Blocky
Banned
When Neesham was the pick of our bowlers and bowled the best lines and lengths, you know how poorly the other three performed.
Quite frankly, NZ kind of deserved what happened from 78/5 onwards -
Firstly, there was the enforced follow on in the first game which spent Southee and Boult.
Second, there was leaving Wagner out of the side when he's participated in three of the five victories and none of the two losses that NZ had last year, he's previously lived to take those vital first innings wickets that change the match.
Third, how many weak dismissals we gave away in the first innings to take our relatively strong position into a completely weak one within a session of play.
You just don't drop performing players for players who haven't performed in their recent efforts at test level. It would be the same as dropping Taylor for Anderson because he's had a couple bad matches in a row.
Last edited:
