RossTaylorsBox
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Lol at simping for Baz, he probably was the one who didn't want you in the team.
I’d say so, he seemed to have a pretty big say in selections.Lol at simping for Baz, he probably was the one who didn't want you in the team.
I think Munro had already retired from FC cricket when McCullum retired.I’d say so, he seemed to have a pretty big say in selections.
I’d like to have seen him play a few more, but with Williamson, Taylor and McCullum there wasn’t much room. And then did his red ball form fall off when McCullum retired, or am I imagining that?
Per the article he retired from FC cricket in 2018 after the management (Larsen and Hesson?) said his style wouldn't work in tests. I think Nicholls was averaging about 35 when they picked him over Munro who was averaging around 50? Nicholls did work out pretty well though the first few seasons.I think Munro had already retired from FC cricket when McCullum retired.
But after McCullum retired in 2016, Munro found himself looking at some of the players New Zealand picked and thinking: "'How did they get there?' I felt like I had to ask some tough questions to the management, and they just said that my method - the way that I played first-class cricket - wouldn't work at Test level."
In early 2018, he decided to pull the plug on his first-class career. "I knew that Test cricket was long gone. There was no point playing ten first-class games a season and putting my body at risk of injury. Everything happens for a reason - my wife tells me that - and since I've gone on my white-ball journey, things have worked out pretty well."
I'm a pretty big Manu fanboy, so maybe my opinions should be taken with a grain of salt.Per the article he retired from FC cricket in 2018 after the management (Larsen and Hesson?) said his style wouldn't work in tests. I think Nicholls was averaging about 35 when they picked him over Munro who was averaging around 50? Nicholls did work out pretty well though the first few seasons.
People are still doing that. The Stuff version of that article has the great unwashed going "yEaH bUt He AvErAgEd FiFtY oN dOmEsTiC fEaThErBeDs" conveniently ignoring the lack of other 50+ averaging batsmen knocking aboutMunro was probably unlucky. He looked heinous in his one and only test, but that was against arguably the all time #2 pace bowling attack, and he scored a ridiculous number of runs in the ensuing seasons. At the time those performances were dismissed because “lol plunket runs”, there’s a lot more faith in the standard of plunket cricket these days, and if there’d been a late 20’s moneyball phenomenon like Munro playing last year then Nicholls test career would probably already be over.
Meant specifically the selectors.People are still doing that. The Stuff version of that article has the great unwashed going "yEaH bUt He AvErAgEd FiFtY oN dOmEsTiC fEaThErBeDs" conveniently ignoring the lack of other 50+ averaging batsmen knocking about
And with the curse of the mace finally passed on, so too is the curse of the Macewell.Macewell out of the World Cup with a ruptured achilles.
True. Foxcroft?In all seriousness that's actually a really significant loss. Really big drop down to McConchie/Rachin in this format.
Coming off a dire Ford Trophy in which he made no runs and barely bowled, but might still be the best option. Suspect they'll pick McConchie though.True. Foxcroft?