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Flametree

International 12th Man
The top order failing is depressingly predictable. The tail capitulating is understandable given the bowlers they were facing, but still depressingly new. Ffs, even Gillespie smacked the same bowlers around the park last season. Didn't think I'd miss Southee's lower order batting when I heard he was injured...

The few good NZ sides I've seen have never had 3-4 players averaging over 40, but they have had bloody useful lower order players. Once upon a time our 7-10 would have been Hadlee, Smith Bracewell and Cairns or Snedden. And then Cairns, Parore, Nash, Vettori. This side takes me back to 1993 or something when 8-11 were Su'a, Morrison, Doull (before he became a reasonable tail-end hitter), Watson / de Gron....
 
banquetbear

banquetbear

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
"Brendon McCullum: "Very tough Test matches, we were well short of the mark against the no. 1 side. We were really exposed. It is hard to point finger at anything at the moment, but we were outplayed in all departments by SA. We wanted to come here and compete, we showed glimpses at time. We had high hopes, maybe to win a sneak a win or two. Unfortunately we were exposed. The guys in the team fronted up well against SA, can't fault their attitude. ODI cricket is to a little to our liking as per our cricketing abilities. Hopefully we will be able to play well."

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Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
banquetbear said:
"Brendon McCullum: "Very tough Test matches, we were well short of the mark against the no. 1 side. We were really exposed. It is hard to point finger at anything at the moment, but we were outplayed in all departments by SA. We wanted to come here and compete, we showed glimpses at time. We had high hopes, maybe to win a sneak a win or two. Unfortunately we were exposed. The guys in the team fronted up well against SA, can't fault their attitude. ODI cricket is to a little to our liking as per our cricketing abilities. Hopefully we will be able to play well."

...posted without comment.
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Yeah well, to paraphrase the great Billy Bob Thornton, hope in one hand and **** in the other, and see which fills up first.
 
wellAlbidarned

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
tbf to McCullum there's not a lot he can say other than that. As hard as it sounds, as a cricket team you've got to think positively (but still critically obviously) after such a defeat. Moping around pointing out that we suck serious **** acheives nothing, because they already know that.
 
ohnoitsyou

ohnoitsyou

International Regular
wellAlbidarned said:
tbf to McCullum there's not a lot he can say other than that. As hard as it sounds, as a cricket team you've got to think positively (but still critically obviously) after such a defeat. Moping around pointing out that we suck serious **** acheives nothing, because they already know that.
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The correct reaction is to panic, for the players to realise that they need to work harder, fight harder and work on technique.
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
In the last 2 years we have scored 3 centuries in ODIs. Taylor 2, Ryder 1.

Out of the current squad only Watling averages over 30 in ODIs in the last 2 years.
 
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Flametree

International 12th Man
wellAlbidarned said:
tbf to McCullum there's not a lot he can say other than that. As hard as it sounds, as a cricket team you've got to think positively (but still critically obviously) after such a defeat. Moping around pointing out that we suck serious **** acheives nothing, because they already know that.
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Agree. I think "we turned up" is more realistic than "we fronted up" but as skipper all he can say is that they worked hard off the field but it didn't pay off for them on it, and hopefully the individuals will learn some lessons from playing against such quality opposition.
 
lockton2skipper

lockton2skipper

U19 Debutant
outclassed in every department. taylor ryder and ronchi may make a difference. huge problems at the top of the order. move bj up to open with guptill, one guy nz must persevere with. flynn franklin patel and wagner not up to it and williamson needs dropping down the order.
guptill
watling
taylor
brownlie
mcCullum
williamson/ryder
ronchi
bracewell
southee
boult
gillespie
 
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