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Welcome to the Mathew Sinclair Live Chat - 22nd June 2009
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Mathew Sinclair
International Cricketer
wouldnt mind getting back on one myself but am thinking my days are over for nz at the moment, to be honest i think there might be a few that don't get one especially now that the icl players are back in our domestic cricket ie bond tuffey etc the likes of styris hopkins gillespie mason might not find themselves getting a contract
NZ batting woes
Hi Mat, good to have you back on CW Live Chat. At the beginning of the T20 World Cup I always thought the NZ batsmen had some weaknesses in terms of playing spin, but I was surprised to see that they looked to be struggling against pace as well, as demonstrated by the match against Pakistan where Umar Gul took 5 wickets with an economy rate of 2.00. In your opiniion, what went wrong there?
Hi Mat, good to have you back on CW Live Chat. At the beginning of the T20 World Cup I always thought the NZ batsmen had some weaknesses in terms of playing spin, but I was surprised to see that they looked to be struggling against pace as well, as demonstrated by the match against Pakistan where Umar Gul took 5 wickets with an economy rate of 2.00. In your opiniion, what went wrong there?
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Just in case he missed it the first time...
Hi Mathew,
As a NZ supporter, I am often frustrated about our inability to handle quality spinners - particularly the likes of Muralitharan, Kumble and Harbhajan. Again, this became an issue at the Twenty20 World Cup when we came up against Mendis. Obviously, this is hard to replicate in practice situations, but how can we improve our batsmen in regards to reading spinners out of the hand?
Cheers
Hi Mathew,
As a NZ supporter, I am often frustrated about our inability to handle quality spinners - particularly the likes of Muralitharan, Kumble and Harbhajan. Again, this became an issue at the Twenty20 World Cup when we came up against Mendis. Obviously, this is hard to replicate in practice situations, but how can we improve our batsmen in regards to reading spinners out of the hand?
Cheers
Gilly_da_gr8
Cricket Spectator
Help plz
Hello,
I was anxiously waiting for the 2nd Live chat session.
Its almost half an hour passed. I couldn't find the link.
Plz do give the link.
Thank you.
Hello,
I was anxiously waiting for the 2nd Live chat session.
Its almost half an hour passed. I couldn't find the link.
Plz do give the link.
Thank you.
Mathew Sinclair
International Cricketer
firstly i think the moment may have got to the kiwis there we didnt get off to a good start and some pretty accurate death bowling was very hard to hit and hence they got on top very early and in 2020 if you dont maximise the overs early on to score it is hard to pull back
Mathew Sinclair
International Cricketer
its hard mate all these guys are world class spinners of note the only thing to try and replicate this is studying hard there actions on a computer and being firm on your own batting plans, for instance sweep shot come down the wicket etc etc , no real hard answers you have to back yourself
Piles
Cricket Spectator
Just in case Matty missed this one at the bottom of the page.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Mat,
You may or may not recognise my username: people have often made sly jokes in reply to your blog entries about my (perhaps over-the-top) support of you on this forum.
It must be confusing and frustrating for you as a player to never really know where you stand. The selectors showed you were still in the frame by picking you for that ODI against the West Indies, but then you disappeared off the map after just one outing and seemed to fall behind a couple of other players (despite outperforming them domestically). Do you have any insight as to the logic behind some of the selections that seem, on the surface anyway, to be quite contradictory? Do you get feedback as a player on the fringes of selection as to the reasons why you are picked, or aren't picked as the case may be?
Thanks for your time,
Rob
You may or may not recognise my username: people have often made sly jokes in reply to your blog entries about my (perhaps over-the-top) support of you on this forum.
It must be confusing and frustrating for you as a player to never really know where you stand. The selectors showed you were still in the frame by picking you for that ODI against the West Indies, but then you disappeared off the map after just one outing and seemed to fall behind a couple of other players (despite outperforming them domestically). Do you have any insight as to the logic behind some of the selections that seem, on the surface anyway, to be quite contradictory? Do you get feedback as a player on the fringes of selection as to the reasons why you are picked, or aren't picked as the case may be?
Thanks for your time,
Rob
Craig
World Traveller
Evening Mat,
Quite often at Test/ODI/T20 level the NZ batsmen have struggled against real geniune pace (like Shaun Tait, Mohammad Sami, Brett Lee etc.), why is that? Is that down to lack of real geniune fast bowlers (like over 145km/h) on the NZ domestic scene? Mind you Shane Bond when he was at his fastest ran through teams in ODIs for fun as well.
Quite often at Test/ODI/T20 level the NZ batsmen have struggled against real geniune pace (like Shaun Tait, Mohammad Sami, Brett Lee etc.), why is that? Is that down to lack of real geniune fast bowlers (like over 145km/h) on the NZ domestic scene? Mind you Shane Bond when he was at his fastest ran through teams in ODIs for fun as well.
Gilly_da_gr8
Cricket Spectator
Knocked out
Matt,
What was the reason for Kiwis' exit from the just ended t20i WC?
Matt,
What was the reason for Kiwis' exit from the just ended t20i WC?
Mathew Sinclair
International Cricketer
loved playing over in oz got a lot of sledging myself from the crowd as well as players but you definitely knew you were in a battle , thats how it should feel to be unconmfortable because it is the same no matter where you play, the aussies think we are the worst sledgers so thats a compliment
WORLD CHAMPIONS
Cricket Spectator
Hey Matthew !!
FIrst of all thanks a lot for your time
My question is .......
Will Shane Bond have to fight for his spot or he will get an automatic green signal ?
FIrst of all thanks a lot for your time
My question is .......
Will Shane Bond have to fight for his spot or he will get an automatic green signal ?
Mathew Sinclair
International Cricketer
the selectors i felt were under pressure to pick me because of the sheer amount of runs that i had, the selection was a good one as i was in a good space but as we all know one day cricket at the best of times can be hit and miss and we all nick the ball at times..dont get much feedback as i am not a contracted player and i guess that feedback was generated by me doing so well this year and putting pressure on all..usually you get the same old answers from the selectors and for me that has been ongoing for a while the best thing i can do is keep putting pressure on them via sheer amount of runs,,,cheersMat,
You may or may not recognise my username: people have often made sly jokes in reply to your blog entries about my (perhaps over-the-top) support of you on this forum.
It must be confusing and frustrating for you as a player to never really know where you stand. The selectors showed you were still in the frame by picking you for that ODI against the West Indies, but then you disappeared off the map after just one outing and seemed to fall behind a couple of other players (despite outperforming them domestically). Do you have any insight as to the logic behind some of the selections that seem, on the surface anyway, to be quite contradictory? Do you get feedback as a player on the fringes of selection as to the reasons why you are picked, or aren't picked as the case may be?
Thanks for your time,
Rob
Craig
World Traveller
Mat,
I remember your catch against Australia in this game off the bowling of Oram to get out Hayden), is the best catch you have ever taken? And when you pointed to the crowd was that giving some banter back?
I remember your catch against Australia in this game off the bowling of Oram to get out Hayden), is the best catch you have ever taken? And when you pointed to the crowd was that giving some banter back?
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