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**Official** New Zealand in England
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Raghav
International Vice-Captain
Oram most of the time in test matches, he ties himself down and play very slow cricket. He doesnt even bother to hit a easy scoring ball sometimes. In the process he will give away his wicket for a good ball.... at the end he will end up with 20 runs in 90 balls... or something like that....
Instead he can bat his normal game.. thats more good for the team now
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
Halfpast_Yellow
U19 Vice-Captain
????
You realise Taylor has played the vast majority of his First Class Cricket at no.3?
He only started going down the order when he came into the Black Caps. Infact he was quite uncomfortable with the positional changes in the Black Caps set up for awhile.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Surely you'd remember calling it so early if it was you though. Bragging rights for all eternity if it was...That is me!!
....I think.
Sounds like me, and I was there.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Unless he says it about all Kiwi batsmen Prince, or was drunk.
Yeah same here. I actually think he looks the most comfortable out there out of all our top 6 batsmen. McCullum and Taylor you always feel will give chances, while Flynn has been pretty damn solid.
Also really liking How's improvement ATM. Needs a big score of course, but he's been doing bloody well at the top of the order and looks very organised.
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
Ditto.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah that was on the first day. So if that last word actually was "today" and not "mate" or "bay" or something, then his call was actually slightly wrong. Fair effort nonetheless...
Raghav
International Vice-Captain
I think poor chap Bahnz was not knowing that...
Didn't Taylor get dropped when he was batting at 3 for us in the South African tour? Bah, that tour is best remembered for Craig Cummings' facial. Sadly.
Hopefully this tour we don't remember Flynn for the same reason. (Hint: Go on son, make ND proud!)
Edit:
Is there enough room in the ODI side for Flynn btw?
Hopefully this tour we don't remember Flynn for the same reason. (Hint: Go on son, make ND proud!)
Edit:
Is there enough room in the ODI side for Flynn btw?
Flem274*
123/5
Taylor bats at three in domestic one day cricket however in FC cricket he is either at four or five. Sinclair bats at three.
Flynn has been impressive, even if his selection was controversial. He'll probably bat at seven in the ODIs.
As for Hopkins being better than Flynn, I highly doubt it. Hopkins is a bit of a Paul Nixon: tough as nails and can score a fifty on occassion, generally because he's really needed, but top 6 material he is not.
What I like about the batting atm is the competition for places. Redmond, How, Fulton, Taylor, Ryder, Flynn and Hay all have strong cases for selection. It gets better when Styris is added to the list of batsmen to choose from in ODIs. Hopefully this competition will cause a few to rise above the rest and secure their spots with consistent runs because Fulton, Ryder and Hay are breathing down the necks of our current top six. That will probably work out to be a good thing.
Flynn has been impressive, even if his selection was controversial. He'll probably bat at seven in the ODIs.
As for Hopkins being better than Flynn, I highly doubt it. Hopkins is a bit of a Paul Nixon: tough as nails and can score a fifty on occassion, generally because he's really needed, but top 6 material he is not.
What I like about the batting atm is the competition for places. Redmond, How, Fulton, Taylor, Ryder, Flynn and Hay all have strong cases for selection. It gets better when Styris is added to the list of batsmen to choose from in ODIs. Hopefully this competition will cause a few to rise above the rest and secure their spots with consistent runs because Fulton, Ryder and Hay are breathing down the necks of our current top six. That will probably work out to be a good thing.
That was a decent interview with Hadlee. It's interesting that he claims he needed 4-5 FC matches before being in proper form. Test bowlers today rarely get that kind of preparation. This could explain the rather dire state of fast bowling. Hadlee also rated Imran the best all-rounder.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Flem274*
123/5
Interesting. Where was the interview?
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
It was Atherton, right - thought that was he, but couldn't remember for sure.
Well some more news on the Sidebottom-How stuff - apparently How said something to Sidebottom first. Glad to hear that, as until now I was thinking the same as pretty much everyone else seemed to be, ie that Sidebottom was going OTT.
BTW, skies are bright today, meaning it'll presumably be over today.
Well some more news on the Sidebottom-How stuff - apparently How said something to Sidebottom first. Glad to hear that, as until now I was thinking the same as pretty much everyone else seemed to be, ie that Sidebottom was going OTT.
BTW, skies are bright today, meaning it'll presumably be over today.
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
You mean that England will get bowled out before the end of today?
Nah, my bet is shortly after lunch tomorrow.