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*Official* 2022 New Zealand Tour of England, Ireland, Scotland & Netherlands
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I wonder if they'll take the new ball before lunch or keep the spinners on
Xuhaib
International Coach
Mitchell could end up as being the biggest out of nonwhere success in test cricket.
A 30 something with an ok FC record is the last person you expect to start @ test cricket and immediately start averaging 60's most likely laws of averages will eventually catch up with him but the more I watch him the more I struggle to see him averaging less then 48 in test cricket with his game.
A 30 something with an ok FC record is the last person you expect to start @ test cricket and immediately start averaging 60's most likely laws of averages will eventually catch up with him but the more I watch him the more I struggle to see him averaging less then 48 in test cricket with his game.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
New ball
Meridio
International Regular
Yeah, the last 15-20 minutes or so of that session things just started to get a bit interesting. Some turn and variable bounce for the spinners, a bit of zip for the pacers and inconsistent bounce too with the new ball.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Great session.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Tricky for England from here. These two rockstars were obviously always gonna score runs, we shouldn't have let those nobodies in the top 4 get any yesterday.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Haha, well if it leads to some media scrutiny of the selection team than that’s something at least.
would be interested to know what the record is for the most runs by an NZ partnership in a series is. These two must be running it pretty close now with 704 runs between them.
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
But I love custard!
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
It's ok we still have our fourth and fifth highest series batting averages yet to come this innings - Bracewell with 87 @29 and El Boulto with 51 @ 25.5 ftr.
(Mitchell and Blundell are top by miles and third is CDG with 42 runs which barely counts)
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Think someone before posted Crowe and Jones vs. Sri Lanka and these guys are ahead of them.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Some good commentary on the two of them about how they provide almost perfectly complementary challenges. Mitchell very strong down the ground off the front foot, Blundell good square of the wicket and off the back foot. Vs the spinners Mitchell very skilled at the sweep and reverse sweep, Blundell very good with the late cut and back foot drive. And both of them exemplary pullers making the Wagnerball hack a low percentage option.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
Hopefully Daryl and Tom aren't sitting next to each other at lunch, don't want them getting too sick and tired of each other.
Man what a bond these two have struck up, can't recall any such successful consecutive partnerships in the middle order.
Having said that, reckon they still need another 200+ before feeling comfortable about the game.
Man what a bond these two have struck up, can't recall any such successful consecutive partnerships in the middle order.
Having said that, reckon they still need another 200+ before feeling comfortable about the game.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
So uncommon to see NZ batsmen that can play the pull shot exceptionally well. Mitchell is honestly the best NZ player of the pull shot I can remember back to Crowe (who I can only barely recall), and Blundell is very very good at it too.