Black Caps Tour to Zimbabwe
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<p>Kinda feels like the Black Caps have sold themselves short, given how dominant they were in their first innings. </p>
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<p>That said, it's hard to imagine that Zimbabwe will have the mental fortitude to dig in and see this out. As seems to happen in world cricket, whenever an average team is batting to save a match, they fall apart and go cheaply. I'd expect we'll have them 4 down by the end of today. </p>
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<p>The TAB were paying $1.55 on a Black Caps win during the first session this morning. Looking okay money now</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>Ben Stokes the only NZer to make that team. :)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html'>http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html</a></p>
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<p>Little Kane edges past Steve Waugh and Sunny Gavaskar on the alltime averages list. Rossco past Neil Harvey and Doug Walters.</p>
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<p>Adam Voges and Steve Smith top ten of alltime if they retire now - which tells you something about the current rate of average inflation.</p> -
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<p>Bit more of a challenge for him, MN5, than for Kane.</p>
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<p>Ross's current average = 45.49</p>
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<p>To average 50 after this Test needs:</p>
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<p>518 runs not dismissed</p>
<p>568 runs out once</p>
<p>618 runs out twice</p>
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<p>364 runs not dismissed over the 2 match series.</p>
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<p>He gave it a good crack... :)</p> -
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<p>Kane 68no, average now 51.29<br>
Ross 67no, average now 48.66<br><br>
Ross not dismissed all series, made 364 runs in 3 innings :i_am_so_happy:</p>
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<p>Snap, missed this post. Great to see them padding those averages :)</p> -
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<p>Far out! I was surprised to see Jesse Ryder had a better average than Steady the Ship... but then I looked closer....</p>
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<p>Yet Latham's already scored more test runs than Ryder, which was a bit of a shock to me, as it felt like Ryder was around a lot longer than he was.</p> -
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<p>that's an awesome effort from taylor. not the greatest attack, but you still need the concentration - and we know he has the ability to score runs against much better attacks (SA), so it's great to see him in the right frame of mind.</p>
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<p>Yup, admittedly it's a shit attack but our top players have showed great patience to grind Zimbabwe into the dust. Their only chance was for us to get out playing rash shots, and we haven't given them a sniff. Great to see.</p> -
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<p>Yup, admittedly it's a shit attack but our top players have showed great patience to grind Zimbabwe into the dust. Their only chance was for us to get out playing rash shots, and we haven't given them a sniff. Great to see.</p>
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<p>this was what Kane wanted them to do apparently. Just destrooy the attack gently and slowly. Such a change from 'play your natural game'</p> -
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<p>this was what Kane wanted them to do apparently. Just destrooy the attack gently and slowly. Such a change from 'play your natural game'</p>
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<p>Clinical dismembering. I like it :)</p> -
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<p>Far out! I was surprised to see Jesse Ryder had a better average than Steady the Ship... but then I looked closer....</p>
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<p>Did you note that coincidentally Jesse and Jack also share highest scores in test cricket of 201. Jack's was not out, though.</p> -
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<p>What happened to Mark Craig? Injured or dropped?</p>
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<p>.....the latter and god willing never to be seen again.</p>
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<p>Ben Stokes the only NZer to make that team. :)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html'>http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html</a></p>
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<p>Little Kane edges past Steve Waugh and Sunny Gavaskar on the alltime averages list. Rossco past Neil Harvey and Doug Walters.</p>
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<p>Adam Voges and Steve Smith top ten of alltime if they retire now - which tells you something about the current rate of average inflation.</p>
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<p>Smith is class but I feel Voges is riding the luck of a sensational test start aka Jimmy Adams and Mike Hussey.</p>
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<p>Speak of eras all you want it's still heartening to see one of ours with an average over 50 after a number of tests and another pretty close.</p> -
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<p>Yet Latham's already scored more test runs than Ryder, which was a bit of a shock to me, as it felt like Ryder was around a lot longer than he was.</p>
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<p>There is a real chance that Ryder wouldn't make the test team on performance alone anymore. It seems silly to say when we have Nicholls at 5 but Ryder's average was dropping towards the end of his test career. I guess it is the not knowing which makes people wonder.</p> -
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<p>There is a real chance that Ryder wouldn't make the test team on performance alone anymore. It seems silly to say when we have Nicholls at 5 but Ryder's average was dropping towards the end of his test career. I guess it is the not knowing which makes people wonder.</p>
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<p>We really need to find a number 5. Either Guppy drops down and we hope like hell he has more success there, or we promote someone from domestic cricket. As another poster said, I can't see Nicholls succeeding in the short term at least - too many technical flaws for test cricket.</p>
