*Official* New Zealand tour of UAE and England 2023

[BeeGee]

Not keen on NZ's bowling attack.

Nice catch.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

Cracking start

 

[Silver Silva]

Should Joe Root's place be under threat ?

 

[slowfinger]

Should Joe Root's place be under threat ?

100%, who does he think he is

 

[Molehill]

Should Joe Root's place be under threat ?

Nah, just saving his runs for the World Cup.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Should Joe Root's place be under threat ?

He has questions to answer, for sure.

 

[slowfinger]

this is a great batting deck, i think 300 minimum really

 

[_Ed_]

Hope Phillips' hand is OK.

 

[Neil Young]

Hope Phillips' hand is OK.

Big time.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

3000 runs in ODIs up for Stokes.

 

[_Ed_]

Oof, Ferguson 4-0-42-0.

 

[Neil Young]

Ferguson....hmmmm...

 

[Molehill]

Given the firepower to come and the fact Stokes now seems intent on creating carnage, this could get nasty for NZ unless they get wickets.

 

[BeeGee]

Ferg bowling utter turds.

This bowling attack.

 

[Neil Young]

Ferg bowling utter turds.

This bowling attack.

The problem is going to be if he gets WC overs. He's been cannon fodder of late.

 

[SteveNZ]

So there's no point playing any of the non-World Cup players for the next two ODIs, right? Especially given hardly any of our 1st choice XI are going to Bangladesh.

So it should be Conway Young (insert non WC player here, probably Nicholls) Mitchell Latham Phillips Ravindra Santner Boult Henry Southee. Ferguson surely isn't in our best XI, Jamieson isn't going either.

So then they go and play Lister and Jamieson who aren't going to the World Cup + Ferguson is who is cooked. Lovely.

 

[BeeGee]

Why is Henry not playing?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ravindra is getting hammered here by Stokes. He looks really toothless

 

[slowfinger]

this is a battering, Ravindra offering absolutely nothing, hate nothing bowlers offering pies

 

[Molehill]

Ravindra is getting hammered here by Stokes. He looks really toothless

I thought he got away with bowling some rubbish the other day, he won't on this pitch.