***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

[NZTailender]

NZ beers that are widely available

1. Emersons
2. Monteiths
3. Macs
4. Boundary Road
99. Everything else

 

[Athlai]

I don't even know what Emmersons is.

 

[NZTailender]

Typo

 

[Athlai]

I don't even know what Emersons is

 

[Smudge]

Could put the top 10 most popular beers into homogenous packaging and no-one would be able to distinguish them. Beer is 99% marketing.

Thanks for that. Remind me again, you're 19-20 aren't you?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Thanks for that. Remind me again, you're 19-20 aren't you?

No problem, I know people can always do with my infinite wisdom.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Nah, good beer is good, and bad beer is bad.

And a win! Yay!!

 

[Energetic]

I don't understand West Indies. They are missing so many of their best players and bowling looks in a right load of mess. Poor attitude.

 

[Days of Grace]

Meh. Other teams don't complain when they beat a 3rd-string NZ team. Neither should we. I agree with Coney: the top 4 should remain as is until the world cup. In fact, I'd even extend it to the top 6.

Guptill
Ryder
Williamson
Taylor
McCullum
Anderson

That's pretty gun.

 

[hendrix]

NZ beers that are widely available

1. Emersons
2. Monteiths
3. Macs
4. Boundary Road
99. Everything else

Harrington's > everything else. And I hate the hell out of those white trash canterbury folk. But they've figured out a few things that emersons havent:
1. Just cos it's hoppy doesnt mean u need to **** yourself while drinking. The whole point of an IPA is drinkability.
2. ****ing draught beer. It's the opiate of the people for when we're not doing cocaine or having ***. May as well make a nice version of it.
3. They don't have a marketing campaign that involves them slagging off cheap beer (i.e. Moa, you ****s)

 

[hendrix]

other than that I'll take:
a) Ranfurly, because **** you.
b) Matilda Bay, It's Australian but it is very nice.
c) whatever ****ing shot this one next to me's friend's are giving to me from guys that are hitting on them.

 

[Hurricane]

New Zealand v West Indies, 4th ODI, Nelson Report : Big win for New Zealand in Nelson debut | Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

While the bowling, at least, is of international standard, the current batting does not measure up. Chadwick Walton, a man with a List A batting average of 16,

 

[Kippax]

I agree with Coney: the top 4 should remain as is until the world cup. In fact, I'd even extend it to the top 6.

Guptill
Ryder
Williamson
Taylor
McCullum
Anderson

That's pretty gun.

"World famous in New Zealand" no doubt, but quickly exposed in a World Cup as just a sugary carbonated lemon drink. Until you spike it with this...

Munro †

 

[Hurricane]

He wasn't batting in a way that screamed "I am a test match opener" that's for sure

Just watched the extended highlights and he certainly didn't - I would say that would end any of those thoughts if they ever existed. His technique simply did not look tight. Still in the running to be a number 5 though.

 

[Zinzan]

"World famous in New Zealand" no doubt, but quickly exposed in a World Cup as just a sugary carbonated lemon drink. Until you spike it with this...

Munro †

Agree about not discounting Munro, definitely has x-factor & is as good an exponent of the reverse sweep as I've seen.

 

[Athlai]

Get Watling in there. The last thing we need in our lower order is more filthy sloggers

 

[Hurricane]

Get Watling in there. The last thing we need in our lower order is more filthy sloggers

 

[Zinzan]

Get Watling in there. The last thing we need in our lower order is more filthy sloggers

As much as I like Watling and am still far from convinced with Ronchi, I'd actually prefer to see Tom Latham as the short-form keeper.

I know Watling had that good little period in ODI's last year, but that was batting up the order playing the anchor innings when we were missing a few top order batsmen. Not sure where he'd fit into this side with all our best batsmen available, and if he's batting at 7 or 8, we might as well have more of a dasher like a Latham. The only real value I see with Watling is doing a recovery job if we lost a heap of early wickets, but not sure you want to pick a side based on that predicament, perhaps there's an argument to say you do.

 

[Howsie]

Watling averages something like 60 down the order. Would defiantly have him in the team over Ronchi who seriously can't buy a run since he made his debut 6 months ago.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Latham is just as prone to slow scoring as bj early on and he isnt exactly the greatest finisher either. Vettori in at 7 imo With ronchi down at 8
Edit: Vettori and guptill to swap places