Black Caps tour of India
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Day one is rained off, 4 days to lose to go
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
While waiting for play to start I saw the team list ( all 16 players ) listed on cricinfo.
Apparently we have three wicketkeeper batsmen in Latham, Blundell and Conway.
Also a stack of all rounders.
Some “batting” all rounders ( Bracewell, Ravindra, Mitchell )
Some “bowling” all rounders ( Santner ???? Are they taking the piss ?????? )
….and some just “all round” all rounders……( Phillips which is fair enough because he can genuinely do both……and Chapman who has taken ONE first class wicket at 246 )
Comforting to know they are essentially all jacks of all trades. Their multi skills will terrify India to no end.
What the fuck. There must be a NZ elite coaches' Whatsapp group, because Noeline Taurua Barnett, Stead and Razor all seem to love battling utilities over talented specialists
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
While waiting for play to start I saw the team list ( all 16 players ) listed on cricinfo.
Apparently we have three wicketkeeper batsmen in Latham, Blundell and Conway.
Also a stack of all rounders.
Some “batting” all rounders ( Bracewell, Ravindra, Mitchell )
Some “bowling” all rounders ( Santner ???? Are they taking the piss ?????? )
….and some just “all round” all rounders……( Phillips which is fair enough because he can genuinely do both……and Chapman who has taken ONE first class wicket at 246 )
Comforting to know they are essentially all jacks of all trades. Their multi skills will terrify India to no end.
What the fuck. There must be a NZ elite coaches' Whatsapp group, because Noeline Taurua Barnett, Stead and Razor all seem to love battling utilities over talented specialists
When ( if ) play starts it’s worth noting that we’re up against the top two all rounders in the world at test level.
Then again apparently Joe Root is third so maybe it’s a shallow pool.
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from cricinfo
India win the toss and opt to bat first. Gill isn't 100% fit, so Sarfaraz is back into the XI. Kuldeep has been picked as the third spinner ahead of Akash Deep. With Gill out with a stiff neck, Rahul has been listed at No.3 on India's team sheet. No Santner for NZ. Ravindra and Phillips are the spin-bowling allrounders for the visitors. Young slots in at No.3 in the injury-enforced absence of Williamson.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 KL Rahul, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Sarfaraz Khan, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj
NZ: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Will Young, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Matt Henry, 9 Tim Southee 10, Ajaz Patel, 11 Will ORourke
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first review underway
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very unlucky good shout
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Scything through the Indian top order. Well I never...
Wait until we have them 8 down. 13-3 can easily turn into 250-5. And wait until we bat....
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Scything through the Indian top order. Well I never...
Wait until we have them 8 down. 13-3 can easily turn into 250-5. And wait until we bat....
With the Craps, I think it's best just to enjoy the moment and not look too far ahead
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Blundell doesn't seem to be the tidiest keeper around.
A poor man's BJW
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of India:
Blundell doesn't seem to be the tidiest keeper around.
A poor man's BJW
Yep, lesser with both bat and gloves lately
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We can't really afford drops like that really, we're up against it enough already.
We were lucky with BJ in that he worked really hard on his keeping, and ended up becoming world class behind the stumps. He was basically error free by the end of his career. Blundell has never been as good behind the stumps but his batting has been valuable for us.
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Feels strange to see the ball carrying through to the keeper at head height in India. The weather seems to have helped us quite a bit.
