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[Skyliner]

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack - NZ Herald

Opinion: Survival for the Black Caps on the final day looks a tough task.

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Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack

 

[nzfan]

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack - NZ Herald

Opinion: Survival for the Black Caps on the final day looks a tough task.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack

If these writers said this after the last test where we played all pace attack I'd have read it. Hindsight is an amazing tool but often it's useless

 

[SteveNZ]

Fletcher and Cleaver are both in excellent form and are the reserve batters pretty much. Of course Blundell's under pressure.

Yep. And both are better pure keepers.

 

[SteveNZ]

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack - NZ Herald

Opinion: Survival for the Black Caps on the final day looks a tough task.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Andrew Alderson: Black Caps pay price for one dimensional attack

Andrew Alderson is Neville Cardus now, is he?

 

[Flem274*]

I like Alderson but that's pure results based analysis, even if I agree with the concern.

Can't watch atm. Too scared to jinx it. Will continue doom scrolling Ukraine instead.

 

[Chubb]

"I'd rather the voices I listened to weren't the ones in my head,"
Mark Richardson.

Good if rather disturbing advice for batsmen everywhere.

 

[straw man]

This looks very close to me

Edit: Wow, surprised it's going over by that much. Shouting at the broadcaster through the stump-mic territory there.

Appalling shot though - I have been happy with a bit of #intent this morning but that was a reverse sweep from middle stump.

 

[Chubb]

Wow I thought that was plumb.

 

[straw man]

... whereas this one is legside-ish. May be umpire's call though.

He's quite far back...

 

[Howsie]

Will our spineless tail dig in today or will we get another slog athon?

 

[straw man]

Good bit of swing bowling from Sipamla. He looks fairly medium pace but does nibble the ball. Main quality seems to be to bowl tight though - doing a vastly better job as third seamer than Stuurman last match.

 

[Flem274*]

Will our spineless tail dig in today or will we get another slog athon?

You already know what they'll do

 

[Meridio]

Thought Sipamla looked thoroughly average first innings, but second he's been very good. Been accurate and has suddenly started getting a bit of swing, that nobody else has even hinted at really.

 

[vandem]

Will our spineless tail dig in today or will we get another slog athon?

Saffers tail had some success here with batting slog athon method.

 

[Prince EWS]

Saffers tail had some success here with batting slog athon method.

They didn't exactly stick around though. A 35-ball duck would be more useful for NZ than Rabada's innings in this situation.

 

[Athlai]

Such a shame that we didn't hold on to our catches. 120 to get with 5 in hand would've been such a juicy prospect

 

[thundaboult]

I think Ajaz will be the Wagner replacement. He will get selected for all conditions.

i can get behind this one big time

 

[Frost]

Or ...

Blundell has only made test runs this summer is when it didn't matter (Ban 2nd test started his innings of 57* when NZ were 5-423 batting first, SA 1st test started his innings of 96 when NZ were 5-239 in reply to SA 95), and that some knowledgeable commentators (e.g. John Bracewell) think his keeping footwork needs improvement. Like an anti-Watling.

I'm hardly a expert on the intricacies of a wicket keeper and footwork etc, but he's only had 7 matches in his more natural position of 6 or 7 apart from that he's opened or batted 8 so I really can't understand and don't think he's under that much pressure tbh. In saying that if brining Fletcher into the squad gets some good runs out of him then it's a good move.
By your rational everyone can be dropped at anytime, you can skew stats for your argument. Weather he scored runs under pressure or not he still scored them. You can discount those runs but remember that Bangladesh side beat nz. That 96 was against a pretty decent attack on a green pitch.

 

[Bolo.]

2 test series...

2/0 Whitewash... dismal. They always are.
1/1 ... dismal, cos we need more. This is not a result.
1/0 with weather intervening... dismal. Weather in one game should not shape a series.
1/0 with no weather... pretty much never happens anymore.

Prove me wrong NZ.

 

[vandem]

I'm hardly a expert on the intricacies of a wicket keeper and footwork etc, but he's only had 7 matches in his more natural position of 6 or 7 apart from that he's opened or batted 8 so I really can't understand and don't think he's under that much pressure tbh. In saying that if brining Fletcher into the squad gets some good runs out of him then it's a good move.
By your rational everyone can be dropped at anytime, you can skew stats for your argument. Weather he scored runs under pressure or not he still scored them. You can discount those runs but remember that Bangladesh side beat nz. That 96 was against a pretty decent attack on a green pitch.

Blundell is not under pressure. Yet.

Fletcher is in the squad for injury cover.

About the 96, I was pointing out that this season Blundell (until today) hasn't made runs when it mattered.