Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
It will get easier, not harder for batting.Eng will not enforce follow -on koz their Aged Bowlers need rest plus batting later is more difficult on 4Th innings at Basin.
It will get easier, not harder for batting.Eng will not enforce follow -on koz their Aged Bowlers need rest plus batting later is more difficult on 4Th innings at Basin.
Iirc he's scored a double tonne in that 450Having a look at the first class stats this year the stand out bat is McConchie with 450 @ 90. What's he like?
Just seen him hit 3 fours in an over off Jacob Duffy , who rather fed him some overpitched pies .Sadly true. On 71 now with Smith on 29.
If Smith gets a 50 and some poles hopefully we'll see him in the SL tests.
18 months is clearly a long time in Test cricket.Your test world champs ladies and gentlemen
100 No. | Final Score | Versus | Venue | Date | Result |
1 | 104 | New Zealand | Headingley, Leeds | 24 May, 2013 | Won |
2 | 180 | Australia | Lord's, London | 18 July, 2013 | Won |
3 | 200* | Sri Lanka | Lord's, London | 12 June, 2014 | Drawn |
4 | 154* | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 9 July, 2014 | Drawn |
5 | 149* | India | The Oval, London | 15 August, 2014 | Won |
6 | 182* | West Indies | National Cricket Stadium, St. George's | 21 April, 2015 | Won |
7 | 134 | Australia | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 8 July, 2015 | Won |
8 | 130 | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 6 August, 2015 | Won |
9 | 110 | South Africa | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 14 January, 2016 | Won |
10 | 254 | Pakistan | Old Trafford, Manchester | 22 July, 2016 | Won |
11 | 124 | India | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot | 9 November, 2016 | Drawn |
12 | 190 | South Africa | Lord's, London | 6 July, 2017 | Won |
13 | 136 | West Indies | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 17 August, 2017 | Won |
14 | 125 | India | The Oval, London | 7 September, 2018 | Won |
15 | 124 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | 14 November, 2018 | Won |
16 | 122 | West Indies | Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet | 9 February, 2019 | Won |
17 | 226 | New Zealand | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 29 November, 2019 | Drawn |
18 | 228 | Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 14 January, 2021 | Won |
19 | 186 | Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 22 January, 2021 | Won |
20 | 218 | India | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 5 February, 2021 | Won |
21 | 109 | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 4 August, 2021 | Drawn |
22 | 180* | India | Lord's, London | 12 August, 2021 | Lost |
23 | 121 | India | Headingley, Leeds | 25 August, 2021 | Won |
24 | 109 | West Indies | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound | 8 March, 2022 | Drawn |
25 | 153 | West Indies | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 16 March, 2022 | Drawn |
26 | 115* | New Zealand | Lord's, London | 2 June, 2022 | Won |
27 | 176 | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 10 June, 2022 | Won |
28 | 142* | India | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 1 July, 2022 | Won |
29 | 153* | New Zealand | Basin Reserve, Wellington | As many as 14 times Rooty scored 150 plus must be English record, I wonder How many time A Cook went pass 150 in test ? |
It was obvious pre series that NZ's only hope was to take England on with their own game (selections like Phillips required) even if they weren't good enough, but we all knew our selections & approach would remain boring, tentative & conservative.Kane could do worse than indulge in a little Bazball.
Why would you need to play it against Jack Leach, on a benign pitch, when he basically bowls the same speed and rip every ball? As a left-hander? He's not turning it past your outside edge...use your effing feet if you want to break him up. Just crazy batting.Batsmen survived 150 years without the reverse sweep, why is it suddenly needed immediately when a spinner comes on in 2023?
We don't have the cattle for Bazball. We can yearn for Phillips, but he's not a 10th of Harry Brook. Which NZ player would thrive under that approach?Kane could do worse than indulge in a little Bazball. Athlais stats mask the truth somewhat - he's mostly dined out on helpless Pakistanis and West Indians. He's a far cry from the player he was 2013-2017 or so.
I saw the dismissal on the news. Just smash it. If Ian McPeake bowls that ball to KW its 4 runs.
Sooo Harry Brook and these others were unheralded pre bazball. Like, if you picked Ben Duckett to be a revelation then you're nostradamus.We don't have the cattle for Bazball. We can yearn for Phillips, but he's not a 10th of Harry Brook. Which NZ player would thrive under that approach?
It's a very old-fashioned position. You see that sort of thing in footage from the early 1970s and earlier, when batsmen routinely spent their time blocking the spinners unless they sent down a rare bad ball. Nowadays it's borderline suicidal mid off. Pope's anticipation was brilliant.Good morning.
This is easily the best overnight moment
What do you even call that position? It's closer than silly mid off, he's practically on the pitch. Insane-mid-off? Baz-mid-off?
nobody would have said Duckett, Pope and Brook would have been this good before being picked. hell Bairstow was supposed to be a meme pick for still being there in the early daysWe don't have the cattle for Bazball. We can yearn for Phillips, but he's not a 10th of Harry Brook. Which NZ player would thrive under that approach?