***Official*** New Zealand in England series 2013

[Daemon]

4 byes now. poor guptill.

 

[MW1304]

Bowl a no-ball!

Hehe nah very good innings, deserved. Looked easy all the way.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wide down leg side and i'd piss myself.

Boooooooooooo

Well played Guppy.

 

[straw man]

Lol, wtf was that keeping. Will be crap if Guptill doesn't get the century.

 

[BeeGee]

Well done Guptill, well done NZ.

 

[Meridio]

Shot Gup. Do like him as a player, despite his **** test batting.

Oh come on camera guys, don't cut to a shot of ****ing Hesson, I want to enjoy the moment.

 

[straw man]

Good man Guptill. A good limited overs batsman, no ifs or buts.

 

[Zinzan]

Played Guptill

 

[BeeGee]

Nah, NZ should take it out by 5 wickets.

This guy knows his stuff.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Guptill's test to ODI transformation is seriously freakish. Lol ronchi duck.

Also RE my comments on nmac earlier - I'm not saying he should be dropped, but it's seriously impressive how mediocre he manages to be while still apparently performing a job at the top level.

 

[Burgey]

Pizzling

 

[Flem274*]

good work nz, and nice to see guptill converting a start too.

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah its good to see the sloth finally violate Guptill's Law. Looks like it was a terrific all round bowling effort as well. Encouraging stuff.

 

[Flem274*]

I still think McClenaghan looks short of a gallop, and Franklin's bowling may be our achilles heel if he can't tighten up a bit.

Due to the squad structure either he or Munro has to play and both are very hittable bowlers. NcCullum and Dougeh can't bat at seven.

 

[BeeGee]

I still think McClenaghan looks short of a gallop, and Franklin's bowling may be our achilles heel if he can't tighten up a bit.

Due to the squad structure either he or Munro has to play and both are very hittable bowlers. NcCullum and Dougeh can't bat at seven.

They should give Munro a crack in the next game!

They won't though. They'll give Franklin all the game time as he is their first choice.

 

[Hurricane]

Munro's list a econ rate is 6.19 - that dashes my hopes of him being played as the 5th bowler.
Strangely his FC econ rate is less than 3.

 

[James]

Probably already been asked, but is Ronchi the first player to play for both New Zealand and Australia?

 

[straw man]

Munro's list a econ rate is 6.19 - that dashes my hopes of him being played as the 5th bowler.
Strangely his FC econ rate is less than 3.

This completely makes sense when you watch his bowling imo.

There's a reason noone bowls 120ks in high level LO cricket - not fast enough to trouble anyone but just fast enough to come onto the bat nicely. Combine that with low arm trajectory and any limited overs batsman that plunks their front foot forward will have a lot of success hitting straight or over the top. Might benefit from dropping his pace to Nathan Astle level and working on variations.

In FC and his test he's accurate enough, swings it and probably just not worth the risk to push for more than an easy three per over. An adequate fifth bowler... Pity about the batting.

 

[Furball]

Probably already been asked, but is Ronchi the first player to play for both New Zealand and Australia?

You would imagine so, there can't be that many players who've played for 2 Test nations post WWI.

 

[Hurricane]

This completely makes sense when you watch his bowling imo.

There's a reason noone bowls 120ks in high level LO cricket - not fast enough to trouble anyone but just fast enough to come onto the bat nicely. Combine that with low arm trajectory and any limited overs batsman that plunks their front foot forward will have a lot of success hitting straight or over the top. Might benefit from dropping his pace to Nathan Astle level and working on variations.

In FC and his test he's accurate enough, swings it and probably just not worth the risk to push for more than an easy three per over. An adequate fifth bowler... Pity about the batting.

He's got an above average bowling action.