Fiery
Banned
I think you'll find they are wides, not wicketsLooking at the scorecard, it looks like he bowled the last over and they got all-out.
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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series
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Sir Redman
State Vice-Captain
Thank Christ for Bond, Franklin and Gillespie there, because the rest of that was ******* awful. Talk about a total lack of conviction with the batting, it looked like once we lost the first wicket we were scared of playing any shots.
McCullum seems incapable of doing anything other than smashing half-volleys and half-trackers (though he missed out on about 5 of them today from Anderson), so I think he needs to go back down the order. Fleming is lacking time in the middle, god only knows why Bracewell decided to rest him from the SL games. Fulton was looking tentative, though he stuck at it for a while before getting out sofly, as did McMillan, who's just crap.
Hopefully Franklin gets injured during the lunch break, otherwise he'll get smashed and we'll lose. Maybe we could play him as a specialist batsman at no. 8 from now on, because I'd rather Astle bowled his 10 overs.
McCullum seems incapable of doing anything other than smashing half-volleys and half-trackers (though he missed out on about 5 of them today from Anderson), so I think he needs to go back down the order. Fleming is lacking time in the middle, god only knows why Bracewell decided to rest him from the SL games. Fulton was looking tentative, though he stuck at it for a while before getting out sofly, as did McMillan, who's just crap.
Hopefully Franklin gets injured during the lunch break, otherwise he'll get smashed and we'll lose. Maybe we could play him as a specialist batsman at no. 8 from now on, because I'd rather Astle bowled his 10 overs.
Sir Redman
State Vice-Captain
Mills and Styris we miss, but I don't think Oram really deserves to be there. He averages 18 with the bat and people want him batting at number 6? It's crazy. If Oram plays then for mine he plays as a bowler batting at number 8, which allows us to have more batsman up the order (god knows we need them) and better lower order batting as well (that used to be one of our strengths remember...)
Swap Styris for McMillan, Mills for Franklin and put McCullum back down the order and I think our team looks much better.
Natman20
International Debutant
Its not so much just because we have lost the last three matches its just that players arnt capitilising on oppurtunities they have and the only real players to be in reasonable form are bond and taylor (only those two innings) and maybe astle a little. Oh well. I think the testing of new players has been left a little too late and the experienced harris's and sinclairs etc havnt had enough cricket internationally really to be called as cover in the world cup if something goes wrong. Well my guess of NZ making 193/7 was fairly close ending at 205/9 even though I guessed they would bat second. Ok i think im over my fustrations now sorry all
Fiery
Banned
A fully fit and firing Oram, (which by all accounts he is now) is a big asset to the team. Granted his ODI batting average is low but he's always batted down the order and come in during the slog. He is capable of bowling 10 good overs and strengthens the middle/lower order heaps I reckon. I would have him in my top team for sure
Good man.
MoxPearl
State Vice-Captain
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Ha!
So the umpires keeping it equal.... just more equal for NZ.
Josh
International Regular
So, we're leaving out the hook??
