Slifer
International Captain
Lol no. Wi, even in their wildest dreams aren't beating Pakistan home or away atm. As bad as Pakistan are, WI is worse.FTFY
Lol no. Wi, even in their wildest dreams aren't beating Pakistan home or away atm. As bad as Pakistan are, WI is worse.FTFY
Philips is sometimes a class 5th bowler though. Would honestly believe split over him and Bedingham.NZ strongest Top 7 recently played
1.Conway
2.Latham
3.Williamson
4.Ravindra
5.Mitchell
6.Phillips
7.Blundell
Bro be honest how many SA batters are getting into this side ? Bedingham only because you can't play Bavuma as opener and NZ's 3, 4, 5 & 7 are locks compared to SA
Markram ain't better than Conway ..Markram is a home track bully he averages 22 away from home and Ravindra probably has a higher ceiling than Bedingham whose 30 ..Markram / Conway
Latham
Williamson
Ravindra / Bendingham
Mitchell
Blundell
Jansen
Maharaj
Rabada
Nortje
Ngidi / Henry / Burger
Sri Lanka tours SA later this year and then Pakistan..It will tell us a lot about where Sa is in the pecking order.The SA side is more suited / superior in SENA conditions while the NZ side is better equipped for Subcontinent.
I'd rather go with this so called home track bully on pitches where par score is 150-220. He averages 43.5 at home in the most hostile of conditions and that too as an opener. He's not even 30 yet. His Cape Town hundred this year was crazy. Teams were getting bundled for single digits in the shortest test match of all time, yet he scored a hundred and looked at ease.Markram ain't better than Conway ..Markram is a home track bully he averages 22 away from home and Ravindra probably has a higher ceiling than Bedingham whose 30 ..
Jansen at no.7 I think isn't feasible , you'd have to play an all rounder like Phillips .
This has to be one of the strangest comments ever in a thread about which team is the best right now. The last time RSA won a series v NZ they had a grand total of three players who haven't yet retired.New Zealand aren't better than SA. They had never won a series vs South Africa home or away.
Not to mention that NZ lost 2-0 at home to Australia, while only narrowly managing to draw 1-1 at home vs England, when they won the 2nd test by a run (however lost 3-0 away in Eng).
Such a good opener he averages 43 in the most hostile conditions . . . but averages half that in the easier conditions. Something not adding up hereI'd rather go with this so called home track bully on pitches where par score is 150-220. He averages 43.5 at home in the most hostile of conditions and that too as an opener.
Markram had an amazing series against Australia in the sandpaper series 6.5 years ago, but since then he's been terrible against decent attacks - only averages 11.6 v England, 18.25 v NZ, and 19.63 (despite that Cape Town 100) v India.I'd rather go with this so called home track bully on pitches where par score is 150-220. He averages 43.5 at home in the most hostile of conditions and that too as an opener. He's not even 30 yet. His Cape Town hundred this year was crazy. Teams were getting bundled for single digits in the shortest test match of all time, yet he scored a hundred and looked at ease.
I think Markram is very overrated, billed as a generational 3 format cricketer for SA but falls far short of that ..Markram had an amazing series against Australia in the sandpaper series 6.5 years ago, but since then he's been terrible against decent attacks - only averages 11.6 v England, 18.25 v NZ, and 19.63 (despite that Cape Town 100) v India.
He's a worse test batsman than Henry Nicholls who can't even make the NZ squad now.
Were very good at home, had some good results away like drawing in England, reached #1 in the rankings for a brief while.Can someone remind me why Pakistan won the poll in 2016?
We were*We're very good at home, had some good results away like drawing in England, reached #1 in the rankings for a brief while.
Coz they were ahead of other sides by a small yet clear margin in most regular CWers opinion at that time.Can someone remind me why Pakistan won the poll in 2016?