Quite an organised guy McCone, already a law graduate I think. Probably destined to be that heady South Island player who gets further in the game than we thought, a bit like how Phlegm often feels surprised to the upside by Ellis.
Honestly, as far as English press goes I didn't find that article terrible. It's certainly no Stephen Jones article and he does point out some things that we are also critical of NZC for - failure to interest the public, not scheduling enough tests, etc etc
To be fair, Southee and Boult have only done well in a few very low profile tests and both of their career records still look very average.
The few write ups I have read, including the Sunday Times yesterday, mention the threat of our seam bowling. In the sense it shouldn't be underestimated anyway.
Yeah but that's why it's so classically ignorant and biased to just assume they're crap. Clearly written by someone who didn't watch the games in question IMO.
He didn't say they were crap, he said middle-order batting and fast-medium bowling were relative strengths. Which is patronising, although it's not like Southee has become so first-rate he's getting a wicket a spell with the older ball in hand. Couldn't contain Wellington to a run-rate under 4.5 during those old ball spells either.
The same bloke who said last week drop Bell for Bairstow. Seems nobody should be listening to Mr Berry of late.
Great line.
that was my initial thought. He's not adequate cover for opening bowler options, only first or second change.
yes, with Honours. Some other law graduate bowlers I can think of include Martin Sneddon, Andrew Penn & Stuart Clark.
Surely Hesson and McCullum know Wagner well enough to figure he's never looked remotely like a support act third seamer for anyone. Would make a bit of a nonsense of Watling staying low in the order and McCullum shuffling down if they then shoehorned Wagner into a completely unsuitable and unfamiliar role.
lol.
Milne didn't look fully fit just before the start of the NZXI game. He was sending down medium pace lollypops for CD at the time.
Sad, but true.
