*Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

[NZTailender]

Dressing room cancer doesn't set in overnight either. The ball was dropped during Vettori's era imo.

As much as I love Ross, I vaguely remember reading a while back accounts of players (Taylor included), lead by Vettori, giving Williamson **** when he first entered the side because he would still be in the nets when the rest had finished up.

Martin doesn't strike me as someone who would scare a fly. Always seemed pretty chill, almost too chill.

 

[NZTailender]

Lol that Franklin was part of a clique.

I mean he'd have to be to stay in the side because he couldn't on bowling alone.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

congratulations to David White and Martin Guptill on the latter having retaken the throne as the world's All Time Leading Run Scorer In JAMT20Is

 

[thierry henry]

So Ross tried to get Stokes to play for NZ when Stokes was a teen and apparently genuinely interested but when the boss ran it up to nzc Justin Vaughan wasn't interested in fast tracking him.

Good to know we only value fast tracking South Africans.

I wonder if it was at this point that Stokes started doing that accent

 

[thierry henry]

I mean he'd have to be to stay in the side because he couldn't on bowling alone.

This is pure "heard a thing from a guy who knows a guy", but by all accounts Franklin was very much a "toxic alpha" type of personality. Big swinging dick in the dressing room typa operator. Would make sense given he seemingly got more chances than he deserved (frustrating because whenever he bowled at anything over 130 clicks he was a test-class bowler).

 

[NZTailender]

This is pure "heard a thing from a guy who knows a guy", but by all accounts Franklin was very much a "toxic alpha" type of personality. Big swinging dick in the dressing room typa operator. Would make sense given he seemingly got more chances than he deserved (frustrating because whenever he bowled at anything over 130 clicks he was a test-class bowler).

Funny, could've used that personality on the field. Always seemed like a depressed whelk he was bowling.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Same guy who locked Chahal in a cupboard or something.

 

[thierry henry]

Franklin seemed like he thought he was too cool to try. He knew he had sealed his selection with all the wedgies he was dishing out in the sheds so he didn't have to.

tbh though what I've heard is more about him playing lower-level cricket where of course he'd be big man on campus

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Franklin seemed like he thought he was too cool to try. He knew he had sealed his selection with all the wedgies he was dishing out in the sheds so he didn't have to.

tbh though what I've heard is more about him playing lower-level cricket where of course he'd be big man on campus

Reminds me of when a former NZ bowler of a slightly earlier vintage rocked up in his Wellington kit to play against my indoor team. Proceeded to try and knock the block off all of our batsmen and was repeatedly called for no balls.

EDIT: Seems a long time since one of my tedious indoor anecdotes, but then I've not played for about 5 years.

 

[ashley bach]

Same guy who locked Chahal in a cupboard or something.

Man Chahal's had it tough then, wasn't he almost pushed off a balcony once upon a time?

 

[thundaboult]

Man Chahal's had it tough then, wasn't he almost pushed off a balcony once upon a time?

Yup, by symonds I believe.

 

[Chubb]

He's a weedy little legspinner who loves chess, it's not hard to see why alphas would pick on him, poor bloke. Cricket is a game for everyone!

 

[TheJediBrah]

If I walked past Chahal on the street I'd pick him up and throw him like a frisbee

 

[Magrat Garlick]

If I walked past Chahal on the street I'd pick him up and throw him like a frisbee

The what.

 

[thundaboult]

If I walked past Chahal on the street I'd pick him up and throw him like a frisbee

lmfao visualizing this is hilarious

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah just came to post I compared the Taylor version with the McCullum version and in both the senior players come out looking terrible.

Childish mid thirties men who aren't even performing and, with rare exception, should have held no sway in the team at the time.

Yes to this

 

[Bahnz]

This is pure "heard a thing from a guy who knows a guy", but by all accounts Franklin was very much a "toxic alpha" type of personality. Big swinging dick in the dressing room typa operator. Would make sense given he seemingly got more chances than he deserved (frustrating because whenever he bowled at anything over 130 clicks he was a test-class bowler).

Yeah a mates older brother played with Franklin for Wellington College in high school and said he had a big enough ego for an entire cricket team.

 

[jcas0167]

Just reading the book. The interference with the Cricket Awards is bizarre. Glad that Waddle, Neely and Smith stood their ground although in 17/18 they got overruled and Boult won (TBf, the main thing I remember from that season is Boult demolishing England at Eden Park).

 

[Moss]

New Zealand A to tour India in August-September; Australia A may visit in November

India A will play three four-day games and as many List A matches against New Zealand

www.espncricinfo.com

Here's some really good news, NZ had a nice little phase of A tours which got stalled once the pandemic began. I live in Bangalore/Bengaluru these days, hopefully an opportunity to watch some of these games live.

Good timing with the Pakistan tour coming up - hope the likes of Young, Nicholls, Blundell, Ajaz, Ravindra and others who aren't likely picks for the white ball stuff can use this as preparation.

 

[Immenso]

Man, that is late notice. Early September is like a fortnight away.