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Phlegms half assed NZ Story
- Thread starter Flem274*
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Flem274*
123/5
Clearly not
Athlai
Not Terrible
Then let the losing streak continue
O'Brien is also a fun guy to try make awesome. I remember in my 08 game I managed to get Jeets averaging like 30+ in Tests with the bat. Painstakingly got him plenty of juicy not outs and he just got good.
Flem274*
123/5
Pretty sure Sunny is a SLA yeah.
Of course, I ifnd a decent damn spinner right after the series
Anyway, pretty fustrated atm, will post scores after I've completed this test.
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Shri
Mr. Glass
Haha. Hope that new spinner that you have got turns out to be good. Its been a good read. Keep us updated.Pretty sure Sunny is a SLA yeah.
Of course, I ifnd a decent damn spinner right after the series
Anyway, pretty fustrated atm, will post scores after I've completed this test.
Flem274*
123/5
2nd Test
Australia 253 all out
F Ring 113
M Reid 38
T Andrews 4/55 (zomg a spinner that can actualy bowl in a straight line)
G Shaw 3/59
New Zealand 338 all out
B McCullum 111*
T Lythe 58
S Tait 3/93
P Rofe 2/60
Australia 352 all out
F Ring 91
S Watson 59
W Garrett 6/123
J Oram 2/36
New Zealand 218 all out
B McCullum 37*
J Ryder 34
A Carey 5/48
S Tait 5/76
Australia win by 49 runs
ARGHHHHH BATTING COLLAPSES AGAIN!!!
Australia Tour of New Zealand A.K,A "Batting coaches nightmare
This series was characterised by NZ once again reclaiming their immaculate skill of losing 2-3 wickets 5 minutes before the end of a session. Coach Kieran Horton says this will be remedied before Sl arrive by punches to the face.
First Test
New Zealand 153 all out
Ar one stage we were 8/84, losng three wickets on that score. We also had six scores below 10.
W Garrett 33* (yes a bowler top scored)
J Oram 24
B McCullum 24
A Carey 4/46
P Rofe 2/25
Australia 262 all out
R Lumet 45
J Tully 43
J Franklin 6/62
G Shaw 2/52
New Zealand 374/9 dec.
T Roth 136
J Ryder 64*
A Carey 4/136
S Tait 3/130
Heh, heh, take that suckas, 266 should be unchaseable on that pitch on the fifth day (erratic bounce on day 1) but no...
Australia 266 for ****ing 4!!!
R Lumet 92
M Reid 61 (retired hurt, take that bitch)
W Garrett 3/101
Australia win by six wickets
2nd Test
Come on, looking to defend our victory on our shores last time..
New Zealand 450 all out
J Oram 106
P Fulton 105
T Roth 71
B McCullum 59
K Kennedy 3/94
S Tait 3/98
Australia 555 all out
N McCulloch 126
F Ring 112
J Tully 106
A Carey 63
T Andrews 5/133
W Garrett 5/127
New Zealand 271 all out
At one point we were 4/158, then we recovered until we hit 5/215, where we lost a ****load of wickets for 21 runs.
T Roth 65
K Williamson 63
P Rofe 3/49
A Carey 3/67
Australia 167/3
J Tully 82
F Ring 65
W Garrett 3/68
Australia win by 7 wickets
3rd test
The coaches patience is getting thin, he demands victory. Finally Peter Fultons New Zealanders get their act together, well, kind of..
New Zealand 256 all out
B McCullum 73*
K Williamson 70
J Ryder 50
K Kennedy 4/72
S Tait 3/68
Things were looking ominous at 3/29, and again at 5/149, but we got past 200.
The next bit is my favourite bit..
Australia 117 all out
A Carey 31
F Ring 23
J Franklin 4/34
W Garrett 3/50
T Andrews 2/10
N Hucknall 1/21
A rare team effort in the bowling stakes.
New Zealand 312 all out
B McCullum 99 (Kennedy will die)
K Williamson 72
S Tait 5/96
K Kennedy 4/73
Excellent, a target of 400+. Chase that if you can on this pitch suckas
Australia 289 all out
J Haynes 64
J Tully 53
J Franklin 5/75
W Garrett 3/69
New Zealand win by 162 runs.
About time they performed, but we still lost, and the team we beat them with last time wasn't as good as our current one. This one has a bowling attack ffs, not just Franklin doing all the work. Our batting is definitely worse though. Alex Carey has to be the best bowling allrounder in the world, good with the ball and irritating with the bat. Wade Garrett has over 60 wickets this season with 3 tests still to go. He took 19 wickets in two tests against England. Trent Andrews looks the goods as a leg spinner and Franklin is a machine, has 320 test wickets these days.
Peter Fulton is having an OK season, but not the giant he usually is. Tim Lythe after his great start gets to 20-40 then gets out, Tim Roth and Brendan McCullum have been brilliant.
Three tests left against SL, who won here last time. The team can't equal the great 2009ers, even though on paper they're better, but they've copped the pain and hopefuly after a 3-0 thrashing of the Sri Lankans we can perhaps get England over here and some games against number ones India.
Btw England won the Ashes 5-0 and have won the Ashes three times in a row, only in ICC could that happen.
Australia 253 all out
F Ring 113
M Reid 38
T Andrews 4/55 (zomg a spinner that can actualy bowl in a straight line)
G Shaw 3/59
New Zealand 338 all out
B McCullum 111*
T Lythe 58
S Tait 3/93
P Rofe 2/60
Australia 352 all out
F Ring 91
S Watson 59
W Garrett 6/123
J Oram 2/36
New Zealand 218 all out
B McCullum 37*
J Ryder 34
A Carey 5/48
S Tait 5/76
Australia win by 49 runs
ARGHHHHH BATTING COLLAPSES AGAIN!!!
Australia Tour of New Zealand A.K,A "Batting coaches nightmare
This series was characterised by NZ once again reclaiming their immaculate skill of losing 2-3 wickets 5 minutes before the end of a session. Coach Kieran Horton says this will be remedied before Sl arrive by punches to the face.
First Test
New Zealand 153 all out
Ar one stage we were 8/84, losng three wickets on that score. We also had six scores below 10.
W Garrett 33* (yes a bowler top scored)
J Oram 24
B McCullum 24
A Carey 4/46
P Rofe 2/25
Australia 262 all out
R Lumet 45
J Tully 43
J Franklin 6/62
G Shaw 2/52
New Zealand 374/9 dec.
T Roth 136
J Ryder 64*
A Carey 4/136
S Tait 3/130
Heh, heh, take that suckas, 266 should be unchaseable on that pitch on the fifth day (erratic bounce on day 1) but no...
Australia 266 for ****ing 4!!!
R Lumet 92
M Reid 61 (retired hurt, take that bitch)
W Garrett 3/101
Australia win by six wickets
2nd Test
Come on, looking to defend our victory on our shores last time..
New Zealand 450 all out
J Oram 106
P Fulton 105
T Roth 71
B McCullum 59
K Kennedy 3/94
S Tait 3/98
Australia 555 all out
N McCulloch 126
F Ring 112
J Tully 106
A Carey 63
T Andrews 5/133
W Garrett 5/127
New Zealand 271 all out
At one point we were 4/158, then we recovered until we hit 5/215, where we lost a ****load of wickets for 21 runs.
T Roth 65
K Williamson 63
P Rofe 3/49
A Carey 3/67
Australia 167/3
J Tully 82
F Ring 65
W Garrett 3/68
Australia win by 7 wickets
3rd test
The coaches patience is getting thin, he demands victory. Finally Peter Fultons New Zealanders get their act together, well, kind of..
New Zealand 256 all out
B McCullum 73*
K Williamson 70
J Ryder 50
K Kennedy 4/72
S Tait 3/68
Things were looking ominous at 3/29, and again at 5/149, but we got past 200.
The next bit is my favourite bit..
Australia 117 all out
A Carey 31
F Ring 23
J Franklin 4/34
W Garrett 3/50
T Andrews 2/10
N Hucknall 1/21
A rare team effort in the bowling stakes.
New Zealand 312 all out
B McCullum 99 (Kennedy will die)
K Williamson 72
S Tait 5/96
K Kennedy 4/73
Excellent, a target of 400+. Chase that if you can on this pitch suckas
Australia 289 all out
J Haynes 64
J Tully 53
J Franklin 5/75
W Garrett 3/69
New Zealand win by 162 runs.
About time they performed, but we still lost, and the team we beat them with last time wasn't as good as our current one. This one has a bowling attack ffs, not just Franklin doing all the work. Our batting is definitely worse though. Alex Carey has to be the best bowling allrounder in the world, good with the ball and irritating with the bat. Wade Garrett has over 60 wickets this season with 3 tests still to go. He took 19 wickets in two tests against England. Trent Andrews looks the goods as a leg spinner and Franklin is a machine, has 320 test wickets these days.
Peter Fulton is having an OK season, but not the giant he usually is. Tim Lythe after his great start gets to 20-40 then gets out, Tim Roth and Brendan McCullum have been brilliant.
Three tests left against SL, who won here last time. The team can't equal the great 2009ers, even though on paper they're better, but they've copped the pain and hopefuly after a 3-0 thrashing of the Sri Lankans we can perhaps get England over here and some games against number ones India.
Btw England won the Ashes 5-0 and have won the Ashes three times in a row, only in ICC could that happen.
Flem274*
123/5
Right, just played the first test against SL on a minefield and it was close. BFJ managed to get hit by right are medium pacer G Lanka and now gets to enjoy 4 weeks on the sideline, which basically means he's gone for the season. Bugger.
1st Test Match
Sri Lanka 274 all out
M Vandort 85
D Jayawardene 82
J Franklin 4/63
T Andrews 3/51
Good job, was happy. But then...
New Zealand 179 all out
J Ryder 37
B McCullum 31
G Lanka 4/55
M Suraj 3/32
G Lanka and M Suraj are well known enemies of NZ attempts to defeat SL. G Lanka is especially outstanding in that he's a rank medium pacer that has taken 330 wickets at 21.81 in his career.
Sri Lanka 157 all out
C Kapugedera 52
M Suraj 26*
W Garrett 5/50
J Franklin 3/31
Amazing how things change. Up until halfway through last season I'd had James Franklin as the only bowler worth mentioning, and the batsmen basically scored ****loads so Jimmeh had something to bowl to, now its him and Garrett (and Andrews is looking the goods) saving the batsmen this season.
New Zealand 253/5
T Lythe 69
P Fulton 66
New Zealand win by 5 wickets
Good start to the series. Two tests left in the series and season, will post some end of season stats at the end.
1st Test Match
Sri Lanka 274 all out
M Vandort 85
D Jayawardene 82
J Franklin 4/63
T Andrews 3/51
Good job, was happy. But then...
New Zealand 179 all out
J Ryder 37
B McCullum 31
G Lanka 4/55
M Suraj 3/32
G Lanka and M Suraj are well known enemies of NZ attempts to defeat SL. G Lanka is especially outstanding in that he's a rank medium pacer that has taken 330 wickets at 21.81 in his career.
Sri Lanka 157 all out
C Kapugedera 52
M Suraj 26*
W Garrett 5/50
J Franklin 3/31
Amazing how things change. Up until halfway through last season I'd had James Franklin as the only bowler worth mentioning, and the batsmen basically scored ****loads so Jimmeh had something to bowl to, now its him and Garrett (and Andrews is looking the goods) saving the batsmen this season.
New Zealand 253/5
T Lythe 69
P Fulton 66
New Zealand win by 5 wickets
Good start to the series. Two tests left in the series and season, will post some end of season stats at the end.
Flem274*
123/5
Ha so true. I hate playing them on ICC.Entertaining summary of your side's recent test matches Flem.Congrats on the win in the first test against the Sri Lankans, I always found them difficult to beat.
2nd Test
Sri Lanka 235 all out
K Salgado 71
M Vandort 39
W Garrett 4/65
J Oram 2/46
New Zealand 204 all out
C Cachopa 53
N Hucknall 42*
P Bandara 3/22
G Lanka 3/57
S Malinga 3/68
Sri Lanka 486 all out
M Jayawardene 178
A Soysa (or SoySauce) 119
K Salgado 67
N Hucknall 3/46
T Andrews 3/125
New Zealand 339/9
K Williamson 100
T Roth 61
G Lanka 4/113
S Malinga 3/64
Match Drawn
NZ, never do that to me again.
3rd Test
NZ 308 all out
J Oram 132*
K Williamson 58
G Lanka 4/89
M Suraj
SL 378 all out
K Salgado 114*
K Sangakkara 85
C Kapugedera 69
A Soysa 53
T Andrews 4/102
W Garrett 4/115
NZ 237 all out
K Williamson 42
B McCullum 31
G Lanka 6/80
M Suraj 1/37
S: 168/3
T Aroos 78*
M Jayawardene 62
J Franklin 3/56
SL win by 7 wickets
Not happy!
End of the season
I skip most ODIs, so thats the end of the real season for me. Here's some stats
Bowling
Wade Garret
Right Arm Fast
12 Tests
82 wickets @26.51
8 5-fers
2 10fers
BB 6/70
James Franklin
Left Arm Fast Medium
10 Tests
49 wickets@26.39
3 5fers
0 10fers
BB 6/62
I'll post more after tea
Flem274*
123/5
Its been a few weeks later than after tea, but anyway, moving on...
Those above were this seasons stats for Garrett and Franklin, here's ther career records:
Jimmeh Franklin
Left arm fast medium
76 tests
335 wickets @ 28.33
BB 7/76
21 fifers, 4 tenfors.
To top it off with the bat he has 2248 runs at 28.10 with one century and nine fifties.
Wade Garrett
Right arm fast
23 tests
129 wickets @ 27.90
BB 7/70
9 fifers, 3 tenfors.
Trent Andrews
Right arm leg spin
11 tests
37 wickets @ 34.41 (last year 7 tests, 32 wickets @ 29.06)
BB 5/133
just the one 5fer.
Peter "God" Fulton
Last season: 12 tests, 940 runs at 42.73 with two centuries and five fifties and a HS of 108
He's in decline judging by the past two years and at 36, thats expected. In case he retires on me, I want to post the NZ captains career stats here. Note that until he was 33 he averaged over 60. WAG.
74 tests
6876 runs at 55.01
18 centuries
35 fifties
HS 254* vs England at Lords (off memory)
Jesse Ryder
53 tests
3531 runs at 45.86
5 centuries
20 fifties
HS 189
Timothy Lythe
31 tests
2391 runs at 42.70
6 centuries
13 fifties
HS 201*
at 34 he wont have a long career, but hopefuly he'll make a good number three for us. So far he is.
Jacob Oram
Another 36 year old. He's basically a part time medium pacer these days and averages 40 in tests with the ball. Can still bat though.
87 tests
5313 runs at 42.17
14 centuries
23 fifties
HS 256
Peter Ingram
On the verge of retirement aged 36, Pinga had a fast rise and a quick fall in his short career for NZ. He hasn't played for the Black Caps in over two years, and never fully adjusted to the move to the number three role from number four he was given after the retirement of Fleming, but when he was good he was very good.
32 tests
2092 runs @ 41.02
4 centuries
10 fifties
HS 156
Those above were this seasons stats for Garrett and Franklin, here's ther career records:
Jimmeh Franklin
Left arm fast medium
76 tests
335 wickets @ 28.33
BB 7/76
21 fifers, 4 tenfors.
To top it off with the bat he has 2248 runs at 28.10 with one century and nine fifties.
Wade Garrett
Right arm fast
23 tests
129 wickets @ 27.90
BB 7/70
9 fifers, 3 tenfors.
Trent Andrews
Right arm leg spin
11 tests
37 wickets @ 34.41 (last year 7 tests, 32 wickets @ 29.06)
BB 5/133
just the one 5fer.
Peter "God" Fulton
Last season: 12 tests, 940 runs at 42.73 with two centuries and five fifties and a HS of 108
He's in decline judging by the past two years and at 36, thats expected. In case he retires on me, I want to post the NZ captains career stats here. Note that until he was 33 he averaged over 60. WAG.
74 tests
6876 runs at 55.01
18 centuries
35 fifties
HS 254* vs England at Lords (off memory)
Jesse Ryder
53 tests
3531 runs at 45.86
5 centuries
20 fifties
HS 189
Timothy Lythe
31 tests
2391 runs at 42.70
6 centuries
13 fifties
HS 201*
at 34 he wont have a long career, but hopefuly he'll make a good number three for us. So far he is.
Jacob Oram
Another 36 year old. He's basically a part time medium pacer these days and averages 40 in tests with the ball. Can still bat though.
87 tests
5313 runs at 42.17
14 centuries
23 fifties
HS 256
Peter Ingram
On the verge of retirement aged 36, Pinga had a fast rise and a quick fall in his short career for NZ. He hasn't played for the Black Caps in over two years, and never fully adjusted to the move to the number three role from number four he was given after the retirement of Fleming, but when he was good he was very good.
32 tests
2092 runs @ 41.02
4 centuries
10 fifties
HS 156
Flem274*
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Just flicked over to 2015. Oram and Pinga are gone, but I have wayyy more regens than normal and quite a few are looking bloody good. One of the regens might be a straight swap, only had one year of FC (8 games) and is 21, but has a batting record of 46 and has a bowling average of 40 as wel admittedly, and because he's right arm fast he's probably a rank pie chucker, so Hucknall or Ryder and planned might slot in to number 6.
RF bolwer Trent Liddel and OS Ryan Dawes have good records for their first years. Will follow them closely. A new regen called Scott Wall has three centuries and no fifites, averaging 58. So there's some serious talent in here, as well as the awesomest name, Fraser Speed and he's RFM.
EDIT: damn it, a WC year, which means ODIs which I've been skipping and this has resulted in me being ranked 9th. It is a home hosted WC, well co-hosted with Aus, though. I'll have a play.
RF bolwer Trent Liddel and OS Ryan Dawes have good records for their first years. Will follow them closely. A new regen called Scott Wall has three centuries and no fifites, averaging 58. So there's some serious talent in here, as well as the awesomest name, Fraser Speed and he's RFM.
EDIT: damn it, a WC year, which means ODIs which I've been skipping and this has resulted in me being ranked 9th. It is a home hosted WC, well co-hosted with Aus, though. I'll have a play.
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Flem274*
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Young guns see NZ through to Super Eights in the Pool of Death
Got stuck with Pakistan and Australia. Played Aussie up first:
NZ 214/5
S Wall 92
R Taylor 30
S Tait 2/47
P Rofe 1/30
Australia 162 all out
J Tully 39
D May 36
N Hucknall 5/29
T Liddell 3/11
Wall and Liddell performing admirably on debut, and Hucknall bagging MoM for his demolition efforts.
NZ vs Kenya
Kenya 154 all out
K Schofield 37
T Mishra 33
R Dawes 5/30
T Andrews 2/28
NZ 156/1
S Wall 79*
P Fulton 58
P Whitworth 1/26
Kenya had no answer to the spinners, notably off spinner Ryan Dawes, who took 5/30 on debut.
NZ vs Pakistan
Pakistan 258/8
G Hayat 77*
T Umar 76
B Safraz 53
T Andrews 3/61
R Dawes 2/44
T Liddell 2/47
NZ 244/7
S Wall 68 (3 in a row)
W Ellison 58
S Khan 3/41
U Gul 3/45
Bugger. Still, we're in the super eights and Australia got knocked out. very happy with the regens that have popped up this year. Also a notable retirement from the ODI team is Kyle Mills.
Got stuck with Pakistan and Australia. Played Aussie up first:
NZ 214/5
S Wall 92
R Taylor 30
S Tait 2/47
P Rofe 1/30
Australia 162 all out
J Tully 39
D May 36
N Hucknall 5/29
T Liddell 3/11
Wall and Liddell performing admirably on debut, and Hucknall bagging MoM for his demolition efforts.
NZ vs Kenya
Kenya 154 all out
K Schofield 37
T Mishra 33
R Dawes 5/30
T Andrews 2/28
NZ 156/1
S Wall 79*
P Fulton 58
P Whitworth 1/26
Kenya had no answer to the spinners, notably off spinner Ryan Dawes, who took 5/30 on debut.
NZ vs Pakistan
Pakistan 258/8
G Hayat 77*
T Umar 76
B Safraz 53
T Andrews 3/61
R Dawes 2/44
T Liddell 2/47
NZ 244/7
S Wall 68 (3 in a row)
W Ellison 58
S Khan 3/41
U Gul 3/45
Bugger. Still, we're in the super eights and Australia got knocked out. very happy with the regens that have popped up this year. Also a notable retirement from the ODI team is Kyle Mills.
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As for the rest of the WC, don't ask.
Anyway, just had the first test in Zimbabwe. Test wise this season is wayyyyyyy too short, just the six tests and they're all two test series, probably because I've slipped back to 6th.
We have Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, then England come here, and then its off to the WI. My current NZ team is:
P Fulton*
T Roth
T Lythe
J Ryder
J Morris
N Hucknall
B McCullum+
J Franklin
W Garrett
T Liddell
T Andrews
Anyway, here's the result of the first test on a minefield.
Zimbabwe 219 all out
T Hove 85
T Taibu 32
T Andrews 3/48
W Garrett 3/58
NZ 285 all out
T Roth 76
T Lythe 61
J Franklin 53
K Cronje 4/103
H Matanga 3/35
We were cruising at 1/155 before collapsing to 7/197. Jimmeh and Garrett (31) recovered the innings though.
Zimbabwe 135 all out
D Williams 53
T Taibu 16
N Hucknall 4/20 (had 3/0 at one stage)
W Garrett 4/52
David Williams really was a one man show here. Garrett came out firing with two quick wickets then Hucknall raped the middle order.
NZ 70/0
T Roth 40*
P Fulton 28*
New Zealand win by ten wickets.
Apart from our batting collapse it was a dominant performance. Good to see the bowlers fighting over the wickets rather than Garrett and Franklin taking them all. I'm liking this new bowling attacks balance. Liddell took two wickets and bowled tidily, I am concerned about the lengths of his spells though, he is a fast bowler but he lasts about 5-7 overs before he gets low on energy. Good bowler though.
Anyway, just had the first test in Zimbabwe. Test wise this season is wayyyyyyy too short, just the six tests and they're all two test series, probably because I've slipped back to 6th.
We have Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, then England come here, and then its off to the WI. My current NZ team is:
P Fulton*
T Roth
T Lythe
J Ryder
J Morris
N Hucknall
B McCullum+
J Franklin
W Garrett
T Liddell
T Andrews
Anyway, here's the result of the first test on a minefield.
Zimbabwe 219 all out
T Hove 85
T Taibu 32
T Andrews 3/48
W Garrett 3/58
NZ 285 all out
T Roth 76
T Lythe 61
J Franklin 53
K Cronje 4/103
H Matanga 3/35
We were cruising at 1/155 before collapsing to 7/197. Jimmeh and Garrett (31) recovered the innings though.
Zimbabwe 135 all out
D Williams 53
T Taibu 16
N Hucknall 4/20 (had 3/0 at one stage)
W Garrett 4/52
David Williams really was a one man show here. Garrett came out firing with two quick wickets then Hucknall raped the middle order.
NZ 70/0
T Roth 40*
P Fulton 28*
New Zealand win by ten wickets.
Apart from our batting collapse it was a dominant performance. Good to see the bowlers fighting over the wickets rather than Garrett and Franklin taking them all. I'm liking this new bowling attacks balance. Liddell took two wickets and bowled tidily, I am concerned about the lengths of his spells though, he is a fast bowler but he lasts about 5-7 overs before he gets low on energy. Good bowler though.
Flem274*
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Here's the second test:
New Zealand 409 all out
J Morris 151
T Liddell 77 (not bad for a specialist fast bowler)
T Lythe 56
K Cronje 7/115
H Matanga 1/60
Don't be fooled by the scorecard, the batting was pathetic from the top order. Only Tim Lythe showed any application at first, until he was joined by Morris. Unfortunately lythe decided to get himself out and Morris was left to bat with the tail whilst still in the twenties. At one stage NZ were 8/195, hardly spectacular. Fast bowler Tim Liddell decided to stick around though, and the pair shared an NZ record partnership for the 9th wicket of 180. which is the third highest of all time. It only ended when Morris departed for 151, and the damage was done.
Zimbabwe 363 all out
D Williams 93
T Hove 61
N Hucknall 4/60
W Garrett 3/101
Pretty annoyed with that. Bowling was far too loose with the exception of Hucknall
New Zealand 264/5
P Fulton 111
J Morris 61*
H Matanga 2/25
E Chademamna 2/71
Decided to take the draw home. Fulton back in form, Morris does well again. Simmed the ODIs, won them 2-1, notable events including Liddells first ODI fifer, Hucknall doing something with the bat as well as ball and Ellison scoring another 50, amongst other things.
Morris topped the batting averages thanks to his stellar second test. Lythe was consistently good as well and Fulton got a century in the final innings. Roth was inconsistent but scored a few but apart from that the batting was poor. Hucknall failed at his first attempt at number 6 and Ryder averaged 8 in the pivotal number four position.
The two standout bowlers were Niall Hucknall (8 wickets at 14.50) and Wade Garrett (10 wickets at 21.60). Andrews, the leggie, was OK with 6 wickets at 21, would have liked a few more though. Franklin was disappointing with only 3 wickets in the series at 38 and Liddell was economical but for a fast bowler bowling to minnows he only took two wickets at 50.
We better pull our socks up in the batting department for the home series against England. Oh and btw Bangladesh won the ODI World Cup.
New Zealand 409 all out
J Morris 151
T Liddell 77 (not bad for a specialist fast bowler)
T Lythe 56
K Cronje 7/115
H Matanga 1/60
Don't be fooled by the scorecard, the batting was pathetic from the top order. Only Tim Lythe showed any application at first, until he was joined by Morris. Unfortunately lythe decided to get himself out and Morris was left to bat with the tail whilst still in the twenties. At one stage NZ were 8/195, hardly spectacular. Fast bowler Tim Liddell decided to stick around though, and the pair shared an NZ record partnership for the 9th wicket of 180. which is the third highest of all time. It only ended when Morris departed for 151, and the damage was done.
Zimbabwe 363 all out
D Williams 93
T Hove 61
N Hucknall 4/60
W Garrett 3/101
Pretty annoyed with that. Bowling was far too loose with the exception of Hucknall
New Zealand 264/5
P Fulton 111
J Morris 61*
H Matanga 2/25
E Chademamna 2/71
Decided to take the draw home. Fulton back in form, Morris does well again. Simmed the ODIs, won them 2-1, notable events including Liddells first ODI fifer, Hucknall doing something with the bat as well as ball and Ellison scoring another 50, amongst other things.
Morris topped the batting averages thanks to his stellar second test. Lythe was consistently good as well and Fulton got a century in the final innings. Roth was inconsistent but scored a few but apart from that the batting was poor. Hucknall failed at his first attempt at number 6 and Ryder averaged 8 in the pivotal number four position.
The two standout bowlers were Niall Hucknall (8 wickets at 14.50) and Wade Garrett (10 wickets at 21.60). Andrews, the leggie, was OK with 6 wickets at 21, would have liked a few more though. Franklin was disappointing with only 3 wickets in the series at 38 and Liddell was economical but for a fast bowler bowling to minnows he only took two wickets at 50.
We better pull our socks up in the batting department for the home series against England. Oh and btw Bangladesh won the ODI World Cup.
Flem274*
123/5
England in New Zealand 2016
Tim Roth is injured and out for four weeks. Replaced by Scott Wall. Jesse Ryder averaging 8 this season has been dropped and replaced with Kane Williamson.
1st Test
England 292 all out
A Shaw 98
I Bell 60
W Garrett 6/71
J Franklin 3/86
Haters of Ian Bell will be pleased to know that Bell ran out his partner Shaw for 98 before being made to look like an absolute douche by Garrett when his middle stump was knocked over and he had no idea where the ball was.
New Zealand 286 all out
B McCullum 107
N Hucknall 74
L Plunkett 5/101
J Anderson 3/58
Epic fail from the top order. were 5/68 at one stage. Thank god Hucknall actualy did something with the bat for the first time in his test career and stuck with McCullum.
England 174 all out
G Driver 49
C Thompson 43
T Liddell 4/29
T Andrews 3/20
Thats more like it, put England in their place. Liddell for the first time in a test was both economical and destructive, and teamed up with the legspinner to rip the heart out of the England side. Franklin once again disposed of the openers early.
New Zealand 181/5
P Fulton 52
J Morris 37
W Roach 3/30
H Adler 1/23
NZ win by five wickets. MoM Brendon McCullum.
Batsmen are still capitulating to anything scarier than a twig, but the bowlers are doing the business. God forbid we hit a flat pitch where our batsmen can collapse away and make it harder on the bowlers, oh look...
England 532 all out
R Taylor 196
V Chopra 117
W Garrett 3/113
T Andrews 3/137
Oh joy, a flat pitch and an umpire that couldnt see Robin Taylor was plumb LBW three times to Trent Andrews. Gah. Was a good (flat tarck bully) hundred though, and possibly deserved the double. Only possibly.
New Zealand 312 all out
S Wall 134
K Williamson 54
J Anderson 4/101
L Plunkett 3/67
still capitulated. 4/116 then 5/193, got to enjoy the follow on by ten lousy runs.
New Zealand 304 all out
J Morris 74
B McCullum 68
T Lythe 50
A Rashid 6/98
L Plunkett 2/81
England 87 for 1
V Chopra 47*
G Driver 29
England win by 9 wickets.
Tied series, mainly because we can't bat. Geez, up until the start of last season we couldn't bowl, now its the reverse. I think a big part of our problem is Fulton has really declined (averaging 36 from this seasons four tests) and we have no consistent Oram at number 6 to save us if things go pear shaped. Ryder's lack of form has hurt and Morris is still finding his consistency at this level. In the bowling department my only concern is Franklin showing signs of age, with his wickets coming at 45 a piece. He has had periods of sharpness, like his ownage of the English top 3 in the first test, but he's on the decline too, except now we have a stream of quality bowlers coming through. We have plenty of batsmen, and I'm in no doubt Scott Wall and Tim Roth will make a good opening partnership, plus Ryder should regain form and Morris, Williamson, Dearman, Ellison and Law are all inexperienced but very good batsmen. Hucknall needs to pull his socks up with the bat otherwise Ryder or Ellison will be the number 6 next season.
Tim Roth is injured and out for four weeks. Replaced by Scott Wall. Jesse Ryder averaging 8 this season has been dropped and replaced with Kane Williamson.
1st Test
England 292 all out
A Shaw 98
I Bell 60
W Garrett 6/71
J Franklin 3/86
Haters of Ian Bell will be pleased to know that Bell ran out his partner Shaw for 98 before being made to look like an absolute douche by Garrett when his middle stump was knocked over and he had no idea where the ball was.
New Zealand 286 all out
B McCullum 107
N Hucknall 74
L Plunkett 5/101
J Anderson 3/58
Epic fail from the top order. were 5/68 at one stage. Thank god Hucknall actualy did something with the bat for the first time in his test career and stuck with McCullum.
England 174 all out
G Driver 49
C Thompson 43
T Liddell 4/29
T Andrews 3/20
Thats more like it, put England in their place. Liddell for the first time in a test was both economical and destructive, and teamed up with the legspinner to rip the heart out of the England side. Franklin once again disposed of the openers early.
New Zealand 181/5
P Fulton 52
J Morris 37
W Roach 3/30
H Adler 1/23
NZ win by five wickets. MoM Brendon McCullum.
Batsmen are still capitulating to anything scarier than a twig, but the bowlers are doing the business. God forbid we hit a flat pitch where our batsmen can collapse away and make it harder on the bowlers, oh look...
England 532 all out
R Taylor 196
V Chopra 117
W Garrett 3/113
T Andrews 3/137
Oh joy, a flat pitch and an umpire that couldnt see Robin Taylor was plumb LBW three times to Trent Andrews. Gah. Was a good (flat tarck bully) hundred though, and possibly deserved the double. Only possibly.
New Zealand 312 all out
S Wall 134
K Williamson 54
J Anderson 4/101
L Plunkett 3/67
still capitulated. 4/116 then 5/193, got to enjoy the follow on by ten lousy runs.
New Zealand 304 all out
J Morris 74
B McCullum 68
T Lythe 50
A Rashid 6/98
L Plunkett 2/81
England 87 for 1
V Chopra 47*
G Driver 29
England win by 9 wickets.
Tied series, mainly because we can't bat. Geez, up until the start of last season we couldn't bowl, now its the reverse. I think a big part of our problem is Fulton has really declined (averaging 36 from this seasons four tests) and we have no consistent Oram at number 6 to save us if things go pear shaped. Ryder's lack of form has hurt and Morris is still finding his consistency at this level. In the bowling department my only concern is Franklin showing signs of age, with his wickets coming at 45 a piece. He has had periods of sharpness, like his ownage of the English top 3 in the first test, but he's on the decline too, except now we have a stream of quality bowlers coming through. We have plenty of batsmen, and I'm in no doubt Scott Wall and Tim Roth will make a good opening partnership, plus Ryder should regain form and Morris, Williamson, Dearman, Ellison and Law are all inexperienced but very good batsmen. Hucknall needs to pull his socks up with the bat otherwise Ryder or Ellison will be the number 6 next season.
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Just done the WI tests. A draw. We batted a bit better, Williamson was injured for the rest of the season so in the warm up game it was a fight between Ross Taylor and Scott Wall for his spot. Taylor scored 238 so he got it. Here's the results.
First test
NZ 427 all out
R Taylor 107
J Morris 100
D Bravo 3/92
F Butts 2/38
WI 330 all out
M Clifford 70
D Bravo 57
C Baugh 57
K Andrews 54
J Franklin 5/72
W Garrett 4/91
NZ 277/4 dec.
T Roth 78
J Morris 71*
C Cummins 3/55
WI 277/4
A Griffith 143*
K Andrews 60
F Butts 53
J Franklin 2/76
W Garrett 2/103
Draw. MoM Jonathan Morris
2nd test
Off spinner Ryan Dawes makes his debut ahead of fast bowler and third seamer Tim Liddell.
WI 472 all out
K Andrews 100
D Belgrave 93
C Waldron 79
M Clifford 69
J Franklin 3/95
W Garrett 3/137
Special mention to specialist batsman Morris's 2/17
NZ 478/8 dec
J Morris 104
N Hucknall 96
R Taylor 87
P Fulton 55
WI 332/8 dec.
C Baugh 70
D Bravo 66*
F Butts 54
T Andrews 5/94
R Dawes 2/92
NZ 205/4
T Roth 73
P Fulton 47
C Cummins 2/35
D Bravo 1/42
Draw.
Right, now some stats. First, because he's 37, the career of Peter Fulton:
80 tests
7295 runs at 53.64
19 centuries
37 fifties
High score: 254*
His average has slipped this year thanks to 419 runs at 38 from six matches this season (1 century and 2 fifties).
James Franklin at 35 is also on the edge of retirement I suspect so here he is:
82 tests
354 wickets at 28.62
22 five wicket innings
4 ten wicket innings
BB 7/76
First test
NZ 427 all out
R Taylor 107
J Morris 100
D Bravo 3/92
F Butts 2/38
WI 330 all out
M Clifford 70
D Bravo 57
C Baugh 57
K Andrews 54
J Franklin 5/72
W Garrett 4/91
NZ 277/4 dec.
T Roth 78
J Morris 71*
C Cummins 3/55
WI 277/4
A Griffith 143*
K Andrews 60
F Butts 53
J Franklin 2/76
W Garrett 2/103
Draw. MoM Jonathan Morris
2nd test
Off spinner Ryan Dawes makes his debut ahead of fast bowler and third seamer Tim Liddell.
WI 472 all out
K Andrews 100
D Belgrave 93
C Waldron 79
M Clifford 69
J Franklin 3/95
W Garrett 3/137
Special mention to specialist batsman Morris's 2/17
NZ 478/8 dec
J Morris 104
N Hucknall 96
R Taylor 87
P Fulton 55
WI 332/8 dec.
C Baugh 70
D Bravo 66*
F Butts 54
T Andrews 5/94
R Dawes 2/92
NZ 205/4
T Roth 73
P Fulton 47
C Cummins 2/35
D Bravo 1/42
Draw.
Right, now some stats. First, because he's 37, the career of Peter Fulton:
80 tests
7295 runs at 53.64
19 centuries
37 fifties
High score: 254*
His average has slipped this year thanks to 419 runs at 38 from six matches this season (1 century and 2 fifties).
James Franklin at 35 is also on the edge of retirement I suspect so here he is:
82 tests
354 wickets at 28.62
22 five wicket innings
4 ten wicket innings
BB 7/76
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2019 season now. Here's some performance details.
Australia home 0-1 loss 2017
away 1-1 draw 2014
England home 1-1 draw 2016
away 1-0 win 2014
India home 0-1 loss 2013
away 1-1 draw 2017
Pakistan home 2-1 win 2014
away 2-0 win 2016
South Africa home 1-0 win 2019
away 1-0 win 2018
Sri Lanka home 1-0 win 2018 (finally beat these ****s)
away 0-2 loss 2017
West Indies home 1-2 loss 2018
away 0-0 draw 2016
Bangladesh home 1-0 win 2019
away 0-2 loss 2014
Zimbabwe home 2-0 win 2018
away 2-0 win 2018
Now for some retirees:
Peter Fulton
96 tests
Right Hand Bat
52.57
22 hundreds
45 fifties
HS 254*
8726 runs
135 catches
Timothy Lythe
44 tests
Right Hand Bat
40.02
7 hundreds
19 fifties
HS 201*
3202 runs
14 catches
Brendon McCullum
108 tests
Right Hand Bat
33.25
7 hundreds
20 fifties
HS 143
4655 runs
247 catches/20 stumpings
Current First XI (I can see this taking a while to write)
Timothy Roth (Captain)
Right Hand Bat
Aggressive style
Slight spin bowling preference
Slight leg side preference
Age 30
Test debut 2009
Central Districts
80 tests
44.18
6229 runs
21 hundreds
41 fifties
HS 200*
5 catches
Scott Wall
Left hand bat
Slight spin bowling preference
Slight back foot preference
age 27
Canterbury
12 tests
test debut 2016
64.53
1226 runs
5 hundreds
3 fifties
HS 272
3 catches
Nathan Anderson
Right hand bat
Very defensive
slight spin preference
strong off side preference
Age 23
Northern Districts
test debut 2018
14 tests
49.67
1043 runs
2 hudnreds
8 fifties
HS 128
35 catches
Kane Williamson
Right hand bat
Aggressive
spin specialist
Age 33
Northern Districts
49 tests
test debut 2009
42.53
3317 runs
5 hundreds
25 fifties
HS 152
0 catches
Jonathan Morris
Right hand bat
aggressive
slight spin preference
strong back foot preference
slight leg side preference
age 30
test debut 2012
Northern Districts (Canterbury originally)
49 tests
54.18
4118 runs
13 hundreds
17 fifties
HS 217*
11 catches
Jesse Ryder
Left hand bat, right arm medium
Aggressive
spin specialist
slight front foot preference
slight off side preference
age 34
test debut 2007
Wellington
77 tests
43.65
4845 runs
7 hundreds
29 fifties
HS 189
111 catches
114 wickets @33.19
3 five wicket bags
6/36
John Moss (wicket keeper)
Right hand bat
slight spin preference
slight front foot preference
Age 22
Auckland
Awaiting test debut
Warren Ellison
Right hand bat, right arm fast
defensive batsman
slight pace preference
slight front foot preference
slight leg side preference
Age 26
Wellington
test debut 2017
16 tests
29.76
506 runs
3 fifties
HS 98
25 catches
60 wickets@30.00
2 five wicket bags
5/53
Tim Liddell
Right arm fast
age 26
Wellington
test debut 2016
25 tests
64 wickets@36.50
4/29
Wade Garrett
Right arm fast
Age 31
Otago
Test debut 2010
46 tests
238 wickets@29.85
16 five wicket bags
5 ten wicket bags
7/70
Trent Andrews
Leg spin
Age 30
Canterbury
Test debut 2012
43 tests
208 wickets@26.20
9 five wicket bags
3 ten wicket bags
7/40
Thats my first eleven. May write more stuff when I'm not hungry and about to go grab dinner.
Australia home 0-1 loss 2017
away 1-1 draw 2014
England home 1-1 draw 2016
away 1-0 win 2014
India home 0-1 loss 2013
away 1-1 draw 2017
Pakistan home 2-1 win 2014
away 2-0 win 2016
South Africa home 1-0 win 2019
away 1-0 win 2018
Sri Lanka home 1-0 win 2018 (finally beat these ****s)
away 0-2 loss 2017
West Indies home 1-2 loss 2018
away 0-0 draw 2016
Bangladesh home 1-0 win 2019
away 0-2 loss 2014
Zimbabwe home 2-0 win 2018
away 2-0 win 2018
Now for some retirees:
Peter Fulton
96 tests
Right Hand Bat
52.57
22 hundreds
45 fifties
HS 254*
8726 runs
135 catches
Timothy Lythe
44 tests
Right Hand Bat
40.02
7 hundreds
19 fifties
HS 201*
3202 runs
14 catches
Brendon McCullum
108 tests
Right Hand Bat
33.25
7 hundreds
20 fifties
HS 143
4655 runs
247 catches/20 stumpings
Current First XI (I can see this taking a while to write)
Timothy Roth (Captain)
Right Hand Bat
Aggressive style
Slight spin bowling preference
Slight leg side preference
Age 30
Test debut 2009
Central Districts
80 tests
44.18
6229 runs
21 hundreds
41 fifties
HS 200*
5 catches
Scott Wall
Left hand bat
Slight spin bowling preference
Slight back foot preference
age 27
Canterbury
12 tests
test debut 2016
64.53
1226 runs
5 hundreds
3 fifties
HS 272
3 catches
Nathan Anderson
Right hand bat
Very defensive
slight spin preference
strong off side preference
Age 23
Northern Districts
test debut 2018
14 tests
49.67
1043 runs
2 hudnreds
8 fifties
HS 128
35 catches
Kane Williamson
Right hand bat
Aggressive
spin specialist
Age 33
Northern Districts
49 tests
test debut 2009
42.53
3317 runs
5 hundreds
25 fifties
HS 152
0 catches
Jonathan Morris
Right hand bat
aggressive
slight spin preference
strong back foot preference
slight leg side preference
age 30
test debut 2012
Northern Districts (Canterbury originally)
49 tests
54.18
4118 runs
13 hundreds
17 fifties
HS 217*
11 catches
Jesse Ryder
Left hand bat, right arm medium
Aggressive
spin specialist
slight front foot preference
slight off side preference
age 34
test debut 2007
Wellington
77 tests
43.65
4845 runs
7 hundreds
29 fifties
HS 189
111 catches
114 wickets @33.19
3 five wicket bags
6/36
John Moss (wicket keeper)
Right hand bat
slight spin preference
slight front foot preference
Age 22
Auckland
Awaiting test debut
Warren Ellison
Right hand bat, right arm fast
defensive batsman
slight pace preference
slight front foot preference
slight leg side preference
Age 26
Wellington
test debut 2017
16 tests
29.76
506 runs
3 fifties
HS 98
25 catches
60 wickets@30.00
2 five wicket bags
5/53
Tim Liddell
Right arm fast
age 26
Wellington
test debut 2016
25 tests
64 wickets@36.50
4/29
Wade Garrett
Right arm fast
Age 31
Otago
Test debut 2010
46 tests
238 wickets@29.85
16 five wicket bags
5 ten wicket bags
7/70
Trent Andrews
Leg spin
Age 30
Canterbury
Test debut 2012
43 tests
208 wickets@26.20
9 five wicket bags
3 ten wicket bags
7/40
Thats my first eleven. May write more stuff when I'm not hungry and about to go grab dinner.
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Jakester1288
International Regular
Liddell is dire, Ellison's batting saves him for now.
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Liddells only real bad season was last season. Previous to that due to Garrett's loss of form and subsequent dropping after a shocking season (must have been the year after I stopped updating actualy) and the retirement of Franklin, Liddell after a handful of tests was given the responsibility of seamer number one. He did OK, he's been demoted to third seamer and if he does crap for half a season, the impressive young Kurt Moncur will probably come in.
Ellison has done well, his number 8 batting is the dire stuff. An average of 30 isn't stellar, and is inflated by the ridiculously flat pitches of the Bangladesh tests, but he's shown serious potential in the few tests he's played.
I'm just glad my number one fast bowler Garrett stormed back into the side with a vengeance, five five wickets bags in a row. Gave Trent Andrews a real hand with the ass kicking of opposition batting line ups.