The Silver Fern

@barbarian said in Other Cricket:

@MN5 said in Other Cricket:

Genuine all rounders are pretty rare still.

Partly because you don't really need them in a cricket team. Nice to have, sure, but it's not like Steve Waugh's Australian team was desperate for a #6 who could roll the arm over a bit.

It's like tight forwards who can kick. Great, sure, whatever, but especially these days its a bit redundant if everyone else does their job.

Spoken like a fan of a national side that almost always has six top batters, four great bowlers, and a good keeper available

Watching that innings from Mitchell Owen reminded me of a few years ago - when the youngest innocently asked why "they don't just hit lots of sixes?"

What a stage to play a legendary innings like that on.

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@ARHS said in Chiefs 2025:

They should put a grandstand and lights up at Blake Park and solve the problem sensibly. The Tauranga Domain is a very poor venue

I wonder if that will follow in the next few years, especially with the field realignment and the Play Centre moving, etc.

From a Black Caps perspective, Conway's got the downsides of the guys who've opted to take the money for franchise cricket leagues when it suits, and he's got none of the technical upsides of a Kane Williamson.

In Conway's case - I'll still take it in a heart beat if he wins us the final - but at this stage of selections I'd rather we erred on the side of a guy who really wants to be there instead.

At first glance I don't think that was Virat's call...

Virat is turning into an ageing pantomime villain.

Well, Konstas is going to either be a raging success, or an abject failure. No middle ground likely...

6 and out, & 4 and out. So cliched, and yet also so Finn Allen.

Seems interesting to throw the new kid under the bus so quickly, while still keeping the likes of Marnus, Khawaja, and Marsh on series form.

Indeed, most of us would love to be good enough to be home/flat track bullies at a decent level of cricket...

Bus Change has used up his nine batting lives it seems.

North Island winter training base is also at Bay Oval. Handy for seeing Black Caps and White Ferns around Blake Park, and nearby. My impression is that the White Ferns are there slightly more often, just with fewer T20 circuit opportunities over winter, but I could be wrong.

Bad light makes no sense with the way the Indian tail enders were playing. Tidying up a few rules like that could make a big difference.

Script would be for Timmy to finally take a wicket or three please.

Given Bazball, the lack of declaration is understandable.

That's a paid professional thing? It's usually parents near the boundary...

@KiwiMurph said in Black Caps vs England Series:

Who is the nz batting coach? Ronchi?

I'm no longer sure that there is one....

An afternoon of half assed batting.