***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

[Flem274*]

i don't really see why aus need wade for his batting anyway tbh. with their balance at full strength they can afford the keeper at #8 or lower, or if they really must a nurdler type keeper can bat #5 with #intent all the way down the rest of the order with forkers at #8 ffs

 

[wellAlbidarned]

good from BODISRTS

 

[maggot8210]

Wow this was unexpected and a little hollow but I'm thrilled nonetheless

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I couldn't really care about the Chappell-Hadlee trophy to be honest.

 

[ajdude]

stoinis would've gotten us home tbh.

 

[Flem274*]

I couldn't really care about the Chappell-Hadlee trophy to be honest.

i don't know why they don't make it the trophy of the tests (which is the excitingly named trans tasman trophy)

 

[Spark]

if this means that wade ****s off then i'll take that as a positive tbh

 

[Spikey]

Surely that's it for Wade now. Quite apart from his lack of runs of late, his keeping still really isn't up to it at all.

Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He's probably got the best stats of any of our keepers @ 7. The issue is: a) I'm not sure if those stats are that much better than what a Nevill or Whiteman would provide, and Nevill won't drop as many catches non behave like a ****ing idiotic selfish dickhead child every single time something bad happens, and b) If we're gonna keep on picking Faulkner, he should be at 7 anyway.

I really feel like there's a chance Nev gets named for the T20 WC, particularly given the late Finch change they're making

 

[Prince EWS]

i don't know why they don't make it the trophy of the tests (which is the excitingly named trans tasman trophy)

The idea at the time was that they'd play ODIs really regularly (every year IIRC?) but probably not get that many Tests in against each other.

 

[Spikey]

I couldn't really care about the Chappell-Hadlee trophy to be honest.

I don't care about the trophy, but it's almost always a good series of games

or maybe it almost always sucks but we've had some good games in the lot

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

i don't know why they don't make it the trophy of the tests (which is the excitingly named trans tasman trophy)

The (Willie) Watson-(Peter) Taylor cup

 

[_Ed_]

Well played NZ. Great effort with the ball in this game. Thoroughly deserved.

Another great game. Saturday and tonight have reminded me what's good about ODIs. Let's do this again some time.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

if this means that wade ****s off then i'll take that as a positive tbh

So - a Wade failure... Something both sides of the Tasman can rejoice in?

 

[Spark]

Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He's probably got the best stats of any of our keepers @ 7. The issue is: a) I'm not sure if those stats are that much better than what a Nevill or Whiteman would provide, and Nevill won't drop as many catches non behaviour like a ****ing idiotic selfish dickhead child every single time something bad happens, and b) If we're gonna keep on picking Faulkner, he should be at 7 anyway.

I really feel like there's a chance Nev gets named for the T20 WC, particularly given the late Finch change they're making

it's not just the catches. he regularly lets through 5+ runs a game purely through incompetence, particularly down the legside.

 

[straw man]

The (Willie) Watson-(Peter) Taylor cup

the Harris-Bevan Trophy works for ODIs

 

[Black_Warrior]

Masterstroke to play Sodhi today.

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah, these last two games have been fantastic.

 

[Prince EWS]

the Harris-Bevan Trophy works for ODIs

Nah, leave the ODI trophy as it is and play the Tests for the Grimmett-Pavlova Trophy.

 

[Burgey]

Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He's probably got the best stats of any of our keepers @ 7. The issue is: a) I'm not sure if those stats are that much better than what a Nevill or Whiteman would provide, and Nevill won't drop as many catches non behave like a ****ing idiotic selfish dickhead child every single time something bad happens, and b) If we're gonna keep on picking Faulkner, he should be at 7 anyway.

I really feel like there's a chance Nev gets named for the T20 WC, particularly given the late Finch change they're making

That's the thing though. Faulkner should bat seven when he plays, as you said. So if you're batting your keeper as low as eight, he's probably going to be there for a rebuilding type role. If not, send in blokes like Starc ahead of him who can bomb it anyway. In the meantime, Wade's keeping will cost us big time.

 

[_Ed_]

Masterstroke to play Sodhi today.

I thought he'd struggle. Very, very pleasantly surprised.