Hope Young can come in for him.So nicholls stays...
I really wish I hadn't googled that. I suggest people don't. Ignorance is sometimes a good thing
Yeah, sorry about that - should have given you a bit of a warning.Wise words.
Unfortunately I read Ed's post:
And was onto it before I read down to your sage advice.
I'm really not any happier for knowing any of that.
I mean, what world is Scott Kuggeleijn a better bowler than Jacob Duffy...not this one, so we can only surmise that Kuggeleijn is in the squad as an all-rounder. Pretty weak when that's the case.Not sure what the rationale behind this, I thought they would have kept Duffy and released Kuggs. Maybe there is a plunkett shield game coming up for Otago and Canterbury. Makes sense to release Ish if you they are not going to play him.
Stead said Henry would replace Jacob Duffy in the squad while leg-spinner Ish Sodhi had also been released.
“I don’t think it’s unfair to say we are lacking a bit of that confidence at the moment, but I can assure you the faith is still with this group of guys,” he said.
“We believe these are our best cricketers. Won’t make wholesale or snappy changes when all of our top order struggled.
“We want to go out and throw some punches back at England and I thought through this (first) test we did that really, really well at times.”
Indian allroundersI mean, what world is Scott Kuggeleijn a better bowler than Jacob Duffy...not this one, so we can only surmise that Kuggeleijn is in the squad as an all-rounder. Pretty weak when that's the case.
tbf, Jamieson averages 20 with both bat and ball which are on par with the others in that list.Indian allrounders
Jadeja: batting av 36.88; bowling av 23.82
Ashwin: batting av 27.46; bowling av 23.98
Axar: batting av 31.30; bowling av 15.45
Australian allrounder:
Green: batting av 35.04; bowling av 29.78
England allrounder:
Stokes: 36 & 32.02
Bangladesh allrounder:
Shakib: 39 & 31.32
WI allrounders:
Holder: 29.09 & 29.17
Mayers: 35.8 & 19.29
NZ "allrounders"
Bracewell: batting av 23.33; bowling av 42.62
Kuggleijn: batting av 11; bowling av 40.25
One of these things is not like the others.
I honestly have more confidence in Henry's batting (averaging 22 in tests with three 50s) than the other bloke, so I'm not too worried about that.Henry will come into the eleven for someone, probably (hopefully) Kuggs. Will be a long tail though.
If only he'd been the ex NZ wicketkeeper's son/grandson...How's this not good enough for an all rounder of quality?
Agree.The fact we picked one swing bowler, in a pink ball test, for a wicket covered for days prior to the match, shows where our strategy/planning is at. Then to bowl absolute short and wide rubbish for 2 innings was so bad to watch.....
We also seemed totally unprepared for batting under lights … had we even considered it? Were there any open wicket practices to get our batsmen up to speed again?The fact we picked one swing bowler, in a pink ball test, for a wicket covered for days prior to the match, shows where our strategy/planning is at. Then to bowl absolute short and wide rubbish for 2 innings was so bad to watch.
NZ cricket needs a wake up call, Wagner ball + relying on Southee/Boult with the new ball days are dead. They haven't worked for several years, and now our best bowler isn't playing. The lack over forward thinking and planning is clear to see.
Agree, NZ Cricket is stuck in 2021 World Test Championship mindset. "Worked then, why not now?" Despite being without Boult, De Grandhomme, Watling, Jamieson, Taylor. Then you have an aging Wagner and Southee. Williamson's run production has fallen away big time also, and Nicholl's has finally lost his shine (I'm amazed he's done as well as he has considering his technique). Do we have a succession plan for any of those guys? Clearly not.We also seemed totally unprepared for batting under lights … had we even considered it? Were there any open wicket practices to get our batsmen up to speed again?
Surely if we had it in our thoughts we’d have selected Duffy?!
Everything to do with NZC is just so half assed and “that’ll do” these days.
They've been incredibly lucky that Conway moved here and that Blundell and Mitchell have so been freakishly successful. Otherwise it could have been MUCH worse.Agree, NZ Cricket is stuck in 2021 World Test Championship mindset. "Worked then, why not now?" Despite being without Boult, De Grandhomme, Watling, Jamieson, Taylor. Then you have an aging Wagner and Southee. Williamson's run production has fallen away big time also, and Nicholl's has finally lost his shine (I'm amazed he's done as well as he has considering his technique). Do we have a succession plan for any of those guys? Clearly not.
Yeah Tickner and Macewell both bowled decent spells.I've found a positive.
We picked two guys who average 30+ and would be the 3rd or 4th best bowler for their provinces over their careers and they bowled test class spells. That wouldn't happen in 2009.
God it gets boring quickly as a fan to hear rubbish like the thought that we did really, well at times. Two guys with the bat did (once) and you could probably say a couple of people bowled OK at times, but nothing of any substance. I thought we lost by 267 runs and were ridiculously outplayed, but hey I'm not trying to save face and potentially my job.
Jamieson hasn't been on the field, & Southee has been trash in the last 12 months averaging over 50 with the ball in 7 tests.Jamieson southee?