*Official* New Zealand in India 2010

[biased indian]

DWTA. He's also bad.

barring a handful every one doing cricket commentary in the world is bad

 

[NZ Guy]

Williamson off the mark, bound to get a century now JINX JINX JINX

Lol at Guptills reaction to Taylor's dismissal!

 

[vcs]

to be true shastri and gavasakar who where commenting at the time of his dismissal also said the same

Probably should have played forward to that ball in hindsight, but when in doubt, I'd say it's always better to play it late.

 

[biased indian]

So after this series, does anyone still think Taylor is better than Ryder? Question mainly for Athlai who isn't here at the moment, but still. With each passing series I think it becomes more and more clear who the better Test batsman is.

is ryder's record other than india any good when compared to taylor ?

 

[vcs]

So after this series, does anyone still think Taylor is better than Ryder? Question mainly for Athlai who isn't here at the moment, but still. With each passing series I think it becomes more and more clear who the better Test batsman is.

Ryder is always gun against India.. we need to see him play other teams more to arrive at a conclusion.

 

[NZTailender]

I think the main reason why Taylor is considered as NZs best is because he's been in the team a while now and scored a few centuries, whereas Jesse's been in and out a bit with injury.

I think Jesse is the better batsman. You get the feeling he's confident of scoring against anyone in any condition. With Taylor it's like he prods about to see if the conditions and situation suit him, otherwise he gets out.

Still love Taylor though. Taylor-Ryder-Williamson is a middle order to cream for.

 

[Prince EWS]

is ryder's record other than india any good when compared to taylor ?

Ryder's played over half his career against India, so it's a bit unfair to exclude them, but he still averages over 40 against everyone which includes a series batting out of position in Australia.

 

[straw man]

What a ****ing joke.

No point writing any more of this post as it will only turn into a typical rant against umpires, the lack of UDRS due to some ignorant, malodorous, corrupt, slimy, money-grubbing, BCCI (and other), moronic, selfish Luddites who couldn't give a **** about the quality of umpiring decisions or anything else that might threaten the status quo and the dominance of the top few sides and is slowly but surely dragging all of cricket down into the turgid morass of ****.

Deep breath...

 

[vcs]

Why the **** are these TMS ****s talking about football?

 

[Bahnz]

is ryder's record other than india any good when compared to taylor ?

In 2 games v Aus, averages less than 20.

In 2 games v SL, averages about 32.

In 2 games v WI, averages over 100.

It's really too early to know for sure whether Ryder's record against India is something to do with their bowlers, or whether he'll be as good against everyone. But looking at the way he's batted in this series, I know who I'd rather have coming to the crease at the fall of a wicket.

 

[Prince EWS]

I think the main reason why Taylor is considered as NZs best is because he's been in the team a while now and scored a few centuries, whereas Jesse's been in and out a bit with injury.

Yeah, that's a big part of it. I also think people subconsciously take ODIs into account, where Taylor is a class above Ryder.

I think Jesse is the better batsman. You get the feeling he's confident of scoring against anyone in any condition. With Taylor it's like he prods about to see if the conditions and situation suit him, otherwise he gets out.

Yeah, agreed. Ryder just seems a lot more composed and self-assured in general when he bats IMO.

 

[Bahnz]

Why the **** are these TMS ****s talking about football?

Because they're idiots who don't know how to commentate?

 

[Halfpast_Yellow]

Man we're good. Go NZ.

 

[vcs]

Clearly not out.

 

[NZTailender]

I'm hoping for a folklore innings from these two and Vettori. You know that kind of thing that will turn up on Cricinfo in 50 years when they look back and the story will start off something like "New Zealand weren't expected to put up a fight against India in this series but did just that for 2 Tests. In the third, however, it looked as though they were going to be humiliated. At 5 for 93 on the fourth day, it looked as though they were going to crash to an expected defeat. They didn't count on the resiliency of rookie batsman Kane Williamson and the hobbling Jesse Ryder. They combined together for a record match saving partnerships of [score above 300 please] in an effort that has gone down as one of the best in New Zealand's cricketing history..."


Biggest. Jinx. Ever.

 

[Contra]

LOL Bhajji averaging over 100 in this series

 

[Prince EWS]

LOL Bhajji averaging over 100 in this series

He and Raina swapped roles for the series.

 

[NZ Guy]

I'm hoping for a folklore innings from these two and Vettori. You know that kind of thing that will turn up on Cricinfo in 50 years when they look back and the story will start off something like "New Zealand weren't expected to put up a fight against India in this series but did just that for 2 Tests. In the third, however, it looked as though they were going to be humiliated. At 5 for 93 on the fourth day, it looked as though they were going to crash to an expected defeat. They didn't count on the resiliency of rookie batsman Kane Williamson and the hobbling Jesse Ryder. They combined together for a record match saving partnerships of [score above 300 please] in an effort that has gone down as one of the best in New Zealand's cricketing history..."


Biggest. Jinx. Ever.

Lulz

 

[biased indian]

Still love Taylor though. Taylor-Ryder-Williamson is a middle order to cream for.

think ours is a tad better Dravid-sachin-Laxman

 

[Prince EWS]

think ours is a tad better Dravid-sachin-Laxman

He started his at four. So yours would include Raina rather than Dravid, who would be considered "top order" by Geg's definition. Still better though.