*Official* New Zealand in England 2015

[Zinzan]

Ah, so Boult's confirmed as out for the whole series.

So only Southee remains from our no.1 WC attack of Southee, Boult, Milne, Vettori & Anderson....Quite a difference.

 

[Bahnz]

Sucks about Boult, though if he had to be injured, he couldn't have picked a better time than at the start of a 6 month break from test cricket.

If it is a genuine stress fracture, then I doubt he'll be fit in time for the away leg of the Australia series - even the home leg would be pushing it.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Coney, when on speaking terms, in test cricket just gave him the ball and said what field do you want?

Border took a different approach:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUW7SsvuYu4

But he aint Paddles. And Mitch is not McDermott.

 

[Skyliner]

Xmas has come early for Santner...invaluable to get this international experience at this stage of his career but he seems to have a really good temperament, despite taking some heavy tap from the Englanders.

 

[vandem]

Santner a little one-paced? Could do with a faster arm ball / slider?

 

[Howsie]

Cripes where did Botham get that from. There is a guy in the opposing team who at the same age has five more 100's himself.

Edit: Must've meant England history surely

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Really? I'm expecting Wood to be more impressive.

Wood and Willey on home debut. Looks a very weak attack.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Cripes where did Botham get that from. There is a guy in the opposing team who at the same age has five more 100's himself.

Edit: Must've meant England history surely

What did he say, my screen froze and missed it.

 

[Howsie]

Santner a little one-paced? Could do with a faster arm ball / slider?

Santner has some raw tools to make a decent bowler but he's way overmatched in these conditions. I'm just glad they're playing him as a batting all rounder and not bowling, we'd be stuff then.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

80 mph. Mitch is bringing the heat. Someone weigh that ball. A regular Tom Brady.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

80 mph. Mitch is bringing the heat. Someone weigh that ball. A regular Tom Brady.

UHHH!
z

I think the moderate successes of wagner and mclenenen prove that a large part of being an effective fast bowler is literally pretending you bowl fast

 

[Howsie]

What did he say, my screen froze and missed it.

Root having the most international 100's at his age.

 

[Spikey]

NEW SPIN KING a

 

[wellAlbidarned]

presents from santa!

 

[Zinzan]

UHHH!
z

I think the moderate successes of wagner and mclenenen prove that a large part of being an effective fast bowler is literally pretending you bowl fast

Yup, along with the Sharapova-like grunt. It all helps.

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah he must've meant for England: Batting records | Combined Test, ODI and T20I records | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Root having the most international 100's at his age.

Never know with Botham, gets in that bubble and says a statement of fact that is totally wrong quite often.

 

[Spark]

Yeah he must've meant for England: Batting records | Combined Test, ODI and T20I records | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

Bradman is the obvious hilarious outlier in terms of matches played, but Neil Harvey did alright at first too...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bradman is the obvious hilarious outlier in terms of matches played, but Neil Harvey did alright at first too...

Sobers too.

 

[Skyliner]

UHHH!
z

I think the moderate successes of wagner and mclenenen prove that a large part of being an effective fast bowler is literally pretending you bowl fast

I think they do have pretensions as to be being a fast bowler, so there is a good deal of bustling running in a fit to burst manner, blowing air and huffing and puffing, running fingers through hair and looking left and right looking exasperated at how the batsman is somehow surviving..
And the seriously quick guys or the people secure in their own pace pride themselves on looking cool, rythmic and unflustered.