Black Caps Tour to Zimbabwe
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="African Monkey" data-cid="603764" data-time="1470557861">
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<p>Important here for Nicholls to score. Couldn't ask for a better situation to come in to.</p>
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<p>WTF was that from Nicholls. Horrible shot where the sweep was never on. The guy plays far too loosely to be considered test standard.</p>
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<p>Geez AM, I don't think I've ever seen a ferner have an about face like that.</p>
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<p>It would be nice if he could succeed but tbh, he's all over the place at this level. He has massive holes defensively and his shot selection is very poor as was seen with him driving very loosely early on and then playing a horrendous sweep shot to a ball that was nowhere near full enough to sweep. </p>
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<p>Hesson will give him plenty of chances which is fine, but I can't see him succeeding in the test arena at this stage of his career.</p> -
<p>A very nice morning session for us in terms of milestones. Kane a century against everyone, Taylor surpassing Crowe in runs scored.</p>
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<p>Can't imagine they'll bat for much longer, Taylor has 50, Watling on next to nothing, so no quick achievements in sight. I want to see our quicks rip through their openers again.</p> -
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<p>First 25 tests he averaged 31 with 3 hundreds.</p>
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<p>Second 25 tests he averages 73 with 11 hundreds.</p>
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<p>But not good enough to make an arbitrary test XI picked by Atherton et al that I saw on the interwebs .....</p>
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<p>He should get in ahead of Virat Kohli. Kohli has only be averaging slightly less than 50 in the last few years.</p> -
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<p>He should get in ahead of Virat Kohli. Kohli has only be averaging slightly less than 50 in the last few years.</p>
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<p>Yeah, Kohli is a freak in the shorter forms but his test record is only "very good" as opposed to "worlds best".</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="canefan" data-cid="603832" data-time="1470570790"><p>
We're racing towards 600. Power on and put them in once we surpass 600-650, sometime in the final session</p></blockquote>
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Black Caps declare..<br>
Taylor averages over 48<br>
Watling averages over 40<br><br>
I'm surprised they didnt let Watling get his ton..</p></blockquote> <br><br>
Probably could have done it within 20 minutes of resuming play. It's not like they're gonna have to bat again this game. -
It's funny how we are celebrating these tons, or wondering why we didn't let beej get one when<br><br>
In 6 months, when we are looking at their records we will be excluding them anyway -
<p>Given the object of cricket is to improve your average, our batsmen will be very happy right now!</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="aucklandwarlord" data-cid="603837" data-time="1470572547"><p>Just read on cricinfo that we've only lost 10 wickets the entire series. Seems like we could get to a thousand in this innings if we wanted to be unsportsmanlike.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Pleasing to see the entire top order ( sans Nicholls ) get big runs in this series especially given it's extremely unlikely they'll have another bat before SA. You're only as good as what's in front of you but in saying that great to see some ruthlessness. Guptill 127, Latham 241, Williamson 204, Taylor 297 ( without being dismissed ), Watling 190 .......</p>
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<p>Ok it's only a two test series, Ok it's only Zimbabwe but fuck that's unheard of in my time as a BC fan. </p>
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<p>Everyone quite rightly excited about KW getting the average over 50, it wouldn't be a complete shock if Taylor managed it too. Saw someone comment on FB about how he looks really "happy" batting at the moment. Having not seen a single ball of this series I can't say but he's in some sensational form at the moment.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Donsteppa" data-cid="603938" data-time="1470611243">
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<p>A great era to be a Black Caps fan in. Centuries by the bucket load - glorious. :)</p>
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<p>It's a bit of a shame the bowlers aren't in quite the same sort of touch though......or am I demanding too much ?</p>
