*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh 2023/24

[Zinzan]

Bowling at a nice pace this Taijul lad.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

How are Bangladesh 8 overs short when they are only using one seamer lol.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Sylhet looks a pleasant place from the zoomed out pictures. Anyone been there?

Great place. Hilly areas in the border with waterfalls and plenty of lakes. Also one of worlds largest tea garden.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Great place. Hilly areas in the border with waterfalls and plenty of lakes. Also one of worlds largest tea garden.

Hmmm. Sounds like the sort of place I’d like to visit. Might struggle a bit with the humidity though, by the looks of things.

 

[James]

Was thinking the same thing, Sylhet looks really nice.

 

[Zinzan]

I'd visit as long as I was guaranteed that Athar Ali Khan wasn't going to be the tour guide.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Hmmm. Sounds like the sort of place I’d like to visit. Might struggle a bit with the humidity though, by the looks of things.

best in winter around january

@Zinzan then shamim chowdhury to be the guide with his elite accent

 

[King Kane]

A first innings lead looking doubtful now unless Williamson and Phillips can put together a good partnership, can't rely on the tail to score too many.

 

[Athlai]

So many 50 run partnerships

 

[Athlai]

How come Bangers are bowling so few overs?

 

[thierry henry]

Possibly a biased and meaningless hot take that applies to everyone (or every ‘FTB’) - but I feel like while Kane has an underwhelming record against the top sides, focusing too much on that overlooks how often he is the key batsman in dicey or slightly dicey situations against ‘lesser’ sides. We have been more than capable of getting ourselves in trouble against SL/Pak/Bangladesh over the years, and KW has played many important knocks in those situations.

 

[Athlai]

Possibly a biased and meaningless hot take that applies to everyone (or every ‘FTB’) - but I feel like while Kane has an underwhelming record against the top sides, focusing too much on that overlooks how often he is the key batsman in dicey or slightly dicey situations against ‘lesser’ sides. We have been more than capable of getting ourselves in trouble against SL/Pak/Bangladesh over the years, and KW has played many important knocks in those situations.

You can only play what's in front of you

 

[thierry henry]

Possibly a biased and meaningless hot take that applies to everyone (or every ‘FTB’) - but I feel like while Kane has an underwhelming record against the top sides, focusing too much on that overlooks how often he is the key batsman in dicey or slightly dicey situations against ‘lesser’ sides. We have been more than capable of getting ourselves in trouble against SL/Pak/Bangladesh over the years, and KW has played many important knocks in those situations.

Plus there’s a particular type of pressure associated with playing for a ‘small market’ team like NZ in tests we expect to win. So many times he’s gotten us out of a tight spot with innings that it’s all too easy to write off in a retrospective statsguru query.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Just finished a World Cup where we made the semis because we beat the weaker teams.

 

[Flem274*]

KW's home record against all sides is beyond reproach. The sub no one ever reads is more concerned with dissecting his away record, but in a manner that ignores all the good games.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

You can only play what's in front of you

Sadly every run he scores here just pushes him further behind Root and Kohli.

 

[Athlai]

Fmd so many fielders copping it

 

[Athlai]

Sharp catch that

Golden arm gets golden arm

 

[trundler]

BD must be kicking themselves. Had the chance to get a decisive yesterday but threw it away in the last session and then dropped KW twice today. Just seems like they self destruct whenever they get a sniff.

 

[ataraxia]

Be interesting here to see how serious KJ is. He's really regressed from the promising #8 he previously looked as if, not to mention his bowling demise.