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**Official** Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
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SeamUp
International Coach
I just don't think he has done enough to be anywhere near being picked and he doesn't have the ceiling x-factor of Simelane.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
But Cam is his first name
Daemon
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Pitch wasn’t that bad, KW just feasted on a third string SA attack
Moss
International Captain
NZC would say Tom 1, then Tom 2
Silly Point 2.0
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
NZ suddenly look like serious contenders again
Athlai
Not Terrible
Only 3 players have more
Bahseph
International Debutant
Mpongwana is a better bat than Bosch. Didn't he play a match winning knock in the last OD final we had in SA? From what I've seen of him he doesn't go big from ball one hence Bosch going above him and Muthusamy who probably should have been at 6 on merit in this team since he has a Test 50.
SeamUp
International Coach
Agreed. Eathan would bat 8 if there was more time left.
Mpongwana got a 100 in 2023/24 One-Day Cup final with another WP player but I honestly can't remember him scoring much elsewhere for WP. Our balance is so wonky, he sometimes bats 5 in white-ball but 7 or 8 in red-ball because that team is far better balanced. But yeah, just my opinion but he doesn't have game yet for this level. His bowling is okay without being extraordinary. There were some games he wasn't even bowling recently.
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ankitj
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Who?
Athlai
Not Terrible
Most hundreds vs SA
Tendulkar 12 from 103 innings
Ponting 10 from 102 innings
Warner 10 from 72 innings
Williamson 9 from 45 innings
Harvey 8 from 23 innings
Kohli 8 from 70 innings
trundler
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Harvey wtf. He faced Adcock and Heine too so not like he bashed scrubs. Tayfield as well.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah as impressive as Williamson's bullying of SA is from his limited opportunities. 8 hundreds from 23 innings is just absurd.
ankitj
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
All formats?
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yep. I'd exclude T20 figures but cricinfo unfortunately combines all 3 formats
It's just an incredible waste of a position. GP bats one too low at 6 (and is batting 5 anyway because Latham can't score a run) and Bracewell is more than capable of batting 6. Yes, it allows those guys to play as finishers which they're really good at, and Santner is too hit and miss, but he's a busted arse, Latham. He's clogging up a spot and I can't see a world in which he either a) plays a good enough middle overs innings or definitely b) he finishes well.
After this summer, I actually don't think Hay nor Chu are ready, Blundell is basically done, Cleaver is overrated by anyone who lives in the middle third of the country and Fletcher got in the frame then trailed off completely. It's a pretty bare cupboard right now, to be honest in white ball.
But yeah, **** it's hard to get dropped in the Stead era if you are a big name. Apart from Wags. Bizarre, really, given he'd have been the biggest voice pushing back against it