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***Official New Zealand in India Nov-Dec 2021 Thread***

Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
hendrix said:
Who gaf about jamodis and jamt20s etc

Southee test bowler is superb and also has buckets in the slips. Dude is invaluable, and his batting is hilariously bad and i can't even get angry about it anymore
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While I often find his batting frustrating, Southee like everyone has a limited amount of time to hone his skills and I can appreciate that it’s best for him and NZ to let his batting talent go to seed while he perfects his bowling.

Queue forum wide meltdown as Southee is clean bowled trying to slog a 6 with 2 needed for an NZ victory.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Hurricane2 said:
I haven’t watched much of Will Young until now. My initial impressions are mixed

Positives
Well organised
Bats with positive intent
Bat in front of pad against spinners on forward defence against spin to negate lbw
Understands innings management and puts the team needs before his own like most down under batsman do

Negatives
A rather large negative that i fear will be his undoing. He has wide back lift that isn’t straight. His pre delivery pick up is fine but his actual back lift has a flourish towards point. This will lead to lbws, playing around his front pad, mistiming off drives, not being able to drive well on the up. He has adjusted for all of this by opening his stance to avoid lbw but that is not going to suffice long term.

That analysis based on my years as a top order bat in senior men’s cricket and coaching clinics.
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Top marks for this analysis. His weakness against bowlers who can shape the ball back into his pads has been something that’s been noted on the forum for the past couple of years.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
This is a rather important innings for Latham, isn't it?

A hundred here would mean the difference between being a good standard international opener with some obvious limitations, and a test batsman to be feared in the subcontinent. Obviously he has done it before to a lesser degree, but this is India at home which is a whole different story.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Wasn't there a Young who used to open for New Zealand in the mid to late 90s ? Is Will Young also a second gen international cricketer like his opening partner?
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
honestbharani said:
They seem to want to take more singles today or play more shots. Have to see how it goes.
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Yeah, last night they were prepared to give away 20 runs to be able to maximise their chances of getting to stumps none down. Today they’re gonna have to make some runs (at least 250).
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Unfortunately a night’s sleep doesn’t seem to have reset Latham’s brain, still looks like a walking wicket.

Admittedly this is really difficult stuff from Ashwin. NZ have to somehow get through this first hour because we’ve seen batting gets easier as the day goes on.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
The problem for India is that NZ dont really collapse either. Perhaps the only top 8 test team that do not really collapse across conditions.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
Great commitment from Will Young. Looks the best at using his feet to the spinners of any NZ batsman after KW.
 
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