Black Caps tour of England 2022
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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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@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...
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@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...
All varying degrees of decent up there…..Broad snr did have a funny career though
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@nzzp it definitely was, but I tell ya his inability to find the gap was pretty frustrating to watch.
Blundell comes in and within the first 3 or 4 overs he faced, he’d found the gaps more than Nicholl’s 100 ball inning.
The fact he went out like that, I actually laughed because he couldn’t find the gap on the initial shot or find the gap on the pinball deflection 😉
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of England 2022:
@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...
All varying degrees of decent up there…..Broad snr did have a funny career though
Yeah, committed suicide by MCC.
Not quite OTD. (Our Type Dear).
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@Catogrande I remember him as club pro with Takapuna
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