***Official*** Zimbabwe in New Zealand 2012

[thierry henry]

Doull is a dumbarse, It was umpires call you muppet.

It wouldn't have been overturned.

lol not watching atm, Doull still doesn't understand? Neither does cricinfo commentary tbf.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Doull is a dumbarse, It was umpires call you muppet.

It wouldn't have been overturned.

Cricinfo have it wrong too, pretty dire.

EDIT: unsurprisingly beaten to it.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

lol not watching atm, Doull still doesn't understand? Neither does cricinfo commentary tbf.

He got it 2nd time around. He was probably told by someone in the box.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Doull is such an annoying commentator. Get your facts straight FFS.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I'd love to be proven wrong, but Nethula is doing a good job of looking incredibly pedestrian.

 

[Zinzan]

Guptill
Nicol
Ryder*
Taylor
McCullum
Williamson
Oram
NcCullum
Bracewell
Mills
4th seamer

Assumption of Ryder being fit = lost the weight, and can get thru some matches without injury

Presumably Southee would be your 4th seamer which means your side bats deep.

 

[Zinzan]

Something like this i'd say:

1.Guptill
2.Nicol
3.McCullum
4.Taylor
5.Ryder
6.Williamson
7.Oram
8.N McCullum
9.Mills
10.Bracewell
11.Southee

There's a few games Ryder will probably be required to get through before that happens.

Plunket Shield:

Canterbury v Wellington
Fri Feb 17 - Mon Feb 20
10:30 local | 21:30 GMT
Mainpower Oval, Rangiora

Auckland v Wellington
Fri Feb 24 - Mon Feb 27
10:30 local | 21:30 GMT
Colin Maiden Park, Auckland

South Africa ODIs are on the 25th, 29th, 3rd March

Agree about Ryder needing to prove his fitness. It's now a bit of a luxury we have other options if he isn't fit enough. The key for me will be how Nicol copes against proper opposition.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Benefit of the doubt for sure.

 

[Zinzan]

Lol Ian Smith, how can your gut reaction be out on the replay....Muppet

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah the selectors will have a bloody tough job. Personally, as much as I'm a huge fan of Williamson, I don't think we need both him and Nicol in the team as their bowling is pretty similar. Therefore, my side would be:

1. Guptill
2. Nicol
3. Ryder
4. Taylor
5. McCullum
6. Latham
7. NcCullum
8. Oram
9. Bracewell
10. Mills
11. Southee

Having a few lefties in the lineup will be important against SA I reckon, especially when their 2 spinners are likely to be Peterson and Tahir.

Nice side overall, but I'd probably stick with Williamson simply because he's a different sort of player & scores in different areas than most of the others, even if he is a tad sluggish sometimes. I can also see him pulling us out of a mess if we were suddenly 50/4 after 13 overs

 

[thierry henry]

Ellis's action is obscene, I can't be the only one seeing this

 

[thierry henry]

Poor old Nethula bowling straight breaks, and yet still dragging a couple down every over. Nervous I'd say. Might be a short international career.

 

[Zinzan]

6'1" to 6'2" imo, not tall for a seamer but more stocky than most

T H(eight)

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

A Zimbabwean finally took a catch!!!!!!!

 

[SteveNZ]

Lol Ian Smith, how can your gut reaction be out on the replay....Muppet

Everything Smith does is gut-based.

And no, it's not one sole person who thinks Ellis chucks it..he does. Fair dinkum biffs it.

De Grandhomme, what a man. First time on the field for NZ, sky ball from an Aces team-mate who is looking for his first ODI wicket...and he catches it like he's plucking an apple off a tree. Champion.

 

[Zinzan]

Poor old Nethula bowling straight breaks, and yet still dragging a couple down every over. Nervous I'd say. Might be a short international career.

Steady up brah, he's only been around 5 mins.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Nice side overall, but I'd probably stick with Williamson simply because he's a different sort of player & scores in different areas than most of the others, even if he is a tad sluggish sometimes. I can also see him pulling us out of a mess if we were suddenly 50/4 after 13 overs

Kane Williamson who has a 69 ball hundred?

 

[thierry henry]

CdG WAC, GTFO the field

 

[thierry henry]

Steady up brah, he's only been around 5 mins.

Might be all he gets. I hope not.

 

[Zinzan]

Kane Williamson who has a 69 ball hundred?

Granted, I saw that, it was a freakish innings, but the fact remains his career SR of 77 is the lowest of all the other batting candidates. It's not to say on his day he can't play a blinder.