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**Official** England in New Zealand

Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
chalky said:
Vaghan's penchant for missing straight full deliveries returns.
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TBF, let's not completely neglect to credit Southee, who had been getting several away-swingers when he pitched it on the right length, but then got one to start to go away then seam back.

Nonetheless, I'd prefer to see a batsman outside-edge a ball that swings away than miss one that goes gun-barrel-straight.
 
Woodster

Woodster

International Captain
Yes deceived really by the earlier deliveries that have swung away from him. This time he attempts to play outside the line a fraction to compensate for the swing that never came.
 
Woodster

Woodster

International Captain
Don't think the next half an hour is going to be too pretty if Strauss and Cook stay together. Can't help but think Strauss is gonna get trapped in similar fashion to Vaughan.
 
Smudge

Smudge

Hall of Fame Member
Richard said:
Ashamed to say I don't know who Merv Wallace was. :shy: Apparently being mourned with black-armbands by the NZ players today. RIP.
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I didn't even know he had died. :huh:

Lynn McConnell's Cricinfo profile pretty much confirms everything I've heard about him:

Merv Wallace should have been one of the greatest names in New Zealand's cricket history. That he wasn't is largely because of the whims of selectors. Considered by many contemporaries to be one of the best New Zealand batsmen of his generation, he scored all round the wicket, although his cover-driving was particularly notable. He was outstanding in England in 1937, and when he returned 12 years later he ended the tour with 1722 runs at (49.20) - he reached 910 runs in May alone.

In 1937 he scored a pair of fifties on his debut at Lord's, but after that tour he was robbed of his best years by the war, and by the time New Zealand's international cricket resumed he was past his best. During his first-class career of 121 games, he finished with a much more indicative example of his worth with a first-class average of 44.32. And just what might have been had the Second World War not broken out in 1939 was obvious from his highest score of 211 recorded in the summer of 1939-40.

But his greater legacy should have been as a coach and thinker in the game. He had the all-too-rare ability to communicate technical cricket matters in a way that was effective and simple. But he was rarely called upon; his abilities wasted at a time when New Zealand could least afford to ignore them. Given the impact he made in 1956 when called in to assist as coach for a New Zealand team ravaged by a demanding tour of India and Pakistan, and facing the West Indies at home, Wallace did enough to have been New Zealand coach from 1956 until 1970. New Zealand won its first Test in the last Test of that 1956 series, had a good showing against an Australian 2nd XI a year later, and then Wallace was not reappointed.

"The most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern." That was former New Zealand captain John Reid's assessment of Wallace.
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http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38738.html

He did a huge amount with young batsmen in the Auckland region and I know the Crowe family had a big opinion of him.
 
chalky

chalky

International Debutant
Richard said:
TBF, let's not completely neglect to credit Southee, who had been getting several away-swingers when he pitched it on the right length, but then got one to start to go away then seam back.

Nonetheless, I'd prefer to see a batsman outside-edge a ball that swings away than miss one that goes gun-barrel-straight.
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Yeah it was well set up & well bowled but still poor batting IMO
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Woodster said:
Don't think the next half an hour is going to be too pretty if Strauss and Cook stay together. Can't help but think Strauss is gonna get trapped in similar fashion to Vaughan.
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Nope, he's gonna get caught gully in the same way he does practically every innings. 8-)

Southee gets 2 in his first 3 Test overs.
 
chalky

chalky

International Debutant
Yep how to get Andrew Strauss 101 - Bowl just outside of off stump fairly full, pack slips, gully & cover & wait for the inevitable catch.
 
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