Black Caps vs England Series
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@canefan said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Chris said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Time to move on from Conway and Blundel both are walking wkts atm.
I bet Will Young is feeling sick .Drop Blundell, make Conway keep wicket and bat in the middle order to try and rebuild his confidence. Young slots in to open. Latham is captain so he's just gonna have to do better. Simples
Nah Conway adds no more than Blundel with the gloves new WK ,Conway doesn’t need to worry about WK as well.
Conway goes away and sorts out those horrible technique problems he has even batting in the middle order they will produce the same results. -
@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@canefan we have a problem with catching - I'd rather pick the best gloveman in the country and runs are a bonus.
That’s is not Blundel he has been untidy for a while.
So agree pick the best WK. -
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
That feels like an Umpire making a "brave" call based on having DRS as insurance.
As soon as the finger went up it was out
One problem with DRS. -
Here’s my prediction, we get a few more runs but England will need less than 60 to win.
We snag a few wickets in Englands chase by taking all our catches but England win by 7 wickets 😀
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@Chris said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
That feels like an Umpire making a "brave" call based on having DRS as insurance.
As soon as the finger went up it was out
One problem with DRS.Looked highish but as soon as the umpire gave it, there was never going to be a question.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Chris said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
That feels like an Umpire making a "brave" call based on having DRS as insurance.
As soon as the finger went up it was out
One problem with DRS.Looked highish but as soon as the umpire gave it, there was never going to be a question.
Yeah exactly
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@canefan said in Black Caps vs England Series:
India looking more like a blip....
Or England’s game is just better than ours in the conditions that they love to play in.
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@Chris said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Fuck I would have all those BC players catching 100 balls with out a drop all week you drop one,and you start again until you reach a set target without a drop.
It’s not the first time we have fielded like this. I’m sure they practice catching at least once a day? -
@DMack said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Chris said in Black Caps vs England Series:
Fuck I would have all those BC players catching 100 balls with out a drop all week you drop one,and you start again until you reach a set target without a drop.
It’s not the first time we have fielded like this. I’m sure they practice catching at least once a day?Do they ? Repetition creates results it is the only way to create good habits and enhances concentration, I don’t think they practice enough, if you drop 8 catches a lot of those regulation sitters in an innings.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@canefan said in Black Caps vs England Series:
India looking more like a blip....
Or England’s game is just better than ours in the conditions that they love to play in.
India also felt like a series where growing issues like Conway & Blundell were able to be papered over by the seamers, then Santner, then Ajaz.
We got away with Blundell dropping (Pant?) with an absolute sitter v India. Here the fielding just got dealt to in reply.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
That feels like an Umpire making a "brave" call based on having DRS as insurance.
The Indian comms made this point as well which I didn't disagree with - DRS favours the bowlers despite the odd howler being overturned that saves a batsmen, as umpires are much bolder giving appeals out with the knowledge they have DRS behind them. I remember Bowden didn't give anything out to avoid making a howler, and I think a lot of the "umpires calls" today wouldn't have been given in the past.
I'm not complaining about it, and TBH I don't mind it as if the game favours batsmen too much we just get boring draws, but it would be interesting if someone good at stats could prove / disprove that theory. I wonder if LBWs given out has increased as a percentage of wickets overall?
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@canefan said in Black Caps vs England Series:
India looking more like a blip....
Or England’s game is just better than ours in the conditions that they love to play in.
India also felt like a series where growing issues like Conway & Blundell were able to be papered over by the seamers, then Santner, then Ajaz.
We got away with Blundell dropping (Pant?) with an absolute sitter v India. Here the fielding just got dealt to in reply.
Yeah, Conway despite scoring some runs never looked comfortable over there. Lack of footwork, particularly outside off, has made him a bit of a walking wicket. I think it's a symptom of a lack of overall confidence, I agree with @Chris he needs to spend some time in the domestic scene again to iron out those technique issues and grow his confidence again. Do I remember correctly that he had some stuff going on outside of cricket that affected him mentally?
