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U19 Debutant
Sorry.... brad patton
Sorry.... brad patton
Oh yeah there's some bloody good batsmen in there (though they should be castrated for getting out to Davis and McClennaghan), in fact the batting line up for both teams is pretty good, the bowling however.....Regarding some earlier posts, yeah not a great start to the tour but it seems the lions are taking the first teams habit of playing crap in the first tour game, lets hope they don't carry on the recent first teams tradition of doing crap throughout the tour.
In all seriousness though, should reserve judgment on the side until the A tests start but if you think that any of the England A top 6 wouldn't be under consideration for similar representation in NZ you are kidding yourselves. Fair enough the bowling is absolute **** tbf
Poor form+Brad Patton=dropped.I'm interested in Greg Hay's dramatic fall from grace. What the hell happened there?
Yeah, but where did the sudden run of such TERRIBLE form come from? And why hasn't he batted his way out of it yet? Last season he was incredibly close to going on the Eng tour, now he can't even make the CD side.Poor form+Brad Patton=dropped.
Seriously, if we (CD) had the amount of quality fast bowlers as we do batsmen, we'd be test standard.
But we don't, so we're not.
No idea. The bowling is arguably worse, the pitches are far flatter, Moles said in an extremely ND biased interview before the England tour that he has technical issues with getting the ball off the square, and that his main areas are square of the wicket, so perhaps he's been found out, but somehow the idea of Joe Yovich or Dwayne Bowden owning a talented but technically flawed batsman doesn't work, they're too crap.Yeah, but where did the sudden run of such TERRIBLE form come from? And why hasn't he batted his way out of it yet? Last season he was incredibly close to going on the Eng tour, now he can't even make the CD side.
Surely there is something more to it...how can someone go from being the best domestic batsman in the country over the past two season, to getting dropped from his domestic side?
Post a question up in Mathew Sinclair's blog on CW, he's wanting questions and that might well interest him.I'm interested in Greg Hay's dramatic fall from grace. What the hell happened there?
What are your thoughts on him making the NZA team?McClenaghan answering a few of his critics on here with 1 wicket for no runs off 2 overs. England floundering again at 8/2.
Being in either team makes no sense since he's retired from test cricket. I guess the selectors want to give him some game time before the OD series.What's Scott Styris doing in this team? I would have thought he might be in the A team with Franklin and How.
He's capable of the odd good performance, but my hopes for him getting accurate aren't high when he has that James Anderson head drop thing.McClenaghan answering a few of his critics on here with 1 wicket for no runs off 2 overs. England floundering again at 8/2.
I think he's good. Whenever I've trained with him he's actually swung it quite a bit, so I don't know why he can't do that in games (according to posters here). He's got good pace and bounce. I think it's a fair selection.What are your thoughts on him making the NZA team?
Do the Aces have any good 'emerging' young seamers? Greg Morgan seems too slow to be much of a force on the international stage and besides him the Aces cupboard looks pretty bare!No matter how much I wish they'd taken an Aces seamer......
I think he's good. Whenever I've trained with him he's actually swung it quite a bit, so I don't know why he can't do that in games (according to posters here). He's got good pace and bounce. I think it's a fair selection.
No matter how much I wish they'd taken an Aces seamer......
Greg Morgan bats better than he bowls. If he could become a proper number 6 though, he has a future imo.Do the Aces have any good 'emerging' young seamers? Greg Morgan seems too slow to be much of a force on the international stage and besides him the Aces cupboard looks pretty bare!