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***Official*** New Zealand in England series 2013
- Thread starter NZTailender
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BeeGee
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I stand by my Gambhiring.< Wonders if BeeGee still thinks it's a 240 par wicket & England are raging hot favorites early on.........
The English bowlers aren't doing my prediction any favours with some ordinary bowling, tbh.
Zinzan
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Not sure why so many of you have been bleating on about Ronchi being a shoo-in for NZ 
Simply hasn't looked up to international standard in his 3 innings to date for mine, and not just in getting dismissed, but in between dismissals. IIRC Scaly was labouring the point about Ronchi being better than almost all other NZ batsmen. Hasn't even looked close.
Meanwhile, Guptill looking in magnificent touch..........
Simply hasn't looked up to international standard in his 3 innings to date for mine, and not just in getting dismissed, but in between dismissals. IIRC Scaly was labouring the point about Ronchi being better than almost all other NZ batsmen. Hasn't even looked close. Meanwhile, Guptill looking in magnificent touch..........
Flem274*
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In his defense he is batting well out of position, and was the only Wellington batsman in the Plunket Shield to stand up to Southee and Boult on a favourable pitch. Very few batsmen came out of last season with enhanced averages and Ronchi was one of them.Not sure why so many of you have been bleating on about Ronchi being a shoo-in for NZ
And to be fair the only people advocating Ronchi as a specialist test batsman were the likes of Scaly and Benchmark.
But otherwise I agree, and there is no way he should replace Watling in the test side any time soon. Ronchi isn't much more than a very good ball striker and from what we've seen in this series, a classy gloveman as well. Certainly good enough to play as a wicketkeeper batsman but definitely too one paced and technically loose, even when compared with other New Zealand batsmen, to play as a specialist batsman.
Ah ****, Guppers out.
edit: I would still give Ronchi the Champions Trophy as well.
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Scaly piscine
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Because you can tell from 3 innings... and it was more about Test cricket anyway, where you only need to average 30 to be one of NZ's best batsmen.Not sure why so many of you have been bleating on about Ronchi being a shoo-in for NZ
Meanwhile, Guptill looking in magnificent touch..........
Flem274*
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So like Ravi and English ODI batsmen then?
Flem274*
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All the more reason to ban spinners from cricket. They all throw anyway and most importantly we don't have a good one. Out with them.
Zinzan
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Yes I can. As I said, it's not just based on the 3 dismissals either, his technique looks abysmal, his bat doesn't even come through straight for a start. And he looks like cannon-fodder against anything over 85 mph.
Scaly piscine
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Would really like to have Tredwell and Swann in the same bowling lineup, probably England's best ODI bowlers, or very close to it - dunno if you could get away with two off-spinners, but it's better than having another seamer serve up rubbish.