Silver Silva
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He's alot like Chris Woakes..Brilliant at home but loses the plot a bit away from home ..Averages 47 away from NZ with the ball.He's also averaged 26 with the bat.
He's alot like Chris Woakes..Brilliant at home but loses the plot a bit away from home ..Averages 47 away from NZ with the ball.He's also averaged 26 with the bat.
They were notNow say NZ was right to play him ahead of Southee in the 2019 WC
He's alot like Chris Woakes..Brilliant at home but loses the plot a bit away from home ..Averages 47 away from NZ with the ball.
Probably took a gander at what happened the last time a team enforced the follow-on at the Basin.No idea why Australia didn’t enforce the follow on
Yeah I'd like to know this, as to whether we have a fielding coach. At the end of the day, catching is generally repetitions + attitudes so even if we didn't, it's not bloody hard. A team like Australia got great value out of Mike Young (baseball coach) in the 00s but that was about ground fielding and hitting the stumps in ODIs. There's not really a lot of technique or coaching in catching (slips, maybe) it's just catching a lot of the bloody things and making it become a second nature feeling.Also, our fielding has gone from being the most reliable in the world to a shambles in the past couple of years. Do we even have a fielding coach? If not, who's responsible, because this is appalling. I think this is the worst NZ team in the field that I've seen since Rixon professionalised our approach to fielding drills back in the 90's.
I'm all on board for what you're saying here; unfortunately as I say, you couldn't drop Latham when I wager, without looking, that Young averages less as an opener.Yeah that’s the conundrum, and I definitely agree Young has been done no favours by being asked to open. He’s no opening bat and should not ideally be considered one in the future, but has at least filled the brief of battling the new ball (which is more than I expected from him against this attack).
But Going into the final test of the summer I think Latham needs a reality check. Later assignments this year are in Asia so he’ll be pencilled in obviously, but as a one-off I don’t think dropping him is the worst thing. Of course, it’ll probably end up the same way dropping Southee for the SCG did I suppose.
I've banged on about GP, he's probably the most intelligent cricketer in the country - and I include Kane in that. He knows exactly how he's trying to play, how he's trying to score, how he's trying to get you out etc. The only thing that counterbalances his personality - at times he can become impetuous and go away from the vast amount of knowledge in his mind. Happened in that 1st T20, where he was out of the game, went looking for it too hard and to be a hero, and ****ed up that catch + the final piece of ground fielding. So at this stage, he can't captain...but I think if he can find a way to calm himself and everyone is entitled to mature, he can and will be a leader. He's such a smart cricketer, he sees things others don't, he lives and breathes the game, always trying to figure out how to win games. You can see it in his bowling, the variation in using the crease, pace, flight, he's not doing that at random.@SteveNZ - need some of your Phillips takes and insights here.
He'll win the game tomorrow in the unlikely event of Mitchell and Ravindra failing to do so.I've banged on about GP, he's probably the most intelligent cricketer in the country - and I include Kane in that. He knows exactly how he's trying to play, how he's trying to score, how he's trying to get you out etc. The only thing that counterbalances his personality - at times he can become impetuous and go away from the vast amount of knowledge in his mind. Happened in that 1st T20, where he was out of the game, went looking for it too hard and to be a hero, and ****ed up that catch + the final piece of ground fielding. So at this stage, he can't captain...but I think if he can find a way to calm himself and everyone is entitled to mature, he can and will be a leader. He's such a smart cricketer, he sees things others don't, he lives and breathes the game, always trying to figure out how to win games. You can see it in his bowling, the variation in using the crease, pace, flight, he's not doing that at random.
Honestly, he's a freak. He'll have Test centuries one day, he would've been an international quality keeper if he'd wanted to put his mind to it, but he wanted to bowl - and now he has a Test five-for in NZ conditions (should've been 6) and bowled one of the most insane ODI spells in memory, when he went for 30 odd against a rampant Australia in the World Cup. He's a ripping bloke, loves the fans, can get carried away and I wish management would keep the mike (and Sumo) away from him, but he's the full package and we should be basing our side + our marketing of this team around him and Rachin for the next 10 years. And try somehow to keep him away from the IPL.
Gambhiring is an Indian art best left to the IndiansHe'll win the game tomorrow in the unlikely event of Mitchell and Ravindra failing to do so.
Nah, you're dreaming.He'll win the game tomorrow in the unlikely event of Mitchell and Ravindra failing to do so.
flem's point about the young domestic openers is not a good one at all, IMO.Flem made a good point about the young openers at domestic level and it's almost a case of the older guys saying nah you do it, I've earned a spot a bit lower down. I hope someone in the NZ setup is identifying who the next guy(s) are and tap them on the shoulder, say we're going to back you in as the next NZ opener.
Parkes debuted lower than #3 iirc, if he's a genuine #3 than fine, but this situation is a far cry from the days of Broom and Brownlie being the senior bat and doing it. Yes, it was partly to go for nz spots, but the top orders around the country are trash and the first team to add some spine to it will do a lot to win the comp.flem's point about the young domestic openers is not a good one at all, IMO.
Apart from the Wellington openers (who are a bit shoe horned), his theory holds zero credence. Otherwise, all the young openers are proper young openers or top order.
It's just a coincidence in timing, IMO, that we've got a few young ones at the moment at the start of their careers.
Wanting 39 year old Hay or 35 year old Worker to step up and throttle W O'Donnell or Heaphy's prospects and development makes zero sense to me. Or having a beef with 23 year old Parkes going from 3 to opener because 35 year old Ruds retired mid season and 18 averaging , former failed opener, 24 year old Georgeson slips in at 6.
Sorry, the theory is nonsense.
I feel it is my duty to knock it on the head ....
Mitchell now looking freer. Lyon still persisting with the around the wicket crap.
Not looking promising for Australia even with the large deficit.
@Burgey can you sort these ***** out plzWhere done. This game is dead. NZ to win with 6 wickets in the shed by the 3rd session.