I think they did go back to Southee, didn't they? Against England. But Ferguson was injured so Henry got a stay of execution, and unsurprisingly out bowled Southee. They would have picked Southee in the first match as well but he was injured. For me, the selectors deserve no credit here. It's all Henry not giving the opportunity they were so desperate to take.
Tempted, tbh. Although I have a new laptop & have never tried out the mic on it.
Oh yeah, my memory hasn't served me well. Howsie will be devastated I deviated from the disdain for our management
Taking emotion completely out of the situation at the time, I fully agree it was an unnecessary outburst, however, when you batted like he did during a World Cup semi-final against Australia and you’re own the way to leading the team home and bagging a three figure score into the equation, you must be able to understand his huge frustration to be given out. Also, the manner in which Dharmasena gave him out suggested a sense of him guessing and not being convinced Roy had actually got anything on it.
Thing is yes England has a great batting line up, and New Zealand have a great bowling attack.
Kane is only 100 behind Rohit. Is it too greedy to expect a World Cup win AND leading run scorer?
You should have given them all the morning off, you miserable bastard.
Speak for yourself. I'd love nothing better, especially if Bairstow had already burned England's review.
Most runs/wickets is such a crap statistic though. Heavily affected by the number games a team plays and whether you bat or bowl first. Average and strike rate are far more meaningful stats.
Dhoni has a higher strike rate than Williamson at an average of 45.5 in this WC though.
It's hard to tell if you're being obtuse or just generally dim. Williamson averages 91, a stat you deliberately omitted. A low strike rate is fine if your average is high enough. Dhoni's stats are good, but not great.
That's the point I was making. Dhoni is completely flattered by his stats. SR and average can be misleading too.
