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

[Gob]

Indicates that he plays most his matches in Australia where you can walk across your stumps at pleasure and trust the pitch. He's a good batsman, but he's not a patch on Khawaja or Voges.

 

[TheJediBrah]

For all the hoopla surrounding McCullum, I have seen nothing in these 5 tests to suggest that he even a half-decent tactician

It's either complete funk or massive defence

did anyone ever actually think he was a decent tactician?

I thought the hype about him was mostly just that he was ultra-aggressive, not necessarily in a "smart" way

. . . if that makes sense, probably doesn't

 

[TheJediBrah]

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[vcs]

cricinfo's scorecard page has a rather disturbing video with a girl holding a McCullum face mask.

 

[hendrix]

cricinfo's scorecard page has a rather disturbing video with a girl holding a McCullum face mask.

I also mis-read the quote as "We will miss McCullum's big ****"

 

[Daemon]

Smith scoring runs is getting old pretty quick, **** off already

 

[Gob]

Smith scoring runs is getting old pretty quick, **** off already

He is an average 40-45 batsman tbf

 

[Spikey]

no you

 

[Howsie]

did anyone ever actually think he was a decent tactician?

I thought the hype about him was mostly just that he was ultra-aggressive, not necessarily in a "smart" way

. . . if that makes sense, probably doesn't

Nope, makes sense and plenty of us here on CW have said the same thing.

 

[Jono]

did anyone ever actually think he was a decent tactician?

I thought the hype about him was mostly just that he was ultra-aggressive, not necessarily in a "smart" way

. . . if that makes sense, probably doesn't

The amount of times McCullum got brought up during the SA vs. Eng ODI series whenever a slip was taken out or they weren't adding a slip in was ridiculous. Nasser was obsessed with how awesome McCullum is as a captain.

Anyone aggressive basically becomes a good captain by default in the media.

 

[Gob]

no you

I'm an average 40-45 batsman?

 

[GotSpin]

The amount of times McCullum got brought up during the SA vs. Eng ODI series whenever a slip was taken out or they weren't adding a slip in was ridiculous. Nasser was obsessed with how awesome McCullum is as a captain.

Anyone aggressive basically becomes a good captain by default in the media.

You forgot about aggressive declarations

 

[TheJediBrah]

The amount of times McCullum got brought up during the SA vs. Eng ODI series whenever a slip was taken out or they weren't adding a slip in was ridiculous. Nasser was obsessed with how awesome McCullum is as a captain.

Anyone aggressive basically becomes a good captain by default in the media.

so true

 

[GotSpin]

There's plenty of carry and bounce still. No need to rant on about the pitch flattening out.

Its just strange for NZ to have a mid-off now

 

[GotSpin]

2/155 might look good but M Marsh bats at 6...

 

[TheJediBrah]

It feels like just yesterday when Aus had a ridiculously strong tail

Now we've got Hazelwood, Lyon & Bird

 

[Jord]

I find it weird they're championing NZ picking a spinner when ultimately Kane Williamson has better statistics at all levels than Mark Craig does.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Craig bowls with a straight arm at least

 

[Gob]

It feels like just yesterday when Aus had a ridiculously strong tail

Now we've got Hazelwood, Lyon & Bird

Patto is ok. When Starc returns it'll be okier

 

[Gnske]

Imagine if you said Smith would be out for 9 or under 20 this morning.