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*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

GoodAreasShane

GoodAreasShane

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Zinzan said:
It's only really Conway & Wagner of note tbf, the only other 2 significant SA born NZ players we've had, B J Watling and Glenn Phillips both moved to New Zealand before the age of 10 and in Phillips' case aged 4 from memory so they're Kiwis through and through for mine.
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Grant Elliott?

Definitely agree with the broader point though. There is a huge difference between those who come to another country young and play for them, and those who move later on in life for pretty much exclusively cricketing reasons.
 
Zinzan

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GoodAreasShane said:
Grant Elliott?

Definitely agree with the broader point though. There is a huge difference between those who come to another country young and play for them, and those who move later on in life for pretty much exclusively cricketing reasons.
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I forgot about Elliott, and fair call since he was the one who broke African hearts in 2015 even if he couldn't play Tests for jam.
 
NZTailender

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Kenneth Viljoen said:
It's the South African Tax I guess , NZ have had great success with SA born players in the recent past.
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I'd say it's just form and tbh lack of white ball openers without turning back to Guptill or Worker (who would be a better fill in than Bowes).

They could've given Solia a gig I guess.
 
NZTailender

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I can't believe I ate the whole thing
That said, always enjoy watching the fizz bowl. Feels like yesterday he was making his dayboo
 
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SteveNZ

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OK, I take it all back about the squad we brought here. Well done, Gary. This is a waste of time on these pitches. They very likely knew we were going to get the same BS decks so Bangladesh can feel good about beating a major nation at home, but not at all prepare to do decently in a World Cup or in foreign conditions.
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

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SteveNZ said:
Having said that, would it kill Chad Bowes to try and play an innings
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He's so bizarre. If you bowl an over to him he will look ****house for 5 out of the 6, but the 6th he'll play a sublime textbook cricketing shot which may trick you into thinking he's a serious batsmen. But you gotta remember the other 5.
 
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SteveNZ

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NZTailender said:
He's so bizarre. If you bowl an over to him he will look ****house for 5 out of the 6, but the 6th he'll play a sublime textbook cricketing shot which may trick you into thinking he's a serious batsmen. But you gotta remember the other 5.
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He does look ****house...but it's his shot selection. It's diabolical. If I was playing for NZ and wasn't for much longer, I'd look to bat as long as I could, like Young did last time out. But Bowes wants to pump every 2nd ball
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

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SteveNZ said:
He does look ****house...but it's his shot selection. It's diabolical. If I was playing for NZ and wasn't for much longer, I'd look to bat as long as I could, like Young did last time out. But Bowes wants to pump every 2nd ball
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Shades of Lou Vincent. Has all the shots in the book but would open the book to the wrong page when the ball was on the way.
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

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All that said, I don't think the Bangladeshi seamers have done much wrong. Allan Donald is their bowling coach after all.
 
straw man

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SteveNZ said:
OK, I take it all back about the squad we brought here. Well done, Gary. This is a waste of time on these pitches. They very likely knew we were going to get the same BS decks so Bangladesh can feel good about beating a major nation at home, but not at all prepare to do decently in a World Cup or in foreign conditions.
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Alternative take - we should move the next T20 World Cup to these Bangla pitches - I want to see a whole tournament where 110 is a winning score and Ajaz Patel is the best bowler.
 
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