You're not wrong to be honest. Pretty much sums up NZ cricket..."i'd be disappointed if I didn't predict exactly this before the game/tour/WC"Yet again, New Zealand gets their opposition 5 or 6 wickets down before letting their lower order rattle up masses of runs. It would be depressing if it weren't so predictable.
Possibly. Three players average 50+ or close to it, two in 40s, and rmaining one improving. That will be a cake walk for the NZ lineup.Reckon we've got a chance against that batting lineup. Sangakkara and Jayawardene (Mahela) are the big worries and will probably tear us a new one.
Conveniently forgetting that like it or not Martin's our best test seamer and has been since Bond retired from Tests a few years back. Even the Indian's batsmen last year after they hammered us in the test matches made mention that Martin was a step-up from the other NZ seamers.XXXX
Guptill
Flynn
Taylor
Ryder
...Sigh... Oram
McCullum
Vettori
Patel
Tuffey
O'Brien
It's true.Conveniently forgetting that like it or not Martin's our best test seamer and has been since Bond retired from Tests a few years back. Even the Indian's batsmen last year after they hammered us in the test matches made mention that Martin was a step-up from the other NZ seamers.
I see big Jake's been copping a bit on here, I think you could do much worse than have him wandering to the crease when you're four or five down. I accept he can look confused as to his options available when facing a top class twirler such as Murali, but he's not on his own. With a decent gameplan in place, I back him to do a decent job with the bat, and his handy medium pace should definitely offer control.It's true.
It's a toss up between O'Brien and Tuffey.
Have we got no better NZ Batsman available than Oram at 6? Cumming perhaps? Imagine Oram vs Murali in SL already...
Should've taken a spare middle order bat on tour, IMO. Oram's a good player but his incompetence against spin with the bat and lack of bowling "teeth" on pitches that don't offer sideways movement for the quicks makes him ridiculously unsuited to these conditions. He's liable to getting injured too and you don't have anyone else over there.It's true.
It's a toss up between O'Brien and Tuffey.
Have we got no better NZ Batsman available than Oram at 6? Cumming perhaps? Imagine Oram vs Murali in SL already...