Athlai
Not Terrible
Personally think Taylor plays best under pressure.
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NZ Guy
U19 Captain
You just ripped on Taylor for not being able to ride out pressure, almost every innings he comes out at 2 for SFA and still has an average of 42ish although it would've been nice for him to go on, you cant say he doesn't deal with pressure well
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
What did McIntosh have?
Athlai
Not Terrible
Ingram's fist.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
He certainly doesn't have an issue with playing well when the team is struggling. But in a more individual way, if the bowlers are able to keep it tight and make him play and miss a few times, then he can quickly lose his composure.
You could see it happening quite clearly today, particularly with Johnson bowling to him. Started out with a few boundaries and looked fantastic. Then the bowlers just started putting it in the right areas and dried up his scoring options. A couple of plays and misses and a continued failure to turn over the strike, and you could see his confidence, and consequently his timing and control, melt away. Unlike Clarke and North yesterday, who succesfully waited things out until the bowlers tired and started presenting scoring opportunities, Taylor succumbed.
It's in his nature to try and impose himself on the opposition bowlers, which certainly isn't a bad thing. But it leaves him vulnerable at times to good steady bowling, which he should be better than.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
True, but over the past couple of years, Vettori would get into a lot of teams as a specialist bat.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
We have three batsman who are decent. Taylor Vettori and McCullum. 3 out of the top 7 is pretty weak.
Who knows maybe this will be Guptil's break through inning.
NZ cricket should have tried to have kept Fleming going until he was like 40. Styris' retirement isn't helpful either.
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armchairumpire
U19 Cricketer
Not just Fleming - what about McMillan and Astle? They both retired before they really wanted to.
Agree re Guptil. 2 issues in NZ cricket - inconsistent - great for 1 or 2 sessions but not sustaining the pressure. Also, in Oz when one batsman fails, another albeit Ponting, Clarke, North, Hussey, Katich or Watson or even Mich Johnson will step up and make a century. Doesn't often happen in NZ.
BTW - you can't expect Daniel Vettori to make hundreds - the 5 guys above him should be doing that.
lockton2skipper
U19 Debutant
very poor new zealand team only taylor, vettori, guptill, mcullum, tuffey and martin, just. appear to be test standard.
lockton2skipper
U19 Debutant
hard to find anyone who could improve this present new zealand team apart from ryder, franklin and williamson.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Grrr. 47 overs, bowlers take 3 wickets and you're 108-4. How come Guptill is so criminally useless at rotating the strike? 19* off 94 and 14 of those are boundaries. Mind the rest of the lineup doesn't seem to be much better in that regard.
Do the world a favour and fluke a win then rub in that nilwitted chimp's face.
Do the world a favour and fluke a win then rub in that nilwitted chimp's face.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
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This really ***** me.
This really ***** me.
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KidSylesNz
Cricket Spectator
OMFG
Taylor to be back on the pitch after lunch?
Taylor to be back on the pitch after lunch?
