thierry henry
International Coach
ok wtf was that from Root
Got within 10 yards stop start jogging. Maybe he wouldn't have gotten there but he hardly committedDid jameison just not pick that up properly? Seemed like it was in the air an eternity
Problem for them is copping it if England are 250/2 without your 3 and 4 all time wicket takers. Suppose you can argue management should be above that, but they never are.the lack of variety is partly down to being scared of dropping senior players too.
our management had always overrated Southee and Boult (regardless of form) and underrated everyone else. that and we seem to select for day 1 all the time.
we should have had a real spinner and/or wagner playing today.
Do feel this is a weakness of Latham's captaincy compared to Williamson, as against Bangladesh. Tbh a lot of what Williamson does when finding wickets is tough, is to go defensive and keep the runs down. It seems to work quite often though and we're sure as hell not controlling the run rate this innings.This is nonsensical cricket. Basically begging England to score quickly while also taking away our wicket-taking options. We were actually looking fairly likely after the Lees wicket and then we just gave up? Isn’t this the exact mistake we made when Bangladesh beat us?
I think Henry had too. Going into this series the not playing much and slightly down on goodness Trent Boult was 5th on my NZ pace rankings.A real spinner yes. I think Henry had earned a shot after the way he’d bowled over the past year. But tbf, Wagner‘s never really stopped performing for NZ so I dunno, maybe you’re right.
Think this is spot on. Watching this session without context you'd never guess the bowling side had a 300 run lead.I feel like both sides are playing like it’s an even game when NZ are still way ahead. Root needs to rein it in and play more naturally and NZ can afford more attaching fields.
fair. i was going off what i would have said at the start of the tour without the benefit of knowing whats gonna happen.Tbh, Boult’s looked the best of the bowlers for NZ in this game. Should have 2 or 3 to his name if his fielders would back him up.