anyone looking at betting syndicate odds?
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
A poor shot and an even worse review from Will Young.
Didn't take long for our openers to get really shit
Young is so frustrating.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@canefan said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
A poor shot and an even worse review from Will Young.
Didn't take long for our openers to get really shit
Young is so frustrating.
Might as well open with Conway
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
That feels very light in the bowling department...
Indeed, Johns son and Johns nephew as 4th and 5th options don’t fill me with ANY confidence in this department
Never fear, Wags will shoulder the load. After all he is well rested after not being selected for the first 2 tests 🤦🤷
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Never gets old the 2019 Headingly Ashes test. The greatest 1* ever by Leach! Stokes not bad either 😉
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Sheesh 4-88 and on a good deck too. Mitch Jnr needs to come to the rescue, again.
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Jeez what a bizarre and unlucky way to get out. Gotta feel for the bloke.
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@Catogrande a batter out of form and low in confidence.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Catogrande a batter out of form and low in confidence… rarely gets the breaks
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Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
John the younger had really surprised me. Far better than I expected, which is great
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
Some of these guys are not earning their keep that is for sure
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
Mitchell has been very consistent but I can think of one shot he wished he hadn’t middled quite so well!
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That Nicholls dismissal was genuinely bizarre. Very unlucky
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
John the younger had really surprised me. Far better than I expected, which is great
Absolutely. He’ll be eyeing up a third hundred this series alone which is crazy good for a guy I had pegged as a Styris type journeyman ( of course this is still possible )
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@nzzp said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
Well that’s a depressingly familiar looking scoreboard.
How come Mitch jr and Blundell keep showing up their supposedly more talented top order counterparts ?
John the younger had really surprised me. Far better than I expected, which is great
Absolutely. He’ll be eyeing up a third hundred this series alone which is crazy good for a guy I had pegged as a Styris type journeyman ( of course this is still possible )
The list of three consecutive away centuries is short and ridiculous. And no offense to Mitch, but it's like Ajaz getting a tenfer
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Not many players average 70 as they approach 1000 test runs. Felt he should have been picked earlier like for the debacle in Perth. He exudes confidence at the crease and the lofted straight drive is a powerful art form. He must push mental pressure back on the bowlers. Always thought the talent was there when watching him for ND. But he has truly gone to another level as a shortform opener and test 5 or 6.
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from The Bounce (Dylan Cleaver - I'm a subscriber, support your local sports journos people!). If Mitchell gets the ton:
He’ll join this list of greats who have scored centuries in three consecutive away tests: Don Bradman, Jack Fingleton, Everton Weekes, Neil Harvey, Sunil Gavaskar, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Garry Sobers, Ken Barrington, Chris Broad, David Boon, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook.
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
That Nicholls dismissal was genuinely bizarre. Very unlucky
He obviously used up all of his luck in previous test matches, benefitting from those numerous dropped catches.
An interesting article about Latham from a few days ago.
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@nzzp said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
He’ll join this list of greats who have scored centuries in three consecutive away tests: Don Bradman, Jack Fingleton, Everton Weekes, Neil Harvey, Sunil Gavaskar, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Garry Sobers, Ken Barrington, Chris Broad, David Boon, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook.
That also puts the "He's big, he's bad, he's better than his Dad, Stuart Broad, Stuart Broad" chant from the Barmy Army into a bit more perspective too...
