Black Caps Tour to Zimbabwe
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<p>Thank goodness for the cricket otherwise I'd be struggling for anything to watch now Super rugby is finished.</p>
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<p>Corey Anderson is injured, but is Neesham also not yet fit? Neither made the squad.</p>
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<p>I'd like to see one of those two able to step up and genuinely be able to bat at five.</p>
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<p>Guptill, Latham, Williamson, Taylor, Anderson, Watling, Santner, Sodhi, Bracewell, Southee, Boult could be bloody good. Six bowling options (seven with Kane) and seven genuine batsmen, plus Sodhi and Bracewell who can both hold a bat.</p>
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<p>Guppy needs to find his way as an opener, Anderson needs to be able to bat at five and BJ at six - and we still have Nicholls, Neesham, Craig, Wagner, Henry, McClenaghan and maybe even Milne in the wings (plus doubtless a couple of others near test standard).</p>
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<p>If Anderson is your 6th bowler, then his bowling is hardly going to matter. If Anderson is going to bat 5 then he has to basically be our 3rd best middle order batsman in the country. I don't think he is close to that.</p> -
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<p>Wouldn't be a cricket thread without this discussion. What does Taylor need to do the same ?</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>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="600903" data-time="1469676134">
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<p>If Anderson is your 6th bowler, then his bowling is hardly going to matter. If Anderson is going to bat 5 then he has to basically be our 3rd best middle order batsman in the country. I don't think he is close to that.</p>
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<p>Good 4th seamer is often pretty handy though.</p>
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<p>I'd be surprised if he's too far away from being our best No. 5. His first class record is very similar to Nicholls, who seems to have the inside running at present.</p>
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<p>However, if we can find someone who can average 40+ as a specialist batsman at number 5, I'll take them every day of the week over a ~32 Anderson.</p> -
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<p>Good 4th seamer is often pretty handy though.</p>
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<p>I'd be surprised if he's too far away from being our best No. 5. His first class record is very similar to Nicholls, who seems to have the inside running at present.</p>
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<p>However, if we can find someone who can average 40+ as a specialist batsman at number 5, I'll take them every day of the week over a ~32 Anderson.</p>
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<p>I think on pitches where a 4th seamer is handy, a 2nd spinner wouldn't be. But yeah, there is no obvious case for number 5 but Will Young, Popli, Munro, Nicholls, Tome Bruce and maybe even Guptill are all options there.</p> -
<p>someone forgot to tell Zimbabwe the Flag referendum was unsuccessful, or maybe as they dont have them over there, they just figured it was a done deal?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="600988" data-time="1469689810">
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<p>I think on pitches where a 4th seamer is handy, a 2nd spinner wouldn't be. But yeah, there is no obvious case for number 5 but Will Young, Popli, Munro, Nicholls, Tome Bruce and maybe even Guptill are all options there.</p>
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<p>Good thing about my plan is that any of Anderson, Santner or Neesham could come good as a number five, since any of them is already easily good enough to bat seven and probably six.</p>
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<p>Need to start looking around for Watling's eventual replacement - especially since Ronchi's not got far to run. </p> -
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<p>How old is Watling? Surely we don't need to find a replacement just yet.</p>
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<p>31. We need him to stick around because we don't have deep keeping stocks.</p> -
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<p>How old is Watling? Surely we don't need to find a replacement just yet.</p>
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<p>Just turned 31, so he's hopefully got a couple more years. But, Ronchi is 35 and not done much in the past 12 months.</p>
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<p>Just turned 31, so he's hopefully got a couple more years. But, Ronchi is 35 and not done <strike>much</strike> a fucken thing in the past <strike>12</strike> 18 months.</p>
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<p>Never too soon to start looking. :)</p>
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<p>You're far too nice sometimes Chris B.</p>
