thierry henry
International Coach
Watling getting a bit stuck in the 40s, just like Nicol.
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*Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012
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AndyZaltzHair
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Wicket is not easy to bat on, Watling did a good job there
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Agree. Coming in at 1-17 from 6.3, he had a consolidation job to do. And did well.
Is the pitch that hard for scoring? Doesn't look it to me
Prince EWS
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Yeah. I'm actually starting to like Twatling, tbh. I never thought he really deserved the original run he got as Test opener and I hated it even more when the selectors randomly decided to play three openers in the top three even though their middle order options were so much better than their top order ones, so I resented him for that. However, his dedication to adapting his game to whatever the team needs can only be commended. He bats all over the shop depending on what the teams at the time, never really able to get settled on working his skillset for one role, and he's even taken up the gloves again despite not doing it on a consistent basis since youth cricket. He's actually been pretty successful of late in different roles in one day cricket and he quite clearly has a calm cricket brain, well suited to a crisis.
Quite the contrary to McCullum who bats wherever he feels like, team balanced be damned, gave away the gloves despite being the best gloveman in the country in a desperate attempt to extend his career as a distinctly mediocre international batsman, and has the match awareness of a ******** fish.
Prince EWS
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You like Nicol more than Mills? GTFO.
Kippax
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Surprising to the upside of late Watling tbf. One these mid-twenties Saffers settle down and stop trying to fit in with their Kiwi friends (who can't bat for ****), look out, as Carl Cachopa might suggest.
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Migara
International Coach
They just suck
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Seems discouraging to me that Hesson, the details man, blithely said "he had good results against India A".
Everyone on CW knows that he didn't look particularly flash, and let's remember Paul Wiseman and Bruce Martin had a 200 partnership for NZ A once. Pointless to pay for such extensive video surveillance if it's all just vanity or player-based, and the wonks and top brass don't bother.
Scaly piscine
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Why would you consolidate after such a slow start against a team like Sri Lanka?
1 wicket after 6 and a half overs isn't a disaster. Typically you'd expect to be 1 down after 10. You need to bat aggressively or bat long.
Their seamers are pretty weak up front. Malinga is most effective at the death so you don't want to leave yourself too many to score at end. Sri Lanka are also a strong batting side, so you need to give them a tougher target and put the pressure on their bowling.
The slow run-rate should have a greater impact than the one wicket down.
That was the difference in the game just gone. Sri Lanka kept ticking along regardless of the odd wicket falling. They won comfortably on D-L despite being 3 down at a stage when NZ were 1 down.
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