*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2022

[Burgey]

Smith batted on a different deck to everyone else today by the looks

 

[straw man]

Neesham or Mitchell for the final over?

 

[NZTailender]

What's with Kane and not giving the final over to someone bowling their 10th. Neeshams going to bowl the 50th from the cold

 

[Moss]

Smith’s worked out these wickets as the series has gone on. great effort to engineer what should be a matchwinning total.

NZ need to take a leaf out of his book but look too shell shocked to do so. Conway probably the most likely to adapt. The tour’s been a great personal triumph for Boult though.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So the 6'7 giant decides to lap sweep instead of just hit the ball smh

 

[Spark]

Green had barely played a sweep in his life this time last year and now it seems to be his go-to shot to all comers

 

[NZTailender]

Smith’s worked out these wickets as the series has gone on. great effort to engineer what should be a matchwinning total.

NZ need to take a leaf out of his book but look too shell shocked to do so. Conway probably the most likely to adapt. The tour’s been a great personal triumph for Boult though.

It's been a great batting effort from Aus to recover from a shaky start. NZ could learn a lot overall.

Also, we're a year out from a ODI world cup and it still seems like we're figuring out who should be death bowling when all of these ***** have played in a WC final, Boult twice.

 

[Spark]

lmao that's basically a sweep shot too

 

[Moss]

It's been a great batting effort from Aus to recover from a shaky start. NZ could learn a lot overall.

Also, we're a year out from a ODI world cup and it still seems like we're figuring out who should be death bowling when all of these ****s have played in a WC final, a couple of them twice.

Don’t mind Neesham as the designated death option if there’s no one better (though he’s getting tonked here), but let’s spare Southee the embarrassment already, him bowling at the death is like a 40-something at a bar who thinks he’s still got it.

 

[TheJediBrah]

fmd Cam Green could be anything

 

[Burgey]

Who’s realistically next in line to skipper NZ? Latham?

i just wonder whether KW should have a spell from it and just bat. Worked for Root.

He looks like he’s got the weight of thee world on his shoulders

 

[TheJediBrah]

Carey was pretty conservative at the end there, maybe that was his role. Feel like he could have taken a few more risks

 

[Moss]

Carey was pretty conservative at the end there, maybe that was his role. Feel like he could have taken a few more risks

Yup, ending up with less than a run a ball strange given the platform that was set. Think the way this series and that Zimbabwe game went, definitely a good shout at no5 though.

 

[NZTailender]

Don’t mind Neesham as the designated death option if there’s no one better (though he’s getting tonked here), but let’s spare Southee the embarrassment already, him bowling at the death is like a 40-something at a bar who thinks he’s still got it.

There was a time when Neesham was arguably our best death bowler, but most bowlers like a bit of rhythm. Bringing him on for one over, the last over of the innings, is just poor planning imo. Even if it's just two on the trot, that'll help.

If Southee plays, like Henry, he should be bowled out before 40.

 

[Moss]

Hope Allen comes good today, not just to keep NZ in the game but to remind Guptill that big shots and quick starts are his currency.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Who’s realistically next in line to skipper NZ? Latham?

Latham has a ridiculously good win percentage as ODI captain - mostly against minnows though. Unfortunately he is terrible against Aus and Sa with the bat (struggles with quality pace) which isn't good for a captain. Southee has done a decent job captaining the T20 team but isn't a 1st choice ODI pick.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It sounds defeatist but I'd take a "respectable loss" if Allen and Phillips do well and we show fight and positive intent.

 

[thierry henry]

Our bowling card a great reflection of where we’re at at the moment. Boult miles ahead of the pack, Santner and Ferguson ok but not at their best, Neesham and Southee yuck

 

[Moss]

Latham has a ridiculously good win percentage as ODI captain - mostly against minnows though. Unfortunately he is terrible against Aus and Sa with the bat (struggles with quality pace) which isn't good for a captain. Southee has done a decent job captaining the T20 team but isn't a 1st choice ODI pick.

Was quite sold on Latham when he captained in the 2021 Edgbaston test which NZ won after making six changes, but since then in the tests he captained in KW’s absence (Ind, BD, SA, plus one in the England tour) he seemed equally unimaginative. Guess conservatism is all pervasive at the moment.

 

[thierry henry]

…..ok so Southee had almost exactly the same figures as Ferguson and Santner, but the new ball is basically guaranteed success in this series