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***Official*** New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2016
- Thread starter Kippax
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African Monkey
U19 Vice-Captain
Zimbabwe making Neil Wagner look like Mitchell Johnson 2013/14.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Mark Reason to publish a column decrying Wagner's ''Bodyline tactics" in 3 . . . 2. . . 1.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
The Raza 'back away to leg, expose your stumps and try to smear through point' thing is how he'll try to score all his runs, btw. It's surprisingly effective sometimes but it won't be good viewing.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
So what would a Zimbabwe XI look like if they had all the players that left for England or other shores, or retired early?
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Wagner on form always does this though.
Zinzan
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I have a lot of time for Wagner. He is far from the most talented player but what he does, he does well.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha that was such a classic example.
Agreed, initially I thought he was out because how could the ball have gone that far without coming off the bat? But then I saw the replay, and even though it was a poor quality replay, it looked like he missed it completely. Speaking of replays, what's with the lack of 3rd umpires?
That was bizarre to watch. He is a middle order player not a frikkin' tailender.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It might just be a symptom of a lack of high quality cricket in recent times for some of these guys. When the best fit seam bowlers in the country are supposedly Tiripano and Chinouya, you're not facing a lot of stuff like this, and they haven't played a Test in ages (or even ODIs against decent opposition in a while). Raza is Raza but the rest of them are usually better against the short ball than what they've shown here; I expected better from the batting tbh.
@ Wagner bowling short and wide to Raza though. He didn't even need to back away to cut that one; all his Christmases etc.Sad indictment of NZ bowlers if Wagner is our premier bowler. As much as I like the guy, Boult or Southee should really be leading in the average and SR departments.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Would explain why Gerald Aliseni can jog in with a cheeseburger in his free hand and still get their forum on tenterhooks.