Official NZ in Bangladesh (5 T20s)

[nzfan]

Crazy to see people complaining about how poor we are playing spin, when Ajaz and Ravindra have absolutely crushed it this series. That's a guy who isn't really considered a T20 option at all most of the time, and a borderline part-timer, against Bangladesh batsmen in their home conditions. If our guys are bad against spin then how bad are their guys?

I guess you could put your best batters of spin in the world collectively and they'll struggle too. The deck was just too slow and turning square mostly. Of course still requires the spinners to bowl in the right areas but you do expect them to at that level. It wasn't a level playing field for batters by any stretch of imagination.

 

[Immenso]

Biggest difference between 2 teams has actually been Mustafizur and Saifuddin. The fiz was expected but Saif more of a surprise (to me).

But, tbh. 2 of the 4 we've set to low a chase to get too many conclusions about much.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The Bangladesh team owner will be happy with this series win....now he's gonna have to select the team for the T20I WC.


(Papon, to me, is like Michael Scott)

 

[SteveNZ]

I certainly wouldn't like pitches like this all the time, but I do see some value in the way we've had to try and adjust to playing a different style of cricket in this series. Who knows, that could be the case in India later this year, too. We've lost 3 games where we've failed to score 100, and won one where we got it right and scored 120. Knocks like Will Young's last night, obviously Latham's epic knock, Blundell/Nicholls have had real merit. And the ones exposed have been guys with little international experience, or guys like CdG who don't really have a plan B.

 

[straw man]

Crazy to see people complaining about how poor we are playing spin, when Ajaz and Ravindra have absolutely crushed it this series. That's a guy who isn't really considered a T20 option at all most of the time, and a borderline part-timer, against Bangladesh batsmen in their home conditions. If our guys are bad against spin then how bad are their guys?

Think it was just one new poster tbh. It's pretty normal that when overseas in tough conditions everyone other than your tier one batsmen are almost worthless. Would've liked some minor improvements in batting (then would likely sit at 2-2) but actual performance has not been unexpected given the difficulty of conditions. Here's the stats:

Who from the top side would actually improve this NZ T20 batting side in these conditions? You'd retain Latham, Nicholls and Young (with hindsight) and add Williamson and Conway. Which gives us the test team's top 5 bar Taylor. Maybe Guptill, Phillips and Mitchell would be an improvement though they're more questionable. Wouldn't expect Seifert, Chapman or Neesham to do any better than those selected.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Not from the top side but Munro might've been handy (as would his dibbly dobblers) but he wasn't available due to CPL and that ship has sailed.

 

[straw man]

Forgot about Munro - I'd put him in the 'maybe' bucket though leaning towards a Finn Allen type of return.

 

[Zinzan]

Are these idiot commentators who've been constantly lording Bangladesh as world-beaters all series aware that not one of these current NZ players is in the NZ T20 WC squad?

 

[ataraxia]

Are these idiot commentators who've been constantly lording Bangladesh as world-beaters all series aware that not one of these current NZ players is in the NZ T20 WC squad?

They're better than Scotty Stevenson tbh but that's a pretty low bar.

 

[TheBrand]

Are these idiot commentators who've been constantly lording Bangladesh as world-beaters all series aware that not one of these current NZ players is in the NZ T20 WC squad?

My favourite part is when the commentators have made calls like "he's out, he'll have to walk back to the pavilion" then DRS shows the ball to be missing. Amazing.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Every damn game is a historic moment for them, that’s what I’ve noticed.

First game: “This is another historic win over an overseas side for Bangladesh!”

Third game: “This is a historic win on Bangladesh soil for NZ!”

Fourth game: “This is a historic series win for Bangladesh!”

Rest of the world: has forgotten the series even took place two weeks later

 

[RabinSkey]

Well im looking Bangladesh dominance in t20 wc.. Without Tamim Iqbal

 

[RabinSkey]

Well im looking for cricketweb Whatsapp group.......

 

[RabinSkey]

Are these idiot commentators who've been constantly lording Bangladesh as world-beaters all series aware that not one of these current NZ players is in the NZ T20 WC squad?

So why theyve sended C team

 

[Nintendo]

Yeah honestly Kane with a double digit score from one or two other bats would win most of these games. Guy is tailor made for these conditions.

 

[vandem]

So why theyve sended C team

Player workload / Covid / quarantine

NZ have tours to Bangladesh (T20) then Pakistan (ODI + T20) then some players to IPL then T20 World Cup then to India (test + T20), all before Christmas. Then home for Boxing Day 1st test vs Bangladesh There have been decisions made to prioritise T20 World Cup and IPL and tour to India.

 

[nzfan]

My favorite memory of the commentator (same one) is calling a third umpire call:

"Yes, he looks out"
"No, he's not out"
"He looks out but he should not be given out"
"It'll be too hard and harsh to give that out" - What does that even mean?
"He is definitely out"
"I don't think he should be given out"
"He's out from that angle"

All in the space of 2 minutes

 

[Aritro]

Every damn game is a historic moment for them, that’s what I’ve noticed.

First game: “This is another historic win over an overseas side for Bangladesh!”

Third game: “This is a historic win on Bangladesh soil for NZ!”

Fourth game: “This is a historic series win for Bangladesh!”

Rest of the world: has forgotten the series even took place two weeks later

To be fair, I'm sure you had plenty of these in the 50s ?‍

 

[Moss]

Every damn game is a historic moment for them, that’s what I’ve noticed.

First game: “This is another historic win over an overseas side for Bangladesh!”

Third game: “This is a historic win on Bangladesh soil for NZ!”

Fourth game: “This is a historic series win for Bangladesh!”

Rest of the world: has forgotten the series even took place two weeks later

Commentary has been unbearable but won't grudge BD celebrating this win and the other recent ones. ROW forgetting this took place 2 weeks later will probably happen, but that's exactly the sort of Big 3 Mentality which kiwi fans would do well to steer clear of IMO.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Bangladesh seamers took a lot of wickets from memory.

Fizz is actually a spinner in disguise