Matt Prior as a Gloveman

[Richard]

Sorry, you're not a better wicketkeeper than Jones. Maybe you might have been in 2004, but of late he's actually been top-shelf. If he'd scored anything like the runs that had been hoped of him he'd possibly be right now well on the road to 100 Tests.

When did you reside over here, BTW? It was evidently very recent, I'd been presuming it was 10 or 15 years ago until now.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Sorry, you're not a better wicketkeeper than Jones. Maybe you might have been in 2004, but of late he's actually been top-shelf. If he'd scored anything like the runs that had been hoped of him he'd possibly be right now well on the road to 100 Tests.

When did you reside over here, BTW? It was evidently very recent, I'd been presuming it was 10 or 15 years ago until now.

Sorry Richard - typo. I meant I'm a better keeper than Prior.

When did I reside in the UK? On a couple of occasions. Most recently 2002-2005 when I lived in Ringwood, Hants. Interesting being a Kiwi country gent

 

[Richard]

Sorry Richard - typo. I meant I'm a better keeper than Prior.

Aha. Might be an idea to modify your previous post, then, else I can almost gurantee you'll have 50 people jumping on you and have to repeat "it was a typo" 50 times. (So many on here don't read the replies below something before replying to it themselves)

When did I reside in the UK? On a couple of occasions. Most recently 2002-2005 when I lived in Ringwood, Hants. Interesting being a Kiwi country gent

Gent?!



Long-ish stay then? Had a Kiwi(\Aussie) from this very community (CW) staying in my city (and house for the 2nd part) just a week ago. He stayed just 10 days.

In my experience, that's the age (21-22, sometimes a bit younger) that Kiwis tend to trip over here. Can barely recall meeting so much as one over the age of 30.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

In my experience, that's the age (21-22, sometimes a bit younger) that Kiwis tend to trip over here. Can barely recall meeting so much as one over the age of 30.

The missus is a Pom though. Makes a difference. Hence why you could have found an aging Kiwi Beige Brigader at the MCG and SCG in the 2006/7 Ashes, for what its worth.

 

[Richard]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA. Now I sees, I does.

Did you meet her in NZ or over here?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Definitely in the UK. As I recall, it was at an early 90s rave culture night at some club or summat, listening to classic tunes such as Last Train to Transcentral and Out of Space

 

[Richard]

I vaguely remember the like... though I didn't go in for the old raves, just the school dressed-up-dance-with-DJ things (usually termed, bizarrely, and completely inappropriately, "discos").

Amazing to think that back in those wonderful bygone days, somewhere far south, HDS and some beautiful young girl were trading unmatched gazes...

 

[Cricket_Fanatic]

Of course, let's treat test cricket as a finishing school for underprepared youngsters.

Hey, I'm just expressing an opinion, mate!

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Amazing to think that back in those wonderful bygone days, somewhere far south, HDS and some beautiful young girl were trading unmatched gazes...

These sort of discussions make me feel old. I will have to endeavour to do something to make me feel young again today. Maybe drink a bottle of cider on a park-bench or something like that.

Hey, I'm just expressing an opinion, mate!

Haha! Players like Prior, thrown into test cricket before their time just annoy me. Obviously, Heath himself was ready for the challenge 100%, however.

 

[jammay123]

you could get an asbo

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Good idea jammay, but we don't have asbos in NZ.

 

[pup11]

Prior isn't a natural keeper and when he would make mistakes behind the stumps his batting would also get affected, so i don't see any point continuing with him in the test side. I would rather select either Pothas,Read or Foster, but if i had to select a keeper on pure keeping skills then i would surely select Read he is without doubt the best keeper in England.

 

[pasag]

Whoh. Hold on there. When I used to live in Hampshire, I quite often saw the local counties - Hants, Sussex (and occassionally Essex as I have friends there). Prior was rank... absolutely rank at keeping everytime I saw him. Comparing him to Foster, Read, Stewart, Mike Garnham or even the 'none shall pass' Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail film after he'd had his arms removed is incredibly unfair. **** it, I'm a better keeper than Prior, and the last time I kept (indoor cricket) I fell on the stumps attempting a stumping. The fact that I caught the ball standing up automatically puts me ahead of Prior. Categorically, he is the worst supposed 'keeper' I have ever seen 'live'

 

[Richard]

These sort of discussions make me feel old. I will have to endeavour to do something to make me feel young again today. Maybe drink a bottle of cider on a park-bench or something like that.

Don't worry, I pine for those days virtually on a daily basis. Sadly, I can't really do much that makes me feel 10 again, though.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

How old are you? 22 or something? I would suggest watching old episodes of Dogtanian and the Muskehounds or maybe Bucky O'Hare.

 

[Richard]

Yeah, will be 22 in less than a month's time. Am already mourning my lost youth.

Only thing I can ever watch that takes me back there is Power Rangers (season 1 and the first half of season 2) BTW. I hardly watched anything back in ' day, apart from football and a bit of cricket. Though there's loads of tunes, inclusive of one whole album, that does the job beatifully.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Prior is an also-ran. He was average against Zimbabwe in those ODIs several years back and to my eyes, he's hardly improved since. His dismissal in the 1st innings at the Oval was characteristic of someone lacking in the mental toughness to fight it out when his team's back is against the wall and illustrates for me that he's only good enough to be considered a fairweather batsman who'll only score when the going is exceptionally easy. It doesn't help his cause either that there's the 'nepotistic' (not the right word, granted, but I don't know the equivalent for county bias) Sword of Damacles hanging over his head which fans of other counties will always hold against him.

Going to assume Prior read this six years ago and was just waiting for the best way to respond...

A lot of the chat in this thread shows just how far he's come.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He has improved above and beyond what anyone (even his biggest fans) could have imagined. Hope for Mr Wade yet.

 

[Jarquis]

Check my sig for another who thought similarly to Heef.

 

[Spark]

Some of the technical stuff early on in this thread is a good read; would be interested to see someone do the same for Wade though tbh I suspect the response would be "oh, ****it, he's just ****, okay?"