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*Official* South Africa in New Zealand 2022
- Thread starter Heboric
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Meridio
International Regular
It's not that Jamieson is "the problem", it's that all summer he's bowled noticeably worse than he has since his debut, and while you would never expect him to carry on averaging 14 or whatever it was, seeing someone go backwards when in the national team is a bit concerning.
Hard for the seamers to back up in the 2nd innings when the batters only lasted 80 overs on a flat pitch (and yes I know some of the bowlers didn't try to bat time). And when your captain likes to give each of you reasonably long spells, and ignores a useful 6th bowling option.
Perhaps Young's failures are the jolt that the NZ selectors need to pick a long term opening option for the tests in England? Ravindra obviously.
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Hmm, not sure an England tour would be the best way for Ravindra to have his first taste of opening in tests. Not that I have any better ideas, obviously.
Bahnz
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Ravindra needs to actually make some runs in domestic cricket first.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Well there is a bloke who got a double hundred at Lord's
Yup. Conway opening is a similar argument to Root batting at #3, not the best option for the player, but perhaps best short - medium term option for the team.
Prince EWS
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I'm reasonably confident Ravindra will be a good Test player but I'm starting to get more sceptical that it'll be as an opener tbh.
ashley bach
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help me that was a tight single even for 20/20 standard.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
one can almost see Devon forced into the opening role.
CharlesLara
U19 12th Man
SteveNZ points being brought home here with regards to the Will Young opening situation. It's interesting because I had this discussion with few mates the other day, and there are a fair few people who for some reason or another prefer Will Young opening over Conway, cause.... I dunno, reasons like he "looks" good? At what point, and SteveNZ open letter (for lack of a better term) about this debacle was spot on, do we actually pick players for what they do?
We are seeing this trend throughout the domestic game, where guys are willing to turn themselves into whatever the fast track to higher honours is (and when I say higher honours, I'm not even talking about the BC's, I mean anything that will make them a more "attractive and lucrative" player).
Also, Latham without his customary home series double tons against Sri Lanka / West Indies never seems to push on, it's bizarre really. Is it a rhythm/tempo thing?
We are seeing this trend throughout the domestic game, where guys are willing to turn themselves into whatever the fast track to higher honours is (and when I say higher honours, I'm not even talking about the BC's, I mean anything that will make them a more "attractive and lucrative" player).
Also, Latham without his customary home series double tons against Sri Lanka / West Indies never seems to push on, it's bizarre really. Is it a rhythm/tempo thing?
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Keshav 
Quality player. Spin for the win!
Quality player. Spin for the win!confused after seeing nothing but pace bowling for the last day and a half imo