*Official* New Zealand tour of UAE and England 2023

[SillyCowCorner1]

Conway is in here for the long run.
Not surprise if he is there at the end.

Yep, second prophet in this thread after @ashley bach

 

[chris.hinton]

Well my pants have been pulled down

 

[SteveNZ]

So good, the boys tee off so they can watch the rugby in 25 minutes time. Bloody marvellous.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeesh this is a battering. Not very close to our WC bowling attack, but Rashid getting murked on a pitch where spin has been successful is a worry tstl.

Who do you reckon comes in and who drops out?

 

[thundaboult]

Well my pants have been pulled down

Yeah well at least your undies are still on

 

[kevinw]

Shades of this game today https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...nd-vs-sri-lanka-5th-odi-225254/full-scorecard

 

[thundaboult]

Who do you reckon comes in and who drops out?

Well i'm guessing sam curran and mark wood would come in then, massive boost in quality there straight away

 

[MW1304]

Who do you reckon comes in and who drops out?

Moeen, Curran and Wood probably.

Have to admit I thought Jofra was around. He's a huge hole.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Mitchell's strategy in the last few overs: Smash them then quick shower, do the presentations, watch the rugby.

 

[wpdavid]

Well i'm guessing sam curran and mark wood would come in then, massive boost in quality there straight away

I suppose for 2 of Atkinson, Topley and Willey. Maybe the first 2.

 

[wpdavid]

Moeen, Curran and Wood probably.

Have to admit I thought Jofra was around. He's a huge hole.

Unnecessary. Seems a decent bloke to me.




Sorry, I'll leave.

 

[Molehill]

Still think we’re looking a bit deeply into this. The pitch changed hugely, some of the **** Ravindra was getting away with wouldn’t have had a prayer later on.

I’d be more concerned about Topley and Atkinson who were poor.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He was absolutely excellent between 2016 and 2019. Him and Plunkett combining throughout the middle overs is what made us so good.

Were you watching someone else for half a decade?

He's been less effective in ODI since 2019 but he's still been doing the job T20I especially both world cups.

No, I've never rated him.

 

[wpdavid]

Still think we’re looking a bit deeply into this. The pitch changed hugely, some of the **** Ravindra was getting away with wouldn’t have had a prayer later on.

I’d be more concerned about Topley and Atkinson who were poor.

Atkinson not so surprising when you think how little List A cricket he has played. Topley was comedically poor though.

 

[trundler]

Still think we’re looking a bit deeply into this. The pitch changed hugely, some of the **** Ravindra was getting away with wouldn’t have had a prayer later on.

I’d be more concerned about Topley and Atkinson who were poor.

Cope

 

[Fuller Pilch]

How did Phillips bowl? 4 overs for 16 sounds good. I'd like Mitchell to be bowling in this series too.

 

[wpdavid]

Question for the Kiwis. How come Sodhi didn't play? Not that it mattered of course, but just wondered.

 

[trundler]

Moeen, Curran and Wood probably.

Have to admit I thought Jofra was around. He's a huge hole.

Mo isn't bowling better than Livingstone at the mo and Curran and Topley are much of muchness really. England's big hope is Wood performing per his potential and not his record but the pace bowling looks decidedly underwhelming imo. Need a Jofra.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Question for the Kiwis. How come Sodhi didn't play? Not that it mattered of course, but just wondered.

Back in NZ (or travelling atm) spending time with his family. It was arranged weeks ago.

Also Neesham and Chapman are both about to become fathers so are also unavailable for these ODIs.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

*checks scorecard*

Woakes kept it tight I see?