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New Zealand A Tour of India and Sri Lanka
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Bahnz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well tbf it simply isn't a very good team. As mentioned earlier in the thread, only Bracewell, Mitchell, Ronchi and maybe Latham are serious A team selections. The rest of the side has more of a emerging-players kind of feel about it, especially Devcich, Munro, Sodhi and Ellis.
Flem274*
123/5
Just looks like a high scoring game to me. The run rates have been very good from both sides. We obvz can't see the pitch but if both sides can coast along at greater than 4rpo then it can't be horrific for batting. Considering our dearth of batsmen in the squad and the short batting orders we've trotted out, 390 is a decent return. A team with Munro at five, Cachopa opening and Devcich at three will always have dubious batting credentials because it has a very pick and mix look to it.
As for the bowlers, well the two developing/inexperienced/not very good atm leg spinners getting schooled by good players of spin wasn't unexpected, and Ellis as the third seamer was more a plan to maintain a balanced side and keep the batsmen in check rather than rip **** up. Bracewell and Henry are getting an education about how joyful being a western fast bowler in the subcontinent can be sometimes.
As for the bowlers, well the two developing/inexperienced/not very good atm leg spinners getting schooled by good players of spin wasn't unexpected, and Ellis as the third seamer was more a plan to maintain a balanced side and keep the batsmen in check rather than rip **** up. Bracewell and Henry are getting an education about how joyful being a western fast bowler in the subcontinent can be sometimes.
Bahnz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Ugh, seriously? Since moving to New Zealand, Ronchi has scored 1224 runs in first class cricket at an average of 68, including 7 centuries (two coming for NZA in difficult circumstances). No other domestic regular, including Ryder and Brownlie, has all-round numbers anywhere near that good. Admittedly, he can't open the batting worth a damn. Then again, no one should be asking him to. He's been highly successful batting at number 6 and 7 and both Brownlie and Watling will need to continue putting steady numbers on the board in order to ward off his challenge.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
Whether they are 'A' or 'emerging', I'd like it if the batsmen could bat, the bowlers could bowl, and the bits and the pieces were not needed.
This is the only non weather effected 'test' of the tour, and in seemingly true SC conditions, and it's been a real disappointment to me from an 'A'/Emerging perspective.
Kiwi cricket: same ****, different year.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Last-day collapse coming right up. Was just going to post something facetious about bitsnpieces Devcich holding the side together while the rest of the top order fell around him, but then he got out too 
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Need another Ronchi century to have any chance of batting out the day.
.Need another Ronchi century to have any chance of batting out the day.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah, fish in a barrel tbh. At least you could say there's something to learn from rolling the Kiwis on a day 3 wicket when you're far from fresh, followed by maybe a chase with a bit of time pressure. Instead they just got 20 overs of Devcich darts and some Munro lulz.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
A big bruising ton for Dougeh to finish with.
Cricket Records | Records | New Zealand A tour of India and Sri Lanka, Aug-Oct 2013 | First-class matches | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo
Cricket Records | Records | New Zealand A tour of India and Sri Lanka, Aug-Oct 2013 | First-class matches | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo
Cricket Records | Records | New Zealand A tour of India and Sri Lanka, Aug-Oct 2013 | First-class matches | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo
Cricket Records | Records | New Zealand A tour of India and Sri Lanka, Aug-Oct 2013 | First-class matches | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
Now why the **** weren't they playing in these games?
Migara
International Coach
Selecturds / selectsuckers for you
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
To carry on my negative assessment of the 'test', now that it has finished.
The bowling, got only 10 wickets in 2 innings, and only 4 of those wickets taken by specialist bowlers.
The batting, only 1 half century in the 10 completed innings by the 5 specialist batsmen.
Not surprising that an NZ team gets rolled on a last day spinning deck. The result doesn't make me disappointed. But really disappointed that none of the 'specialists' grabbed an opportunity at any stage during the match.
That was bad, both performance wise and developmental wise. The badness slightly obscured by the all rounders , as usual.
The bowling, got only 10 wickets in 2 innings, and only 4 of those wickets taken by specialist bowlers.
The batting, only 1 half century in the 10 completed innings by the 5 specialist batsmen.
Not surprising that an NZ team gets rolled on a last day spinning deck. The result doesn't make me disappointed. But really disappointed that none of the 'specialists' grabbed an opportunity at any stage during the match.
That was bad, both performance wise and developmental wise. The badness slightly obscured by the all rounders , as usual.
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