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

[Jord]

Australian captain Steve Smith charged with dissent | Stuff.co.nz

Good.

 

[cnerd123]

Virat got away with stuff too. Clearly fines are only handed out to the uggos.

There was a really horrid one from Dhoni recently where he pretty much bullied the umpire. It worked though and it was pre decision so a but different I guess.

So what you're saying is that Australia's umpire-intimidation tactics have been #WorseThanIndia huh?

 

[social]

Good.

Would've preferred a lengthy ban for TPC to spare us from the inevitable batting slump

 

[TheJediBrah]

Disagree with 9 for Voges. Going by Runs at First Dismissal Voges scored about 10, 60 and 10*. That's an average of 40. Good, but properly worth a 5 or 6.

Anyone think Mark Craig should try and do a Mark Richardson and convert to opener? He has a higher career batting average than Stephen Fleming and that has to count for something.

No different to a dropped catch in my view; he went on and made 200 for his side at a point that the match was reasonably poised had he not kicked on.

huh

does this mean Jord isn't a kiwiviktor multi?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Interesting that Smith is getting reprimanded for this yet Mahela got away with swearing his head off very clearly during that Vettori LBW decision a couple of summers back.

nah Australians are horrible evil sportsmen and have to be punished. If anyone else does it it's fine because they're good sportsmen.

 

[Jord]

nah Australians are horrible evil sportsmen and have to be punished. If anyone else does it it's fine because they're good sportsmen.

Shh Pedo. I'm me, you're you, he's him.

 

[Bahnz]

Haha, Mark Reason's at it again! Now he's suggesting - based on absolutely nothing of course - that one of the reasons why Bond left the NZ bowling coach position was because he didn't like Brendon McCullum. Also threw in his "McCullum caused Boult's stress fracture" line again for good measure. I mean, wtf not right?

Reason: Unable to be Brendon McCullum, Kane is able to be Richie McCaw | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Jord]

The amount of credit McCaw gets really makes me laugh, it's similar to the Steve Waugh captaincy run in my view.

You had a team that had the #1 player in almost every single position that won almost every match they play. It doesn't take an amazing leader to run that side and the All Blacks won't see a massive drop.

McCullum took a band of creatures that had been the whipping boys in World Cricket for many a season post the retirement of Vettori (and even pre Vettori's retirement) and turned them into a side that achieved a number of "first time ever" performances. If anything, McCaw should be looking to McCullum for leadership advice.

 

[TNT]

The amount of credit McCaw gets really makes me laugh, it's similar to the Steve Waugh captaincy run in my view.

You had a team that had the #1 player in almost every single position that won almost every match they play. It doesn't take an amazing leader to run that side and the All Blacks won't see a massive drop.

McCullum took a band of creatures that had been the whipping boys in World Cricket for many a season post the retirement of Vettori (and even pre Vettori's retirement) and turned them into a side that achieved a number of "first time ever" performances. If anything, McCaw should be looking to McCullum for leadership advice.

Did NZ achieve any "first time ever" performances of any value though. What were some of these performances.

 

[_Ed_]

Haha, Mark Reason's at it again! Now he's suggesting - based on absolutely nothing of course - that one of the reasons why Bond left the NZ bowling coach position was because he didn't like Brendon McCullum.

I was wondering where that came from. Is it because McCullum dropped a catch off Bond in the 2003 World Cup?

 

[Athlai]

Did NZ achieve any "first time ever" performances of any value though. What were some of these performances.

WC finals, our best Test run possibly ever.

 

[Gob]

Banned. Yeeees suck it you worthless halfwit

 

[The Hutt Rec]

I was wondering where that came from. Is it because McCullum dropped a catch off Bond in the 2003 World Cup?

Bond's infamous leaked letter, I'd say.

Banned. Yeeees suck it you worthless halfwit

Praise the CW gods.

 

[Bahnz]

I was wondering where that came from. Is it because McCullum dropped a catch off Bond in the 2003 World Cup?

I think it's to do with the fact that Bond disagreed with Hesson's account of the captaincy-changeover affair.

 

[_Ed_]

Did NZ achieve any "first time ever" performances of any value though. What were some of these performances.

NZ general public caring about cricket.

 

[Bahnz]

WC finals, our best Test run possibly ever.

Yeah, most test wins in a calendar year and longest unbeaten run home and away.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

The batting must have seen the biggest ratio of centuries to matches in history over the last few years. A monumental improvement there (until this year's tests, anyway).

 

[OverratedSanity]

Heh NZ already looking back on the glory years of 2014-15

 

[TheJediBrah]

Banned. Yeeees suck it you worthless halfwit

is that really necessary. Be the bigger man gob

 

[indiaholic]

Nah. **** him.