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**Official** New Zealand in West Indies

Mike5181

International Captain
Amazing shot! Martin cracks Roach through extra-cover for 4 to get off the mark. Came out of nowehere, that. NZ 148-9

Haha, classic.
 
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SteveNZ

International Coach
The WICB Twitter feed is not making for good reading.

233-4 in reply to 144, the likes of Guptill bowling in the first 25 and Nethula getting pumped all over the show.

Seems like that horror pitch van Wyk was talking about isn't so bad after all
 

flibbertyjibber

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Cricinfo obviously don't seem to care the game is going on as they have no updated scorecard. You would think they would get one of the press guys that are there to send it through now and then wouldn't you.
 

BeeGee

International Captain
DROPPED! It's all happening fast and furious. Thomas's edge floored by Vettori at 1st slip, Wagner can't believe his bad luck
What the hell is Vettori doing at first slip?
 

BeeGee

International Captain
Close of play.
WICB President's XI 299-7

NZ bowling:
Martin 17-5-41-0,
Wagner 20-4-50-2,
Brownlie 6-1-24-0,
Vettori 20-5-48-4,
Nethula 20-2-101-1,
Guptill 2-0-22-0
 

Mike5181

International Captain
Decent bowling from Vettori and Wagner by the looks of it. Doubt that will be enough to earn Nethula a spot.
 
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BackFootPunch

International 12th Man
Nethula won't be playing the Test then. The Twitter commentary suggested Wagner was bowling with a bit of pace so that's good at least.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Ugly reading indeed. I wouldn't completely write off Nethula (legspin the hardest of all bowling arts to master and the most reliant on confidence etc), but at the very least he's probably too much of a risk in a four-man bowling attack.

Deonarine 100 from 115 balls - I've barely seen him bat before but must have been some good aggressive batting. Both he and Chanderpaul out to big hits doesn't say much for our bowling either.

Almost choked on my cornflakes when I read this one:
WI vs NZ: Spin and bounce from Vettori. Permaul gets a glove and it sails over slip. Lucky escape. PRE XI 272-6. Thomas 22* Permaul 1*
Time travel machine to ten years ago?
 

Howsie

Cricketer Of The Year
What the hell is Vettori doing at first slip?
Hasn't done a lot of it for New Zealand but he fielded at first slip all season for ND last year.

As for Nethula did anyone honestly expect anything different? He stinks and I think I'm being kind when I say that. He doesn't really turn the ball that much, bowls quite flat, zero variations and has bugger all control. Would explain his rather terrible first class record I would guess.
 

SteveNZ

International Coach
Hasn't done a lot of it for New Zealand but he fielded at first slip all season for ND last year.

As for Nethula did anyone honestly expect anything different? He stinks and I think I'm being kind when I say that. He doesn't really turn the ball that much, bowls quite flat, zero variations and has bugger all control. Would explain his rather terrible first class record I would guess.
You should be a bit careful - Nethula has a wrong-un, and a top-spinner, which I would count as variations.

But yes, he should be nowhere near the Test side, nor the ODIs for that matter. Shane Warne has a lot to answer for, all these years later.
 

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
If he's bowling as flat in the warm-ups as he was in the LO matches against the Zimbos when I last watched him, then yeah he's plainly not ready. Was hoping that was just nerves.
 

roseboy64

Cricket Web Content Updater
What's the likely WI team?

Gayle
Barath
Edwards/Powell
Bravo
Chanderpaul
Samuels
Ramdin
Sammy
Roach
Rampaul
Narine

I think that's about right. Maybe Fudadin or Deonarine in the top 6 somewhere.
Gayle
???
Deonarine
Samuels
Chanderpaul
Dwayne Bravo
Ramdin
Sammy
Rampaul
Roach
Narine
 

Flem274*

123/5
Amazing shot! Martin cracks Roach through extra-cover for 4 to get off the mark. Came out of nowehere, that. NZ 148-9

Haha, classic.
I swear he's hitting his peak. The Marto Moments are getting more and more common. What a hero!

Some surprises in the domestic contracts.
 

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