*Official* England in NZ 2023

[Ghost]

Blundell
Big 4 1014 @ 46.09 3 100s
Rest 489 @ 40.75 1 100

 

[Flem274*]

Well done England. First win in NZ since Southee debuted and a comprehensive way to do it. This is the best I have ever seen them bowl on NZ soil. In general, their rapid turning of results around is a tribute to their effort and ability.

I will save my NZ stuff for later. Suffice to say Conway and Blundell are absolute jets.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

RTB
Club cricket 275 @ 7.5
Backyard against my 4 year old 16425 @ 210.75

 

[Zinzan]

Latham could have fashioned a much better record against the better teams if not for his lack of concentration and getting himself out after a start. The number of times he's thrown his own wicket away without the bowler doing anything great.

 

[ataraxia]

RTB
Club cricket 275 @ 7.5
Backyard against my 4 year old 16425 @ 210.75

RTB more like HTB

 

[thundaboult]

man its scary how big and obvious of a meme it is that latham is so bad when up against the good

still like him as a middle order odi bat tho

 

[Darwin Award]

nah he's just gonna keep going until he's kicked the bucket i reckon

... Might get to point where they'll just have to shoo him away like Mike Gatting.

 

[grecian]

nah he's just gonna keep going until he's kicked the bucket i reckon

Kick the bucket perhaps an exaggeration, but he has no major injuries, he is by far our best seam bowler, he'll carry on until his form declines, and there’s no suggestion that is happening, aTM I'm pretty sure he'll beat warne wicket wise, but hey one major injury stops it all, and the older you are the more likely it'll happen.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

No gumnuts at my place

 

[Fuller Pilch]

RTB
Club cricket 275 @ 7.5
Backyard against my 4 year old 16425 @ 210.75

"No, you can't go inside and play with lego. Get back to your mark and bowl!"

And don't forget you have to get me out 10 times before you get to bat.

 

[Ghost]

Mitchell
Big 4 842 @ 64.76 3 100s
Rest 207 @ 41.4 1 100

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

"No, you can't go inside and play with lego. Get back to your mark and bowl!"

 

[thundaboult]

Kick the bucket perhaps an exaggeration, but he has no major injuries, he is by far our best seam bowler, he'll carry on until his form declines, and there’s no suggestion that is happening, aTM I'm pretty sure he'll beat warne wicket wise, but hey one major injury stops it all, and the older you are the more likely it'll happen.

tbh what else is jimmy going do with his life not like he has any hobbies

 

[Ghost]

753 @44.5 opening the batting mostly away from home against the best attacks in the world is good? What's your point.

Just get frustrated by lots of our local media commentators claiming how world class Latham is but to me he’s nowhere near it

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Just get frustrated by lots of our local media commentators claiming how world class Latham is but to me he’s nowhere near it

Even though he only averages mid 30s I'd rather have Kraigg Brathwaite - quality player.

 

[grecian]

tbh what else is jimmy going do with his life not like he has any hobbies

He actually has a decent podcast going on, and could easily fit into commentary, and there's shy erotica, but I think you have to be listening to another podcast to get that reference.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

He'll probably continue until cricket introduces compulsory PED testing.

 

[grecian]

He'll probably continue until cricket introduces compulsory PED testing.

Shane is dead man, let it lie.....

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Brook MOTM

Anderson need 28 more wkts to broke (709 wkts career record of Late Shane warne)

 

[Nintendo]

Just get frustrated by lots of our local media commentators claiming how world class Latham is but to me he’s nowhere near it

I can get the frustration with Latham, but he's still got 5000 test runs @40+ as an opener in a very hard batting era. Ide say that's world class, even if he's been in questionable form recently.