surely you wouldn't have wanted to see more?Great effort from Mr. Patel against the best team in the world!
Shame its just a 2-test series though. Would have loved to watch more of this amazing New-Zealand side's journey on shores far away from home.
as for the best team in the world, they may well be, but given NZ just thrashed India by 8 wickets in the world championshipsurely you wouldn't have wanted to see more?
who wants to watch a totally deflated team that hasn't been able to sit down and take a breath for over 6 weeks?
a team thats totally exhausted, missing 3 of its best players, and just wanting to get home for Christmas
isn't a team i'd have too much interest watching. 2 test series was 2 too many given the crazy schedule.
Why are you so wound up ? Win or loss are part of the game. Is anyone on this forum mocking NZ ? If you are upset with your teams performance then please don't post.as for the best team in the world, they may well be, but given NZ just thrashed India by 8 wickets in the world championship
final in neutral conditions, it's hard to say they weren't deserved first time title holders.
even more so when you consider the population of 990 billion players to choose, compared to a few hundred.
Hey sledger how have you beentrue, but at least they played on pitches where you could play cricket.
One of the great understatements in CW history.One does worry that the gowing inevitability of Jazzy’s 10fer does give you the feeling that any competent test spinner will take their wickets at about 11 apiece on this surface…
I would be interested to know if planet earth has actually occupied those many homo sapiens since their evolution.as for the best team in the world, they may well be, but given NZ just thrashed India by 8 wickets in the world championship
final in neutral conditions, it's hard to say they weren't deserved first time title holders.
even more so when you consider the population of 990 billion players to choose, compared to a few hundred.
Google says 107 billion.I would be interested to know if planet earth has actually occupied those many homo sapiens since their evolution.
Its not our fault that we are so much superior compared to the persistent mediocrity dished out by touring teams here. Its on the tourists to learn to bat and bowl properly and adjust to conditions away from home. When your entire team is blown away for 62 and the opposition is 69/0 in the exact same conditions, the problem isn't the pitch, it's clearly you.true, but at least they played on pitches where you could play cricket.
no way what are you talking about fight?Why are you so wound up ? Win or loss are part of the game. Is anyone on this forum mocking NZ ? If you are upset with your teams performance then please don't post.
Your posting style will lead to unnecessary fight.
He might just be right if we include homo erectus, paranthropus, neanderthal, dryopithecus etc.Google says 107 billion.
I heard about this guy Sledger, also goes by the name of Henry?Hey sledger how have you been
indeed Ajaz needs to be a lock if we are to continue his rise. In fact it's not too hard to now see him playing every test in the near future, except62 is the lowest of all time in India? That surprises me.
Most disappointing part is that the main damage wasn't done by spin.
If this tour does anything, it needs to highlight the importance of selection. I'm not in the camp of these other posters, but a completely stale Somerville over Wagner - the 2nd Test omission was the most shocking - was the wrong call. This is also the same establishment that played Todd Astle in a Test in Sydney and took him on a World T20 tour that he was never going to feature in, didn't take Mark Chapman to Bangladesh before that World T20 which was criminal, and others I'm sure I'm missing.
We're now facing a situation where Ross Taylor's future needs to be dealt with effectively, although that might depend somewhat on the way he sees it himself. Henry Nicholls' spot should be up for grabs if he can't score runs at home this summer. How do we manage an XI that could feature Wagner Southee Boult Jamieson and Patel? Patel needs to be a lock in our XI if we want him to continue his rise as a Test bowler.
Gives the deep in Deep Point a whole new dimension
Kilowatt what you say is mostly true but I will say it again.....Its not our fault that we are so much superior compared to the persistent mediocrity dished out by touring teams here. Its on the tourists to learn to bat and bowl properly and adjust to conditions away from home. When your entire team is blown away for 62 and the opposition is 69/0 in the exact same conditions, the problem isn't the pitch, it's clearly you.
The last time a team on our shore showed the correct skills, courage and respect for the game was Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2017; led by the cheat Steve Smith. As a result, after 3 tests and two innings, the series hung on a knife's edge with Australia maybe even slightly ahead. Both teams had to dig deep and find the reserves to fight back as the momentum kept on shifting in every session after the first test.
We only don't remember that series as a classic because of Australia's hilarious collapse in the very next innings, but that series proves that there is nothing inherently wrong with Indian conditions which offer a great variety of assistance to all kinds of bowlers and success to the pedigreed touring batsman. Its just that India is an ATG side in the making and to compete here, you have to have multi-dimensional players capable of performing in conditions away from home and possibly have at least one ATG in the team like Australia had in the 'No.2 ranked' best batsman in the world - Steven Smith.