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  1. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    In my mind Latham is older than he is, maybe because he's been around so long. He's 31, turning 32 this year. Giving up ODIs is probably something he won't desire because he feels he could make the 2027 world cup, but it is something we should look at if we want the best out of him. Conways 32...
  2. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    He picks an easy target rather than going for the hard ones, much like his hero, Kane Williamson :ph34r: trundler is self hating in this respect, spiritually a Kiwi, hence his gravitation towards us
  3. NZTailender

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    He's 32, Stead age for a debut. Mind you with Ravindra, Mitchell and Phillips locking up the middle order his only chance would be makeshift opener or jumping Young as injury backup for the middle order. I would've hoped he would come back for long format stuff as an elder statesman but if he...
  4. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    So glad I opted to go see Dune 2 over the rest of this test
  5. NZTailender

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Speaking of Bruce, is he still playing hit and giggle instead of captaining his team in the best format??
  6. NZTailender

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Wasn't he the guy who had an insane 21/22 season then a classic second season syndrome in 22/23 and was eventually dropped (?) but ended up being more valuable with the bat than ball
  7. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    There's being positive, and then there's being manically suicidal Mitchell more towards the latter
  8. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Yeah brain fade, just didn't need to play it but I guess you can only say in hindsight. He did manage to soak up 100 deliveries for the test tho
  9. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Oh ffs young. Great catch tho
  10. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    As out of sorts as he's been, reckon Conway would've some better than Latham here
  11. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    That's nuts. We often crumble to half competent spinners when they tour, but we're dearly afraid of playing a specialist spinner in NZ. Infuriating to be a spinner in this country. You're mostly only going to get a gig when there's a sc tour and batsmen just assume foreign spinners won't get...
  12. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Maybe Latham just isn't that good tbh
  13. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    I totally get that. I'm just saying there's a time and a place for someone like Latham. Which would be anytime after the tea break for mine.
  14. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Sure, if you're an in form batsman in innings one to three. More at stake here and Latham has been poor for some time. Didn't earn the right to be aggressive tbh.
  15. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    2 days and a session to go, over before lunch. Just leave it and get off the field ffs
  16. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Tom Latham: hold my beer
  17. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    I think you're describing getting bogged down, not grinding.
  18. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    Wasn't taking about Young specifically, just the mindset. We've got 2.3 days to chase this so you literally don't need to be chasing any balls not hitting the stumps. Just have to be sensible.
  19. NZTailender

    NZ domestic season 2023/24

    Patel getting 6fer is encouraging Get him in vs Australia imo
  20. NZTailender

    *Official* Australia tour of New Zealand Feb-Mar 2024

    I really want him to. But I fear the culture installed by McCullum during his tenure of "just enjoy yourself bro, go down swinging when you lose by an innings or 200 runs, it doesn't matter bro, as long as you sock some dingers" still floats about and there isn't much grind and fight in mindset...

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