They do on this road against two of the least effective Test bowlers in the world when there's no seam, bounce, or swing, and a part time spinner. I'd like to see how they look on anything resembling what 'normal' NZ test conditions should be.
It's irrelevant. Bangladesh of old would just roll over no matter what the conditions.
Again strange logic. NZ were torn apart in India on turning tracks. Failure to be competitive in conditions unsuited to them. Does that make them minnows as well?
It's important though. People use "minnow" and "bad team" interchangeably these days, which is annoying. Bangladesh are still a pretty bad team but calling them a minnow implies they don't belong at this level, which clearly isn't true.
Fixed.
minnow level comeback there
It's about as important as Shakib's 200 not being considered a 50, i.e. not very
I mean come on. Only a couple of international teams at one point have decent bench strength when it comes to fast bowlers. If at all.
In their case, yes. The perennial Sri Lanka of the South Seas.
I know 550 from Bangladesh looks ridiculous but I'm fairly certain the NZ players aren't into that sort of dishonesty
Lol, you're being disingenuous in pretending not to get the difference between Bangers and NZ/SL.
So technically, NZ are still minnows, because the amount of times we've lost entire matches due to a session of choking in the past 12 months is horrifying.
If we apply that logic Pakistan are minnows too, and Australia and England might be as well.
Again I don't get how past performances determined the current quality of a team.
They've been playing like it yes.
That's the difference, their history of results does count for me, & they need more than 1 home test win and one good innings total of a road for me to change that view.
