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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    Keeps things interesting, I reckon. I still can't add up why Southee stepped down as captain, then proceeded to be picked for the next 5 out of 6 Tests (we know he's playing in Hamilton). We never heard a plausible reason as to why that happened. It was sold as being in the best interests of...
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    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    I honestly don't think Rachin will ever open for NZ in Test matches. He's too loose, his career to date has shown that. Maximising runs out of him needs him at 4, I reckon, and we have up-and-comers who are genuine specialists in that role...but also don't seem to be T20 seekers.
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    This is a great point. Tim was only as faithful as his options. He'd have been a T20 gun for hire at the drop of a hat if they'd wanted him. It'll get sold that he's always been a team-first, loyal guy who valued playing for NZ over anything else - and to be fair, he's generally been fit enough...
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    I've never been a massive Tim Southee fan, although I do appreciate at his peak he was a hell of a red ball bowler. There's a bit of behind the scenes stuff that leads to that, and the fact he, for long periods, squandered his talent with his lack of commitment. It was a frustrating career when...
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    Stuff says the six Crawley hit off Southee in the first over of the Test was the only time that's ever happened to a seamer in Test history. Wasn't aware that would be true
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    PEWS is right, it's not Southee's job to decide he's not good enough. It wasn't Neil Wagner's, either. Those guys will always believe they can do a job.
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    1000% agree with everything in this post. This side NEEDS media scrutiny. It's the only thing holding them accountable - their own standards aren't. The acid on the All Blacks means they can't carry passengers like Southee. Losing is not acceptable. If something goes wrong, the media go hard on...
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    There was a real d*ck at the non-Mount end (dunno the official name) in a skirt, by the bar, giving out mountains of abuse to pre-empt the stuff coming back at him. That was me. Willy Nicholls has never recovered from the dire game-based chat I pinned him to in the middle session
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    I consider years to be seasons, I do not operate by the vagaries of the earth's axis.
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    OK, that wasn't my impression of it - but I say that in that I only know from what I read in the media. Happy to go with that. In that case, I retract it. It still sticks in my craw he didn't play, when there and 'available'. TH didn't factor in that the Bay Oval Test was my stag do, and I...
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    I feel this way about Trent Boult, as well. It's important to remember the good times, and whatever happened at the end shouldn't detract from the good times along the way. But what sticks in my mind for Trent is not making himself available at Bay Oval last year and the 'I'll play when it...
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    Where will Jacob Bethell end up being ranked?

    Haha wow, that is comedy gold. Actually no, it's awful. Something much more brown than gold.
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    Where will Jacob Bethell end up being ranked?

    Well yeah it is, given that lone 2001 appearance. I didn't see that when I looked. But if you looked on paper here's a guy who averaged 28, never seemed to have a sustained period of underperformance across the two years he played Test cricket, then didn't play again. Especially for NZ fans, we...
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    Where will Jacob Bethell end up being ranked?

    79 wickets at 28, including 5 five-fors. He was an absolute demon in the run of Tests against us in 08. Underrated, if anything I reckon - bizarrely had a 22-match career across 9 years that didn't include a single Ashes Test.
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    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    I've wanted him to be fast-tracked into the environment for 12-18 months, although injury has held him back. I really hope he's not going to be an Adam Milne. The injuries, exclusively a white ball player, never threatened to get on a Test field. I look at Adam Milne and it was a career that...
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    2024–25 NZ domestic season

    I'm all in on this kid. Can clearly play, loves the game, wants to be successful at the longest version, and I think it's relevant that he's a well educated guy who has priorities in other parts of life, too. I think that only helps someone to know what success looks like, the hard work to get...
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    New Zealand doom and gloom thread

    To move forward, we need to have two things: Selectors who are prepared to go out on a limb and pick guys on potential...guys who might not be burning it up every week but they see have attributes that will make it at international level, and the right environment for them to thrive. Right now...
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    Wags was cooked but he still took a pair of 4-fors in that England series last summer, including a match-winning one at the Basin. And as you say, he added value with his presence. Yet again yesterday, Southee looked pedestrian then played a typical Tim Southee shot (yes, I realise the game was...
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    They also said it about changing Blundell to 7 - yes, that worked out today to not do it, but bloody hell it's absolutely worth 'entertaining'. They've lost a lot of the good will of India in six playing days. That's a hell of an effort.
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    **Official** England in New Zealand 28 Nov-18 Dec 2024 - 3 Tests

    Dre is a great call, although he's not a head coach. The next coach has got a hell of an assignment. By the time we play Australia in 2026-27, or earlier for some, today's XI that will be gone are Latham Conway Kane Mitchell Blundell Henry and Southee. Santner and Ajaz also gone, and Young not...

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