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***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14
- Thread starter Prince EWS
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KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
A quick google gives the field dimensions as 131m x 81m. If the pitch was in the very centre of the stadium that would give 40m square boundaries......
James
Cricket Web Owner
Looks like it's a no go then
Source - New Zealand Cricket News: New Zealand news: Kyle Mills slams small New Zealand grounds | ESPN Cricinfo
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Yeah, nah. With all the stadium controversy and so many people against it, my only criticism was not catering for cricket. Missed a trick there. Ugh rugby is the only important sport apparently.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
It starts on Wednesday!
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
fmd reading earlier in this thread, and also other threads in general, it's like people have no understanding of what a bowling attack should be. The third seamer should be in the top 3 seamers in the country, not some halfway there he-might-score-some-runs serviceable seamer. This is not ODIs, your third seamer isn't there to be economical, he's there to ****ing take ****ing wickets for ****s sake. He actually has arguably a tougher job than anyone else because he hasn't got a new ball and might be facing some now-set batsmen.
Batting only comes into it when you're playing two spinners and the third seamer is an all-rounder.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Weather forecasting is generally a crapshoot any further out than 3 days.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Look I agree. But Gillespie has done nothing to shout down the roof. Ideally Bennett would be there, but he's not even in the picture.
And I think when you're playing 5 bowlers - yes, I think Anderson is a viable bowling option - there's justification for including a bowling allrounder as the third seamer. We did it with Cairns, for example. Flintoff would've also been a good example except England erroneously batted him in the top 6. Especially with Williamson bowling, there's a greater share of the 3rd seamer's responsibility.
We have to face up to the fact that noone near the national setup is a particularly penetrative bowler.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
would you give wagner another go? do you think we might benefit from having some fresh legs instead?
Flem274*
123/5
The issue is all our blokes in the Southee/Boult mode have been going great guns for a while now whereas our hit the deck blokes like Gillespie/Butler/Bennett etc have either fallen off the wagon or injured themselves. We've tried to manufacture swing bowlers like Bracewell and Wagner into archetypical third seamers but the powers that be are finding out the hard way it isn't an overnight process. I'm a big fan of Milne being the third quick because he merges pace and bounce with swing both ways (though I haven't seen him bowl the outswinger in a while so maybe he shelved it). I know he isn't the finished article yet but he is one of the best options. Bartlett also should be in the reckoning because he hits the deck with good bounce, has performed reasonably well though his WPM could be higher, and has stayed fit.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
see my sig
Flem274*
123/5
Dunno what you used but metservice always predict either rain with northerlies or sun with northerlies beyond a few days.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
we should probably never have selected Bond for his 17 tests either, huh?
