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@Machpants said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
@mariner4life said in RWC 2027 in Australia:
lol you think they give a flying fuck about Australia? The ARU get $100m whether this thing makes a dollar or 6 trillion. The ONLY thing that matters is northern broadcasting,
WR will be leaning on the refs for all NH semis
Yep. They've done it to influence results before, by some accounts anyway.
@Bones said in NZ Sevens 2024-25:
Then you have the veterans playing worse than the newbies.
NZ coaches seem to be incapable of bringing in new blood or letting their regulars go. Seen it in the ABs, Black Caps and sevens. It's shit.
@Bovidae said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
I bet Stead goes all conservative again so Young and Chapman miss out to Conway and Phillips.
Would be seriously stupid given that Young was player of the series against India (red ball I know but played spin well in their conditions) and Chapman who even Stead couldn't leave out last time in Pakistan (or was he on holiday again and someone else did the selecting?).
@Cyclops said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
I don't remember the last time Phillips looked like he was in any kind of form. The time off between now and the Pakistan tour might be good for him if he can hold his spot.
NZ sporting ethos these days dictates that you can only be replaced if injured, so he will be safe.
@MN5 said in NZ Cricket:
Has a cricketer ever as maligned as Santner ever had a turnaround like he has ?
Just seen this.
To be fair most of the maligning was only done by one person. Just saying.
@SouthernMann said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@Snowy said in Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@SouthernMann Wondered if they might keep Hay, in which case Latham could open if not keeping. Get Young in at 3 and drop Chapman. Maybe get Ravindra down the order one and open with Young and Latham. Anyway, they can have them as the top 3 if they use Hay which looks a bit better at the top to me (even if a bit weaker further down, but the runs "should" come further up in principle).
You're probably right re GP / Bracewell but GP does seem to be the "finisher" in the side so they might stick with him.
Bummer about the weather and tomorrow looks worse.
Mitch Hay is still with the squad. I'd just be surprised if they take Latham away from the role he has had with the team for the majority of his career. Hay is still a bit inexperienced in one day cricket. Still only averages 20ish for Canterbury. As for Bracewell v Phillips. The two best finishing one day innings from NZ players in one day cricket over the last few years have come from Bracewell. His 127 v Ireland saved our arse from a first ever loss against them. While his 140 v India had us within 12 runs of chasing 350. Some interesting options for the selection group.
Yeah I know Hay is still with the squad which is why I said so 😉. Didn't realise that he hadn't done much domestically in one day stuff but thought that it might be an opportunity to give a guy a chance, and some experience. You are correct of course, we don't do that...🙄
I like both Bracewell and Phillips, given their role, so don't have a real preference, but as has been said GP is out of form. Those two Bracewell innings were gems, and I still think of the one for Welly at Pukekura (a postage stamp, but 140 odd off about 65 was great viewing).
@SouthernMann Wondered if they might keep Hay, in which case Latham could open if not keeping. Get Young in at 3 and drop Chapman. Maybe get Ravindra down the order one and open with Young and Latham. Anyway, they can have them as the top 3 if they use Hay which looks a bit better at the top to me (even if a bit weaker further down, but the runs "should" come further up in principle).
You're probably right re GP / Bracewell but GP does seem to be the "finisher" in the side so they might stick with him.
Bummer about the weather and tomorrow looks worse.
@Dan54 said in Australia v India:
an annoying little shit!
Another Aussie cricketing hero in the making.
So ODI squad changes. Foulkes, Jacobs and Robinson out. Latham, Young and O'Rourke in for the ODIs I think.
Straight swap O'Rourke for Foulkes and Latham for Robinson. I suppose Latham will take the gloves, Young will fit in for Hay, or maybe they keep Hay and drop Chapman? Bracewell missing out for Smith quite likely too .
Should be able to put together a decent team out of the bits available.
@nzzp said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@MN5 said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@No-Quarter said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@booboo said in Black Caps vs England Series:
@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps vs England Series:
I fail to see the point of Philips. Not good enough at bowling, doesn't contribute enough with the bat and has brain farts I the field. Second thoughts, he's a traditional Black Caps all-rounder
He's made me think he's a really promising batsman. Just not delivered on that in this series.
The bowling and fielding is a bonus.
I want him to deliver on his primary role, which because of my fanboi-ing I'm sure he can ...
We haven't used Phillips well. He's at best a part time bowler, and his first class record suggests that - decent enough averages but has never bowled a huge amount of overs. So batting him at 7 just makes no sense. It makes even less sense when you consider we've been insisting on playing Blundell as an all rounder and batting him at 6 when leading up to that century he'd been averaging about 14 for the past year, on top of his glove work being generally untidy.
Swapping them around would benefit both players. It'd give Phillips a chance to bat with batsmen more instead of managing the tail, to see if he can replicate his 40 FC average at test level. It would also mean he can come out with a license to play his natural attacking game knowing there is still enough batting left to eek out some more runs if needed. For Blundell it'd take some pressure off his batting and hopefully allow him to focus a bit more on his glovework which is his primary role in the team.
This is an astonishingly well thought out post. Too much sense for it to be written by a Ferner !
Totally agree
@No-Quarter are you @Mauss ?
@No-Quarter is a millennial and therefor that post was most likely plagiarised from someone older and wiser.
I am unsure of @Mauss's generation so am unable to make gross generalisations about him but the post does really make sense and will inevitably not happen. It's annoying Phillips is not being utilised properly at the moment.
@No-Quarter said in Australia v India:
BMac didn't even look like hitting it, the ball was just way too good for him.
He openly blames himself for that one. Says that he broke his own very simple golden rule - watch the ball.
Coney (I think) was talking about it during last England test.
@booboo said in Black Caps First Eleven for hall of fame.:
@Snowy said in Black Caps First Eleven for hall of fame.:
With hindsight, Laker must have been absolutely pissed at Tony Lock.
Reminds me of Hadlee denying himself the 10fer ...
Taking a catch in BNE I think?
@Machpants said in Formula 1:
Pretty good points
'Hardest job in F1': Warning to Lawson over taking Red Bull seat
A former F1 technical director is worried the Kiwi faces a short career in the sport.
Whilst it is always going to be tough in the same team as Max (he is really quite good), there is also the likelihood that Perez is a bit shit, so hopefully Liam would have his initial results compared more to Perez recent ones, than Max.
Obviously he would have to improve and adapt to the car, but Perez seemed to get worse not better, I'd back Liam to go the other way given his record of winning in new cars very quickly. They also stuck with Perez for 4 years with crap results which likely cost them at least a couple of constructors champs so you would think Liam will get a bit of slack to start.
@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2025:
Does anyone think Razor will change his coaching staff before 2027?
We would be relying on coaches getting injured, so, unlikely.
@Smuts said in Nomination - Favourite Overseas ferner:
@Snowy oh no you don’t - if you want to curse my lions with your support you’re going to have to work for it.
Oh, not for me, just clarifying for @voodoo
I already curse / support a variety of teams that fail, and none of them are called Lions.
@Smuts said in Nomination - Favourite Overseas ferner:
@voodoo you could get me back by supporting the Lions.
Yes, but which Lions? They are like arseholes, everybody has one.
British and Irish, Jo'burg, Welly, Montevideo, Chicago, Tbilisi, etc. and that's just rugby ones. Common as muck.
@dogmeat said in Fernies - Nominations - Best Memer (King of Memes):
Is it @rembrandt that sporadically posts 20 or so incredibly dark memes and then disappears off the thread again?
Anyway - that guy.
@RoninWC dumped a heap at once a few times. Usually dark or pervy IIRC. Not judging, just describing 😀. Don’t think he’s been around for a while.
@Rapido said in Black Caps vs England Series:
It's probably hard to find an equivalent run ever in NZ history.
"He had one of the worst home summers by any Kiwi seam bowler in the country’s 94-year history of hosting tests, using the common metrics of average (runs per wicket) and strike rate (balls per wicket).
Cricinfo’s Statsguru makes it easy to find a list of New Zealand seamers who have bowled at least 60 overs across at least four innings during any given season.
That gives you a group of 177 bowler-seasons, from Ted Badcock in 1929 through to Southee, Henry and Will O’Rourke in 2023-24.
Southee’s average of 71.33 this summer was the third-worst mark and his strike rate of 127.1 was the sixth-worst mark."
That is from prior to latest test.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350209891/breaking-down-black-caps-captain-tim-southees-summer
